As your fingers bend in that direction you’ll have far more control painting vertical lines from top to bottom. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. To get a clean bright blue to represent the Legion at the end of the Great Crusade (before being covered in red became more than just a hobby for the XII Legion as the Horus Heresy progressed) I applied a coat of Talassar Blue to each shoulder pad.

Retributor Gold, Auric Armor Gold, and Liberator Gold Retributor Gold, Auric Armor Gold, and Liberator Gold

TBH, all you need to do is mix a nice and strong yellow gold Vallejo paint with a few splashes of their fleshtone shade ink to mix your own up to get the same rich and dark gold colour. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. They’re designed to be painted over a white or off-white base coat and stain the higher surfaces while pooling in the recesses, giving instant shades and highlights.Depending on how you shade and highlight it, Retributor Armour can give you a huge range of finishes.

Painting the Traitor Legions with Contrast - Warhammer Community Painting the Traitor Legions with Contrast - Warhammer Community

I think this was my favourite result out of all of the Legions I’ve painted, and I’m now sorely tempted to do some more Death Guard!

Fortunately, Horus Heresy mastermind and Alpha Legion commander Anuj is on hand to guide us through painting the nine Traitor Legions to a fast, Battle Ready standard with Contrast paint. Contrast paints have been around for a few years now, long enough for Citadel competitors like Army Painter and Vallejo to come up with their own equivalents - with varying degrees of success.

How to use retributor armour spray? : r/Warhammer40k - Reddit How to use retributor armour spray? : r/Warhammer40k - Reddit

It means that you can use them with a regular brush, but you’d rarely want to because they’ll be much too thin and the coverage will be poor.To make your life easier, I’m going to pick out five of the best Citadel paints for Warhammer and give you some top tips on how to use them. I then used Retributor Gold for the trim on this model to draw the eye to the top of the model, painting the lower trims a simple black. The best Citadel paint for dirty washes The silver I used on this Battletech Vindicator’s weapons was way too bright, but some thinned Ratling Grime has left them suitably worn and well-used. If that’s inspired you to start your own Traitor Legion, then pick up a squad of Space Marines in Mk III power armour and start your plans to bring down the False Emperor.