Word Bearers 40K grimdark

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Word Bearers 40K grimdark

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    14 May 2025
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Preparations

  1. Base with Chaos Black
  2. Layer or drybrush Leadbelcher to catch all trim
  3. Layer armour panels Khorne Red
  4. Layer black areas with Corvus Black
  5. Layer leather with Dryad Bark
  6. Layer icons, clasps, etc with Retributor Armour
  7. Wash everything with Agrax Earthshade

Armour

  1. Re-establish Khorne Red layer on upper half of panels
  2. Use a 1:1 Khorne Red Corvus Black mix to establish a shaded layer on the lower half of the panel
  3. Stipple Mephiston Red highlight towards the upper sides of panels
  4. Edge highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet
  5. Point highlight on corners with Wild Rider Red

Trim and Metal Areas

  1. Edge highlight with Runefang Steel

Bolter Casings and other Black Areas

  1. Edge highlight with Mechanicus Standard Grey , points with Administratum Grey

Leather

  1. Edge highlight with Gorthor Brown

Eyes

  1. Layer with Moot Green

Dark Horns

  1. Layer with Skavenblight Dinge
  2. Shade with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight ridges and edges with Stormvermin Fur
  4. Point highlight with Karak Stone

Flesh

  1. Based on https://paintpad.app/recipes/115-daemonkin-flesh
  2. Base Rakarth Flesh , wash with 1:4 Carroburg Crimson Contrast Medium mix
  3. Recess shade with 1:2 Carroburg Crimson Contrast Medium mix
  4. Deepest recesses with Druchii Violet

Scrolls and Book Pages

  1. Base with Rakarth Flesh , wash pages with Seraphim Sepia , highlight with Pallid Wych Flesh , point highlight with White .

Daemon Hammer Glow

  1. Base Black
  2. Glaze everything with highly diluted Caliban Green , repeat glaze into all recesses
  3. Glaze diluted Warpstone Glow into deeper recesses
  4. Further glaze Moot Green into the deepest recesses and close to the source of the light (i.e. the daemon locus)
  5. Lastly, glaze Yriel Yellow into the recesses closest to the daemon locus
  6. Strong drybrush with Corvus Black
  7. Lighter drybrush with Black and if necessary edge highlight manually

Plasma glow

  1. TODO: Black , Caliban Green , Warpstone Glow , Moot Green , Yriel Yellow
Citadel Painting System 28
Base 9
  • Caliban Green
  • Corvus Black
  • Dryad Bark
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mephiston Red
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
Shade 5
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Carroburg Crimson
  • Druchii Violet
  • Nuln Oil
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 12
  • Administratum Grey
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Karak Stone
  • Moot Green
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Runefang Steel
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Warpstone Glow
  • Wild Rider Red
  • Yriel Yellow
Technical 1
  • Contrast Medium
Spray 1
  • Chaos Black
Vallejo Game Color
Base 1
  • 72.051 Black
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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