Shades of Caliban (legion chapter)

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Shades of Caliban (legion 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). Original legion chapter color scheme. Memo for all parts.

PRIMER with Chaos Black or Black

Base scheme description

Black armor with green highlight and silver trims. Blue plate for the left kneepad (chapter color). Bone color mask. Yellow visor lenses. All weapons in red casing.

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

Sergeant: red stripe on the blue left kneepad.

ARMOR : Black

  1. BASE with Corvus Black
  2. RECESS-SHADE with Nuln Oil
  3. SHADE with Abaddon Black + Water (1:4)
  4. HIGLIGHT with Incubi Darkness
  5. HIGHLIGHT with Kabalite Green

ARMOR : Blue

To use also for chapter colored accessories.

  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 cloth.

  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

SILVER TRIMS

  1. BASE with Abaddon Black
  2. LAYER with Leadbelcher
  3. LAYER with Polished Silver
  4. WASH with Nuln Oil + Speedpaint Medium (1:1)
  5. HIGHLIGHT with Polished Silver

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
  2. HIGHLIGHT with Corvus 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

For the 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 : Power Sword Blade

  1. BASE with Corax White
  2. HIGHLIGHT with White Scar
  3. WASH with Purple Swarm + Speedpaint Medium (1:1)
  4. SHADE with Purple Swarm + Speedpaint Medium (1:1)
  5. HIGHLIGHT with White Scar + Water (1:4)
Citadel Painting System 28
Base 14
  • Abaddon Black
  • Caledor Sky
  • Celestra Grey
  • Corax White
  • Corvus Black
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Kantor Blue
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Macragge Blue
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mephiston Red
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Wraithbone
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Drakenhof Nightshade
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 8
  • Auric Armour Gold
  • Dawnstone
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Kabalite Green
  • Skrag Brown
  • White Scar
  • Wild Rider Red
Air 2
  • Abaddon Black
  • Corvus Black
Spray 1
  • Chaos Black
The Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 9
Speedpaint 6
  • Blood Red
  • Gravelord Grey
  • Highlord Blue
  • Purple Swarm
  • Speedpaint Medium
  • Zealot Yellow
Metallic 3
  • Glittering Loot
  • Polished Silver
  • Talos Bronze
Vallejo Surface Primer
Base 1
  • 70.602 Black
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