Eight Stolen Truths

Eight Stolen Truths

  4
  • Written by
  • Published
    31 Oct 2021
  • Updated
    31 Oct 2021
  • Shareable URL

This is my take on the colour scheme of the Eight Stolen Truths, a splinter warband of the Alpha Legion.

The main colours are green and grey.

General Information:

My general method is to lay down all the base colours for the model, then do all the shading in the recesses before moving on to the highlights.

I don't own an airbrush so the recipe will mainly consist of Games Workshop spray cans and brush on paints.

Priming:

  1. Prime the model with Mechanicus Standard Grey

Green (Armour Panels):

  1. Base with Incubi Darkness
  2. Shade the recesses with Nuln Oil
  3. Lightly layer upper facing areas with thinned Kabalite Green
  4. Add a fine highlight of Sybarite Green

Grey (Armour Trim):

  1. Base with Mechanicus Standard Grey
  2. Shade the recesses and around any rivets with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight fine points and sharp edges with Dawnstone
  4. Add a fine highlight of Administratum Grey to sharp corners

Silver (Details - Chains, Gun Barrels, Vents):

For grenades, replace Nuln Oil with Athonian Camoshade

  1. Base with Leadbelcher
  2. Shade the recesses with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlight the edges with Stormhost Silver
  4. Add a rust effect with thinned Skrag Brown

Pink (Details - Cloth, Wraps):

  1. Base with Screamer Pink
  2. Shade the recesses with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlight the edges with Pink Horror
  4. Add fine points with Cadian Fleshtone

Black (Details - Gun Casing, Armour Ribbing, Cables):

  1. Base with Abaddon Black
  2. Highlight the edges with Eshin Grey
  3. Highlight fine points and sharp edges with Administratum Grey

Brown (Details - Leather Pouches):

  1. Base with Rhinox Hide
  2. Shade the recesses with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Roughly highlight the edges with Skrag Brown
  4. Add a fine highlight with Ushabti Bone

Blue (Details - Lenses):

  1. Base with Sotek Green
  2. Shade over with Nuln Oil
  3. Layer the middle with Temple Guard Blue
  4. Add a fine highlight of Baharroth Blue mixed 1:1 with White Scar

Gold (Details - Bullets):

  1. Base with Retributor Armour
  2. Shade the recesses with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlight the edges with Stormhost Silver

James

Ninth.Bright

Amateur tabletop painter of Warhammer 40k and Age of Sigmar miniatures.

Citadel Painting System 25
Base 7
  • Abaddon Black
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Screamer Pink
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Athonian Camoshade
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 14
  • Administratum Grey
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dawnstone
  • Eshin Grey
  • Kabalite Green
  • Pink Horror
  • Skrag Brown
  • Sotek Green
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Sybarite Green
  • Temple Guard Blue
  • Ushabti Bone
  • White Scar
Spray 1
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
Sign up to compare these recipe requirements to your own paint collection