What paints do I need for Flesh Tearers?

The paint list for Flesh Tearers 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 Flesh Tearers?

Flesh Tearers (Space Marines) typically starts with a primer suited to its primary colour scheme. Variante Blood Angels plus sombre et brutale.

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Flesh Tearers

intermédiaire Space Marines

Variante Blood Angels plus sombre et brutale.

More dark that the Blood Angels : Khorne Red au lieu of Mephiston Red. Épaulières black. Red/black équilibré.

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

Paint list

Sorted by priority

🔴 Must-Have

Red dark and black

Khorne Red (Citadel) — Armour · 2 coats
Abaddon Black (Citadel) — Épaulières + joints · 2 coats
Retributor Armour (Citadel) — Ornaments · 2 coats
Leadbelcher (Citadel) — Weapons · 1–2 coats
Carroburg Crimson (Citadel) — Armure (shade) · Generous wash

🟠 Core

Highlights

Mephiston Red (Citadel) — Armure (layer) · Reliefs
Nuln Oil (Citadel) — Metal + joints · Wash
Agrax Earthshade (Citadel) — Or · Localised wash
Liberator Gold (Citadel) — Or (highlight) · Light drybrush

🟡 Recommended

Finish

Evil Sunz Scarlet (Citadel) — Armure (highlight) · Arêtes
Administratum Grey (Citadel) — Épaulières (highlight) · Arêtes very fine

Painting order

Recommended steps

1 Step 1: black primer

2 Step 2: Khorne Red armure

3 Step 3: Abaddon Black épaulières

4 Step 4: Retributor Armour or

5 Step 5: Leadbelcher metal

6 Step 6: Carroburg Crimson wash

7 Step 7: Nuln Oil metal

8 Step 8: Layers and highlights

Tips

Hints for this army

1 More dark that the Blood Angels — Résistez à trop highlighter the red.

2 Épaulières black : juste a arête Administratum Grey very fine.

Flesh Tearers

Paint list

🔴 Must-Have

🟠 Core

🟡 Recommended

Painting order

Tips

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