Black Stormcast

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Black Stormcast

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    01 May 2025
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First Steps

  1. Add texture paste and printed bits to base
  2. Subassemble heads
  3. Prime whole model black
  4. Airbrush wings and animals with Calgar Blue
  5. Zenithal highlight wings and animals with White

Black Armour

  1. Basecoat Black
  2. Chunky highlight Dark Reaper

Highlights should have less water the lighter you go. Paint should still flow off the brush evenly

  1. Thinner highight Thunderhawk Blue

This should fit somewhat within the previous layer. The next step is what is mostly visible, and gives the most definition

  1. Thin highlight on sharp edges Pastel Blue + Thunderhawk Blue 1:2
  2. Tidy up Black

Red Cloaks

  1. Basecoat Khorne Red
  2. Broad highlight Khorne Red + Evil Sunz Scarlet 2:1
  3. Thinner highlight Khorne Red + Evil Sunz Scarlet 1:1
  4. Thinner highlight Evil Sunz Scarlet
  5. Lines along sharp cloak edges Light Rust + Evil Sunz Scarlet 1:1
  6. Glaze shadows back Khorne Red + Abaddon Black 1:1 and Glaze Medium to your preffered glazing consistency

Green

  1. Basecoat Caliban Green
  2. Highlight Dark Green
  3. Edge highlight Dark Green + Pastel Blue 2:1

White

  1. Basecoat Ash Grey
  2. Highlight Ash Grey + Pastel Blue 1:1
  3. Edge highlight Ash Grey + Pastel Blue 1:3
  4. Glaze Nighthaunt Gloom on magical areas such as wings

Metallics

  1. Basecoat Gold Retributor Armour
  2. Basecoat Silver Iron Hands Steel
  3. Shade Gold Guilliman Flesh
  4. Shade Silver Nuln Oil

Skin

No ratios for this, as skin varies a lot and smooth transitions are pretty important. Just go with what looks nice

  1. Basecoat Word Bearers Red
  2. Mix in Cadian Fleshtone and highlight up
  3. Shade Shadow Flesh -29- and Glaze Medium
  4. Flood eyes Intense Blue
  5. Highlight skin again with Cadian Fleshtone + Light Flesh
  6. Highlight eyes Pastel Blue

Fire

Dont wash your drybrush between steps, and cover less area with each step getting further away from the flame source.

  1. Basecoat White
  2. Apply Imperial Fist
  3. Drybrush Light Rust + Volcanic Yellow
  4. Drybrush Light Rust
  5. Drybrush Light Rust + Evil Sunz Scarlet
  6. Drybrush Khorne Red
  7. Paint tips with Abaddon Black
AK Interactive 3rd Generation Acrylics 9
Standard 4
  • AK11024 Ash Grey
  • AK11042 Volcanic Yellow
  • AK11050 Light Flesh
  • AK11105 Light Rust
Pastel 1
  • AK11168 Pastel Blue
Auxiliary 1
  • AK11233 Glaze Medium
Intense 2
  • AK11001 White
  • AK11029 Black
Ink 1
  • AK11226 Dark Green
AK Interactive Abteilung 502
Base 1
  • Intense Blue
AK Interactive Acrylics
Figure 1
  • AK3014 Shadow Flesh -29-
Citadel Painting System 15
Base 5
  • Abaddon Black
  • Caliban Green
  • Iron Hands Steel
  • Khorne Red
  • Retributor Armour
Shade 1
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 5
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dark Reaper
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Word Bearers Red
Air 1
  • Calgar Blue
Contrast 3
  • Guilliman Flesh
  • Imperial Fist
  • Nighthaunt Gloom
Daler-Rowney
FW Acrylic Ink 1
  • White
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