What paints do I need for Black Templars?

The paint list for Black Templars includes recommended Citadel / Warhammer Colour, Vallejo and Army Painter paints, ranked by priority. Browse the full list on this page.

What is the base colour for Black Templars?

Black Templars (Space Marines) typically starts with a primer suited to its primary colour scheme. Noir et blanc crusader avec croix religieuses.

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Black Templars

débutant Space Marines

Noir et blanc crusader avec croix religieuses.

The Black Templars ont a scheme binaire black/white very effective. The contraste fort between the armure black and the belt/parchemins white is the signature of the chapters.

Recommended undercoat white — Several priority paints in this army converge on white.

Paint list

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Black, white, and metal — The cœur of the scheme

Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Main armour · 2 opaque coats
Corax White (Citadel) — Manteau and parchemins · 2-3 thin coats
Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Armes and metal · 1–2 coats
Retributor Armour (Citadel) — Croix and ornaments · Brush fine
Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Whole miniature · General wash

🟠 Core

Shading and detail parchemins

Administratum Grey (Citadel) — Armure (highlight) · Arêtes fine
Seraphim Sepia (Citadel) — Parchemins (shade) · Wash on the white
Agrax Earthshade (Citadel) — Gold ornaments · Localised wash

🟡 Recommended

Detail and finish

Runefang Steel (Citadel) — Metal (highlight) · Drybrush light
Ushabti Bone (Citadel) — Parchemins (layer) · Layer on the white séché
Rhinox Hide (Citadel) — Cuir and straps · 1 coat

🟢 Optional

Textes and enluminures

Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Textes parchemins · Brush 0 very fine

Painting order

Recommended steps

1 Step 1: black primer spray

2 Step 2: Leadbelcher on metal and armes

3 Step 3: Corax White on manteau and parchemins

4 Step 4: Retributor Armour on the croix and ornaments

5 Step 5: Nuln Oil general wash

6 Step 6: Seraphim Sepia on the parchemins white

7 Step 7: Administratum Grey highlight armure

8 Step 8: Ushabti Bone layer on parchemins, Runefang Steel metal

Tips

Hints for this army

1 The belt/toge white must be painted after the armure black — More easy of cover the débordement black on white that the inverse.

2 For of parchemins realistic : Corax White → Seraphim Sepia → Ushabti Bone on the areas en relief → traits fine Abaddon Black for the texte.

3 The chaînes : Leadbelcher + Nuln Oil + Runefang Steel drybrush. Fast and very effective.

Black Templars

Paint list

🔴 Must-Have

🟠 Core

🟡 Recommended

🟢 Optional

Painting order

Tips

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🔄 Citadel → Vallejo

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