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Heresy Thousand Sons - Legionaries

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    04 Jan 2026
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Candy Coat Red

  1. 1. Prime black
  2. 2. Magnesium & Black
  3. 3. Magnesium
  4. 4. Chrome
  5. 5. 50/50 Tamiya Lacquer Thinner & Clear Red (pot)
  6. 6. Repeat step 6 slowly building thin layers to keep underpainting clear and shiny

Gold

  1. 1. Base detail with 50/50 Black & Despair Green
  2. 2. Layer Decayed Metal
  3. 3. Layer Elven Gold
  4. 4. Layer Citrine Alchemy
  5. 5. Glaze Despair Green
  6. 6. Reapply highlights

Silver

  1. 1. Base detail with 50/50 black & Despair Green
  2. 2. Layer Black Metal
  3. 3. Highlight Speed Metal
  4. 4. Glaze Black
  5. 5. Reapply highlights as needed

Mesh, Wires, Weaves

  1. 1. Base detail with 50/50 Black & Despair Green
  2. 2. Highlight with German Grey

Gems/Lamps

  1. 1. Base detail with 50/50 black & Despair Green
  2. 2. Despair Green
  3. 3. Kabalite Green
  4. 4. Sybarite Green
  5. 5. Blue Horror

Lenses

  1. 1. Incubi Darkness
  2. 2. Warpstone Glow
  3. 3. Moot Green
  4. 4. Dorn Yellow
  5. 5. Glaze Tesseract Glow

White Armor & Bolter Casings

  1. 1. Grey Seer
  2. 2. Ulthuan Grey
  3. 3. Flat White

Marble

  1. 1. German Grey
  2. 2. Grey Seer
  3. 3. Flat White
  4. 4. Reinforce veins as needed with thinned German Grey and/or Black
Citadel Painting System 9
Base 2
  • Grey Seer
  • Incubi Darkness
Layer 7
  • Blue Horror
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Kabalite Green
  • Moot Green
  • Sybarite Green
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Warpstone Glow
Scale75 Scalecolor 6
Metal n' Alchemy 5
  • SC-63 Black Metal
  • SC-66 Speed Metal
  • SC-74 Elven Gold
  • SC-75 Citrine Alchemy
  • SC-87 Decayed Metal
Fantasy & Games 1
  • SFG-43 Despair Green
Tamiya 2
Acrylic flat 1
  • XF-2 Flat White
Spray 1
  • TS-74 Clear Red
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 2
  • 77.707 Chrome
  • 77.711 Magnesium
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.995 German Grey
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