Shades of Caliban (chapter)

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Shades of Caliban (chapter)

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    30 Jan 2026
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Color scheme for my personal Dark Angels lengion stranded 26th chapater the "Shades of Caliban" (Umbrae Caliban). Memo for all parts.

PRIMER with Chaos Black or Black

Base scheme description

Blue armor with gold trims and insigna/aquila. Yellow visor lenses. All weapons in red casing.

Bone color plates: left kneepad, left vambrace, left back-hand and wrist ring, helmet mask and helmet central stripe. Bone cololr also for backpack upper and reactor plate.

Pauldron with stone made classical Dark Angels winged sword insigna on a black background.

Sergeant: same as normal, but with red stripe on the helmet and backpack upper plate.

Veterans scheme description

Blue armor with gold trims and insigna/aquila. Yellow visor lenses. All weapons in red casing.

Bone color plates: right kneepad, left leg front plate, both vambraces and wrist rings but only the left back-hand. Bone cololr also for backpack reactor plate.

Red helmet with bone color mask and central stripe. Red left kneepad and backpack upper plate.

Pauldron with made classical Dark Angels winged sword insigna but in red and stone on a black background.

ARMOR : Blue

  1. BASE with Kantor Blue
  2. SHADE with Kantor Blue + Abaddon Black + Water (1:1:4)
  3. RECESS-SHADE with Drakenhof Nightshade
  4. HIGHLIGHT with Macragge Blue
  5. HIGHLIGHT with Caledor Sky
  6. GLAZE with Highlord Blue + Speedpaint Medium (1:4)

ARMOR : Bone

  1. BASE with Corax White
  2. LAYER with Wraithbone
  3. RECESS-SHADE with Agrax Earthshade
  4. HIGHLIGHT with Corax White
  5. HIGHLIGHT with White Scar

ARMOR : Red

To use also for weapons casing and veteran helmets.

  1. BASE with Khorne Red
  2. LAYER with Mephiston Red
  3. RECESS-SHADE with Agrax Earthshade
  4. HIGHLIGHT with Evil Sunz Scarlet
  5. HIGHLIGHT with Wild Rider Red
  6. GLAZE with Blood Red + Speedpaint Medium (1:4)

ARMOR : Joints and Tubes

  1. BASE with Mechanicus Standard Grey
  2. SHADE with Gravelord Grey

EYELENSES

  1. BASE with Corax White
  2. RECESS-SHADE with Agrax Earthshade
  3. LAYER with Dorn Yellow
  4. GLAZE with Zealot Yellow

GOLD TRIMS

  1. BASE with Rhinox Hide
  2. LAYER with Glittering Loot
  3. WASH with Agrax Earthshade + Speedpaint Medium (1:1)
  4. HIGHLIGHT with Auric Armour Gold

LEATHER

  1. BASE with Rhinox Hide
  2. HIGHLIGHT with Skrag Brown
  3. WASH with Agrax Earthshade

PAULDRONS

For the background:

  1. BASE with Abaddon Black

For the chapter stone symbol:

  1. BASE with Mechanicus Standard Grey
  2. WASH with Drakenhof Nightshade
  3. HIGHLIGHT with Dawnstone
  4. DRYBRUSH with Celestra Grey

Veterans red parts:

  1. BASE with Khorne Red
  2. LAYER with Mephiston Red
  3. HIGHLIGHT with Wild Rider Red

PURITY SEALS

For the scrolls:

  1. BASE with Rhinox Hide
  2. LAYER with Wraithbone
  3. WASH with Agrax Earthshade

For the wax sigils:

  1. BASE with Khorne Red
  2. WASH with Agrax Earthshade
  3. HIGHLIGHT with Mephiston Red
  4. HIGHLIGHT with Wild Rider Red

METAL PARTS

To use also for weapons.

  1. BASE with Abaddon Black
  2. LAYER with Leadbelcher
  3. WASH with Nuln Oil
  4. HIGHLIGHT with Leadbelcher

WEAPONS : Hand Rests

  1. BASE with Mechanicus Standard Grey
  2. WASH with Nuln Oil
  3. HIGHLIGHT with Mechanicus Standard Grey

WEAPONS : Bronze

  1. BASE with Rhinox Hide
  2. LAYER with Glittering Loot + Talos Bronze (1:1)
  3. WASH with Agrax Earthshade

WEAPONS : Plasma Coils

  1. BASE with Corax White
  2. HIGHLIGHT with White Scar
  3. WASH with Plasmatic Bolt

WEAPONS : Volkite

  1. BASE with Rhinox Hide
  2. LAYER with Red Copper
  3. LAYER with Talos Bronze
  4. WASH with Agrax Earthshade
  5. GLAZE with Druchii Violet
Citadel Painting System 25
Base 12
  • Abaddon Black
  • Caledor Sky
  • Celestra Grey
  • Corax White
  • Kantor Blue
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Macragge Blue
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mephiston Red
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Wraithbone
Shade 4
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Drakenhof Nightshade
  • Druchii Violet
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 7
  • Auric Armour Gold
  • Dawnstone
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Skrag Brown
  • White Scar
  • Wild Rider Red
Air 1
  • Abaddon Black
Spray 1
  • Chaos Black
The Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 8
Speedpaint 6
  • Blood Red
  • Gravelord Grey
  • Highlord Blue
  • Plasmatic Bolt
  • Speedpaint Medium
  • Zealot Yellow
Metallic 2
  • Glittering Loot
  • Talos Bronze
The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic
Metallic 1
  • Red Copper
Vallejo Surface Primer
Base 1
  • 70.602 Black
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