Emperor's Children Armour

Emperor's Children Armour

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    04 Jun 2025
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Armour for my chaos EC

  1. Undercoat black and paint armour with 1:1 Wine Red and Tenebrous Grey
  2. Highlight 3/4 of the armour with Wine Red
  3. Highlight 1/2 of the armour with 1:1 Wine Red and Pink
  4. Highlight 1/4 of the armour with Pink
  5. Highlight very top of highlights with Pink and Radiant Flesh
  6. Paint non-black bits of the model with Tenebrous Grey . For EC, stuff like tassles, spikes, chains, etc
  7. Paint leather parts on model with Charred Brown
  8. Paint trims and parts of the model that should look like gold with Dark Bronze
  9. Paint the metallic trims with Peridot Alchemy . Treat as a highlight over the previous Dark Bronze layer
  10. Paint bits that should look like grey metallic metal with Black Metal . Things such as spikes, gun bits, exhausts, etc.
  11. Colour gun in Tinny Tin .
  12. Cover grey metal bits with a watered down Ratling Grime contrast
  13. Use Dreadful Visage with a little bit of Magos Purple (about 3:1) to cover the gun bits
  14. Colour eyes in White Grey . Paint a little bit under the eyes for a glow effect.
  15. Colour eyes in Karandras Green with a little bit of water to thin down slightly. Make sure to get 'glow' bits as well
  16. Use Pistachio and Deep Green in 3:1 mix on eye.
  17. Use pure Pistachio on inner corner of eye
AK Interactive 3rd Generation Acrylics 6
Standard 5
  • AK11003 White Grey
  • AK11026 Tenebrous Grey
  • AK11053 Radiant Flesh
  • AK11096 Wine Red
  • AK11130 Pistachio
Intense 1
  • AK11142 Deep Green
Citadel Painting System
Contrast 4
  • Dreadful Visage
  • Karandras Green
  • Magos Purple
  • Ratling Grime
Monument Creature Caster Pro Acryl
Signature Series: Matt Cexwish 1
  • S24 Dark Bronze
Scale75 Scalecolor
Metal n' Alchemy 2
  • SC-63 Black Metal
  • SC-78 Peridot Alchemy
Vallejo Game Color
Base 2
  • 72.045 Charred Brown
  • 72.060 Tinny Tin
Vallejo Model Color
Base 1
  • 70.958 Pink
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