Blood Angels Legions Imperialis Armour

Blood Angels Legions Imperialis Armour

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    12 Mar 2026
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Red Armour

  1. Prime black
  2. Base coat using stippling/drybrush Dark Crimson don't worry that it's shiny
  3. Stipple/drybrush Red Oxide
  4. Stipple Bold Pyrrole Red as highlights, then do a second round of this

Black

  1. Basecoat black armour, treads, and weapons Black
  2. Black armour only: stipple Charcoal
  3. Highlight black armour with German Grey

Metallics

  1. Drybrush treads with Jet Exhaust this is a thin paint but you can do this, just takes more drying of the brush
  2. Paint weapons/exhaust Jet Exhaust
  3. Highlight weapons with Silver
  4. Paint some metal bits with Bronze
  5. Highlight above with Light Bronze

Window slits

  1. Basecoat Dark Grey Blue
  2. Paint 1 or 2 corners Sky Blue

Green Lenses

  1. Basecoat Green
  2. Paint dot with Bright Green

Yellow Lenses

  1. Basecoat Warm Yellow
  2. Highlight Golden Yellow

Finishing steps

  1. Gloss coat model
  2. Payne's grey oil wash, water it down a lot so you dont need to remove much
  3. Matte coat model
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl 12
Base 6
  • 003 Bold Pyrrole Red
  • 004 Green
  • 006 Golden Yellow
  • 012 Sky Blue
  • 014 Dark Grey Blue
  • 072 Warm Yellow
Metallic 3
  • 025 Silver
  • 026 Light Bronze
  • 032 Bronze
Signature Series: Matt Cexwish 1
  • S19 Dark Crimson
Signature Series: Rogue Hobbies 1
  • S33 Bright Green
AdeptiCon 1
  • S37 Red Oxide
Vallejo Game Color
Base 2
  • 72.051 Black
  • 72.155 Charcoal
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 1
  • 77.713 Jet Exhaust
Vallejo Model Color
Base 1
  • 70.995 German Grey
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