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Vior'la Battlesuit

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    04 Sep 2025
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Battlesuit viorla colour scheme. Universal design for all suits and potentially infantry models. Using only brush techniques like glazing and washing.

  1. Prime coat Grey Seer
  2. Paint armour chassis Abaddon Black
  3. Paint armour points Corax White
  4. Paint and armour details desired with Dawnstone
  5. Recess shade white and grey armour parts with slightly thinned Gorthor Brown this prevents wash muddling the white armour
  6. Tidy up any basecoats where needed before proceeding.
  7. 2 stage highlight the grey panels starting with a thick highlight of Administratum Grey followed by a thin edge highlight of Ulthuan Grey
  8. 2 stage highlight the black chassis starting with a thick highlight of Eshin Grey followed by a fine edge highlight with Dawnstone . Can also add a small dot of Ulthuan Grey to any sharp corners to show light glinting off the armour.
  9. Use a thin glaze of Baneblade Brown and Lahmian Medium on the white armour panels to create a patina of dust. Build up glaze to desired shade. You can correct any glazing using a corax white glaze.
  10. Edge light the white armour using a chipping/scratching effect with Gorthor Brown . Less is more.
  11. Red components base with Mephiston Red , thick highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet , fine edge highlight with Troll Slayer Orange
  12. Lenses base with Stegadon Scale Green , paint t the bottom right third with thinned Temple Guard Blue , edge highlight entire lense with Blue Horror . Finish with a small dot top left and thin line on bottome right edge with Ulthuan Grey to create a light source effect.
  13. Metal components base with Runelord Brass , wash with Reikland Fleshshade and edge highlight with Canoptek Alloy
  14. Shield glow effect start with thick edge highlight around glow source with thinned Temple Guard Blue , fine edge highlight Baharroth Blue and recess the glow origin with a white ink(I use Liquitex). Wash a thin 50/50 mix of Blue Horror and Ulthuan Grey over the white ink, but no the highlights.
Citadel Painting System 20
Base 5
  • Abaddon Black
  • Corax White
  • Mephiston Red
  • Runelord Brass
  • Stegadon Scale Green
Shade 1
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 12
  • Administratum Grey
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Blue Horror
  • Canoptek Alloy
  • Dawnstone
  • Eshin Grey
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Temple Guard Blue
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ulthuan Grey
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Spray 1
  • Grey Seer
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