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The Ceaseless Voice V2

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    09 Mar 2026
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An updated version of my original recipe for my new Emperor's Children army.

Battle ready

Add sand to all of the bases with PVA before undercoating.

  1. Undercoat the models with Chaos Black
  2. Airbrush all of the armour with Eshin Grey
  3. Wash the under suit with Black Templar
  4. Base coat all the weapon casings with Abaddon Black
  5. Base coat metal with Leadbelcher
  6. Base coat tassels and cloth Kantor Blue , Incubi Darkness , or Screamer Pink
  7. Base coat brass with Runelord Brass
  8. Basecoat leather with Dryad Bark
  9. Paint the bases with Mournfang Brown
  10. Paint rocks on the bases with Dawnstone

Grey armour

  1. Base coat with Eshin Grey
  2. Shade panels with washes of Abaddon Black
  3. Line panels with Nuln Oil
  4. Edge highlight with Dawnstone

Peach armour

  1. Base coat with Cadian Fleshtone
  2. Shade panels with washes of Bugman's Glow
  3. Line panels with Guilliman Flesh
  4. Edge highlight with Kislev Flesh

Under suit

  1. Base coat with Black Templar over Eshin Grey
  2. Highlight with Mechanicus Standard Grey

Leather

  1. Base coat with Dryad Bark
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlight with Gorthor Brown

Pipes

  1. Base coat with The Fang
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Layer with The Fang
  4. Highlight with Russ Grey

Blue cloth and top knots

  1. Basecoat with Kantor Blue
  2. Wash with Drakenhof Nightshade or use a 1:1:1 mix of Kantor Blue , Abaddon Black and Lahmian Medium in the recesses
  3. Layer with Kantor Blue
  4. Layer with Caledor Sky
  5. Highlight with Lothern Blue

Depending on how fancy you are feeling you can use various mixes of Kantor Blue , Caledor Sky and Lothern Blue to get smooth transitions between layers

Andy Pearson

andypearson

Made Paint Pad. Paints T'au, Emperor's Children and whatever else distracts him.

Citadel Painting System 26
Base 12
  • Abaddon Black
  • Bugman's Glow
  • Caledor Sky
  • Dryad Bark
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Kantor Blue
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Runelord Brass
  • Screamer Pink
  • The Fang
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Drakenhof Nightshade
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 7
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dawnstone
  • Eshin Grey
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Lothern Blue
  • Russ Grey
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Spray 1
  • Chaos Black
Contrast 2
  • Black Templar
  • Guilliman Flesh
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