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Lamenters (Space Marines) Paint List for Warhammer 40,000

intermediate Space Marines

Yellow with chequered heart. The most unlucky chapter — Difficult and distinctive scheme.

Start with Averland Sunset, Abaddon Black, and Corax White as the foundation. Use Casandora Yellow and Yriel Yellow for secondary details, shadows, or focal accents. Finish with Flash Gitz Yellow and Mephiston Red for highlights and extra contrast.

Recommended undercoat white — Several priority paints in this army converge on white.
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🔴 Must-Have

Yellow — sous coat blanche obligatoire

🟠 Core

Yellow shading.

🟡 Recommended

Symboles

Painting order

Recommended steps
1 Basecoat the main surfaces with Averland Sunset, Abaddon Black, and Corax White.
2 Apply Casandora Yellow and Yriel Yellow to the secondary details and support areas.
3 Use Flash Gitz Yellow and Mephiston Red to sharpen highlights and final contrast.
4 Keep the strongest accent colours for the focal zones so the scheme stays readable across the army.

Tips

Hints for this army
1 White primer — The yellow covers never the black.
2 The damier : black d'abord, then cases white with a brush 0.

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