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Adepta Sororitas - Ebon Chalice

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    21 Jul 2025
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Inspired by https://www.goonhammer.com/how-to-paint-everything-sisters-of-battle/

Assembly

  1. Minifig assembly are sub assembled:
    - Body with base
    - Weapon (when they hide the breastplate)
    - Simulacrum imperialis (If using the multi piece one)
    - Keep all heads separately

Priming

  1. Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch Flat Black Primer:
    - Canoness
    - Battle Sisters
    - Dominions
    - Celestian Sacresants

    Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch Flat White Primer:
    - Acro-Flagellants
    - heads & helmets

Canoness / Battle Sisters / Dominion / Celestial Sacresants

  1. Paint the undercloak Red (about 3 coat)
  2. Paint the overcloak and sleeves in 2 thin coats of Sky Grey (1:1 mixed with Thinner Medium )
  3. Shade the overcloak with 1:4:5 mix of Sky Grey , Black and Thinner Medium
  4. Highlight the overcloak with 1:1 mix of White and Sky Grey
  5. Shade the undercloak with Red
  6. Edge highlight the undercloak with a layer of Red
  7. Highlight the undercloak with a 1:2 mix layer of Vermilion and Thinner Medium
  8. Paint the armor with a 1:1 mix of German Grey and Thinner Medium
  9. Edge highlight the armor (kneepad, boots, shoulder) with a 1:1:2 mix of German Grey , Sombre Grey and Thinner Medium
  10. Paint ornaments and backpack logo with Gold
  11. Paint the armor rivets and chains with Silver
  12. Paint leather details with Red Leather
  13. Paint shoulder symbols in Sky Grey

Weapons

  1. Paint the weapon metal parts with Gunmetal Grey
  2. Shade the metal parts with Black
  3. Glue the weapons & arms to the body

Head

  1. Paint the helmet (not visor) with a 1:1 mix of German Grey and Thinner Medium
  2. Paint the helmet visor in 2 thin coats of Sky Grey
    Shade with 1:1 mix of Sky Grey and Black
    Highlight with 1:1 mix of White and Sky Grey
  3. Paint the armor eye lenses with Dark Vermilion
  4. TBD (Paint the head...)
  5. Glue the head to the body

Finished model

Canoness

Vallejo Auxiliaries
Base 1
  • 70.524 Thinner Medium
Vallejo Game Color 4
Base 1
  • 72.048 Sombre Grey
Metallic 1
  • 72.052 Silver
Wash 2
  • 73.201 Black
  • 73.206 Red
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 1
  • 77.720 Gunmetal Grey
Vallejo Model Color 8
Base 7
  • 70.818 Red Leather
  • 70.909 Vermilion
  • 70.926 Red
  • 70.947 Dark Vermilion
  • 70.951 White
  • 70.989 Sky Grey
  • 70.995 German Grey
Metallic 1
  • 70.996 Gold
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