Horus Heresy Thousand Sons

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    07 May 2023
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    07 May 2023
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Red Ceramite

  1. Undercoat with Decayed Metal using an airbrush
  2. Zenithal highlight with Gold
  3. Coat 3 times with Angron Red
  4. Pinwash with a black oil wash

Armor Webbing

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black
  2. Hihghlight with Eshin Grey

Gold Trim

  1. Basecoat Necro Gold
  2. Wash with 2;3 Agrax Earthshade & Athonian Camoshade
  3. Patchily highlight with Elven Gold

Tassels

  1. Basecoat with Barak-Nar Burgundy
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Drybrush with Gal Vorbak Red
  4. Drybrush with Screamer Pink

White Ceramite

  1. Base with Grey Seer
  2. Pin wash with a black oil wash
  3. Edge highlight with White Scar

Black Weapon Parts

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black
  2. Edge highlight with 1;1 Corvus Black & Dark Reaper
  3. Edge highlight with Dark Reaper
  4. Edge highlight with Thunderhawk Blue

Iron

  1. Base with Thrash Metal
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Wash with Nuln Oil
  4. Wash with a brown oil wash
  5. Edge highlight with Heavy Metal
  6. Edge highlight with Speed Metal

Bronze

  1. Base with 1;1 Decayed Metal & Screaming Bell
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Wash with a brown oil wash
  4. Highlight with 2;2;1 Decayed Metal , Screaming Bell & Necro Gold

Power Weapon Blade

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black
  2. Paint White in a lightning pattern and on power emitter
  3. Airbrush with thinned White around the lightning bolts
  4. Airbrush with thinned Fluorescent Blue twice
  5. Thickly repaint lightning bolts with White
  6. Airbrush with thinned Fluorescent Blue once
  7. Thinly repaint lightning bolts with White

Faces

  1. Basecoat with Jokaero Orange
  2. Glaze on the side of head, under cheeks, around eyes, nose & chin with 3;1 Jokaero Orange & Skrag Brown
  3. Continue to add more Skrag Brown to the mix and further glaze the shadows until using pure Skrag Brown
  4. Glaze Mournfang Brown to further emphasize the shadows
  5. Thinly glaze Khorne Red on the eyes, cheeks & nose to show warmth
  6. Glaze Khorne Red on lips
  7. Paint the tongue with Khorne Red
  8. Glaze the darkest recesses with 2;1 Rhinox Hide & Mournfang Brown
  9. Trace the eyes with Abaddon Black to create definition
  10. Paint the eyes with Corax White
  11. Dot the irises in the eyes with Abaddon Black so they look in the same direction
  12. Highlight on forehead, nose, eyebrows & cheeks with Jokaero Orange
  13. Further highlight with 9;1 Jokaero Orange & Hobgrot Hide
  14. Continue to highlight by adding more Hobgrot Hide until using 2;1 Jokaero Orange & Hobgrot Hide
  15. Further highlight with 3;2;1 Jokaero Orange , Hobgrot Hide & Wraithbone

Base

  1. Cover ~half of base with Agrellan Earth
  2. Cover other half of base with spackle. Using water to help manipulate sculpt spackle into sand dunes. Blend the transition using more water
  3. Basecoat with Karak Stone
  4. Drybrush with Ushabti Bone
  5. Wash with Seraphim Sepia 4-5 times
  6. Recess wash cracks with Agrax Earthshade
  7. Paint base rim with Abaddon Black
Citadel Painting System 27
Base 14
  • Abaddon Black
  • Barak-Nar Burgundy
  • Corax White
  • Corvus Black
  • Gal Vorbak Red
  • Grey Seer
  • Hobgrot Hide
  • Jokaero Orange
  • Khorne Red
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Screamer Pink
  • Screaming Bell
  • Wraithbone
Shade 4
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Athonian Camoshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 7
  • Dark Reaper
  • Eshin Grey
  • Karak Stone
  • Skrag Brown
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Ushabti Bone
  • White Scar
Texture 1
  • Agrellan Earth
Air 1
  • Angron Red
Daler-Rowney
FW Acrylic Ink 2
  • Fluorescent Blue
  • White
Scale75 Scalecolor
Metal n' Alchemy 6
  • SC-64 Thrash Metal
  • SC-65 Heavy Metal
  • SC-66 Speed Metal
  • SC-71 Necro Gold
  • SC-74 Elven Gold
  • SC-87 Decayed Metal
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 1
  • 77.725 Gold
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