Bladeguard veteran (ultramarines)

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Bladeguard veteran (ultramarines)

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    18 Sep 2025
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Armour

  1. Undercoat in any black spray such as Chaos Black
  2. Drybrush heavily on the armour using Teclis Blue
  3. Use either Fenrisian Grey or Stormfang to do a light drybrush mainly on the edges of the model
  4. Cover the entire area with Drakenhof Nightshade giving the armour a darker look

Black undersuit

  1. Use any black colour but I used Black
  2. Put Nuln Oil on where the undersuit parts are

Robes

  1. Use Zandri Dust for the base
  2. use Reikland Fleshshade to recess shade the robe
  3. Highlight the raised parts of the robe with Bone White

Gold

  1. Use Retributor Armour on any of the gold parts
  2. Then put Reikland Fleshshade on the gold parts
  3. Do a first highlight on the gold with Auric Armour Gold
  4. Then do a fine highlight of Runefang Steel on the gold

Silver

  1. Use Leadbelcher on any silver parts
  2. Put Nuln Oil on the silver
  3. Highlight the silver using Runefang Steel

Other Black details

  1. Use any black or in this case Black on any other black details such as the gun casings

leather/brown

  1. Use Rhinox Hide on the leather/brown areas
  2. put Nuln Oil on the leather

Power effects

  1. Use Frostheart on either the sword but with the plasma guns base the coil area with Corax White then put the frost heart
  2. Do a very light drybrush on the sword with Baharroth Blue or highlight for the plasma coil
  3. highlight Using White Scar on the top corners of the plasma coils and the edges of the power sword
  4. Sergeant helmet
  5. Base the helmet with Khorne Red
  6. Use Corax White for the stripe
  7. put Nuln Oil on the entire head
  8. Highlight the edges of the red parts of the helmet with Dwarf Skin
  9. Paint the little skull with Retributor Armour then put Reikland Fleshshade on the skull
  10. Use Warpstone Glow for the eye lenses
  11. Highlight the bottom part of the lense with Moot Green
  12. on the back corner of his paint a small dot using White Scar

Normal Bladeguard Veteran helmet (white)

  1. base the whole head using Corax White
  2. recess shade with Fenrisian Grey
  3. highlight the edges of the helmet using White Scar
  4. use White Scar on the lenses
  5. put Blood Red on the lenses
  6. put a small dot if White Scar on the back corner of its lenses
Citadel Painting System 20
Base 6
  • Corax White
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 3
  • Drakenhof Nightshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 8
  • Auric Armour Gold
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Moot Green
  • Runefang Steel
  • Teclis Blue
  • Warpstone Glow
  • White Scar
Dry 1
  • Stormfang
Spray 1
  • Chaos Black
Contrast 1
  • Frostheart
The Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0
Speedpaint 1
  • Blood Red
Vallejo Game Color
Base 2
  • 72.034 Bone White
  • 72.041 Dwarf Skin
Vallejo Model Color
Base 1
  • 70.950 Black
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