Stormcast - Hallowed Knights

Stormcast - Hallowed Knights

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    02 Feb 2025
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General

  1. Zenithal prime with Vallejo airbrush Black & White Primer

Metal

  1. Airbrush basecoat the metal areas with Dark Aluminum and then lightly airbrush Dark Tone over top.
  2. Shadow silver metal areas with Exhaust Manifold
  3. Block in brassy gold details with Runelord Brass
  4. Oil wash over all the metals using Winsor & Newton Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Paint in Raw Umber in a well ventillated space.
  5. Wash well areas of interest in the gold details with Soft Tone
  6. Highlight silver areas with White Aluminum and gold areas with 1:1 mixed Runelord Brass and White Aluminum
  7. To push silver highlights further, or pop tiny rivets, use DecoColor Oil Based Metallic Paint Marker in Silver using a small brush you don't care about.

Cloth

  1. Cloth interior: Ancient Stone and very very light Soft Tone or same Raw Umber oil wash as above, emphasize shadows with Tomb King Tan , and highlight with Pale Sand .
  2. Blue Cloth Exterior: Wet blend Matt Black , The Darkness , Imperial Navy , Crystal Blue , Marine Mist , wash with Blue Tone (if needed). Glaze up and down until you have a great blend and a bit of fabric texture.
  3. Black Cloth: Matt Black , Ironclad Grey Deep Grey

Leather

  1. Brigadine Brown , Oak Brown , Leather Brown . Scratches & wear in Desert Yellow

Leather Weapon Handles

  1. Mulled Berry with a wash of Dark Red Tone Highlights in mixed Elder Flower & Topaz Skin .

Blue Weapons/Magic

  1. Matt Black , Abyssal Blue , Hydra Turquoise , Aquamarine , Marine Mist , Bold Titanium White
  2. If airbrushed, spray first with Bold Titanium White , then with Dr. Ph Martins Bombay Teal Ink, highlight with the colors in step 1.

Parchment

  1. Ancient Stone with a wash of Soft Tone (or Umber Oil Wash). Glaze back up with Ancient Stone, and highlight with Pale Sand .
  2. Text: Matt Black & Dragon Red .

Gemstones

  1. Purple Gems: See https://paintpad.app/recipes/6440-stormcast-purple-gems
  2. Red Gems: Dragon Red , Daemonic Yellow , Ice Yellow , wash with Dark Red Tone

Basing

  1. See https://paintpad.app/recipes/6439-stormcast-basing-slate-highlands
Citadel Painting System
Base 1
  • Runelord Brass
Monument Creature Caster Pro Acryl
Base 1
  • 001 Bold Titanium White
The Army Painter Masterclass
John Blanche Volume 1 2
  • Ironclad Grey
  • The Darkness
The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic 25
Acrylic 21
  • Abyssal Blue
  • Ancient Stone
  • Aquamarine
  • Brigadine Brown
  • Crystal Blue
  • Daemonic Yellow
  • Deep Grey
  • Desert Yellow
  • Dragon Red
  • Elder Flower
  • Hydra Turquoise
  • Ice Yellow
  • Imperial Navy
  • Leather Brown
  • Marine Mist
  • Matt Black
  • Mulled Berry
  • Oak Brown
  • Pale Sand
  • Tomb King Tan
  • Topaz Skin
Wash 4
  • Blue Tone
  • Dark Red Tone
  • Dark Tone
  • Soft Tone
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 3
  • 77.703 Dark Aluminum
  • 77.706 White Aluminum
  • 77.723 Exhaust Manifold
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