Konrad Curze

Konrad Curze

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    28 Nov 2023
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    28 Nov 2023
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Paint recipe for the Horus Heresy primarch, Konrad Curze (and other Night Lords).

Prime with Vallejo Black Primer

Konrad Curze

  1. Base entire model with Night Blue
  2. Airbrush from underside of model with Imperial Blue for shadows
  3. Airbursh from top of model with Altdorf Guard Blue for hightlights
  4. Paint armour trim and armour highlights with Castellax Bronze
  5. Paint skeletons or any bones with Ushabti Bone
  6. Wash any bones with Agrax Earthshade
  7. Paint claws for any other areas where needed with Dark Steel
  8. Paint head/skin with Rakarth Flesh
  9. Paint hair and eyes with Black
  10. Paint bat wings and cape bottom with Mephiston Red
  11. Highlight bat wigs and cape with Evil Sunz Scarlet
  12. Paint flesh (cape, trophies, etc.) with Bugman's Glow and wash with Reikland Fleshshade
  13. Airbrush inside of armor neck area with Kabalite Green to create a glow effect
  14. Spray up from bottom of head (head should be painted separately) with Kabalite Green to crate effect of glow coming from from armor. Touch up the head as needed if you overspray.
  15. Apply Blood For The Blood God to claws, flesh trophies, cape, etc. as needed.

Base

  1. Base coat with Sombre Grey
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Drybrush with Administratum Grey
  4. Paint metal decoration on stone with Retributor Armour and wash with Reikland Fleshshade
  5. Use Martian Ironcrust on base and in stone where needed.

Base Bodies

  1. Paint armor with Gunship Green and hightlight with Light Green
  2. Paint machine and other armor parts with Dark Steel to add contrast
  3. Pint bottoms of boots with Black
  4. Wash models with Nuln Oil
  5. Paint skin and bone as noted above for Curze
  6. Apply Blood For The Blood God to bodies as needed.

Apply Pigments

  1. Apply Vallejo Pigments as needed to Konrad, base, bodies and stonework using Dark Red Ochre 73.107.

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Citadel Painting System 15
Base 3
  • Bugman's Glow
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 3
  • Altdorf Guard Blue
  • Castellax Bronze
  • Kabalite Green
Technical 1
  • Blood For The Blood God
Texture 1
  • Martian Ironcrust
Air 4
  • Administratum Grey
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Mephiston Red
  • Ushabti Bone
Vallejo Game Color
Base 4
  • 72.019 Night Blue
  • 72.020 Imperial Blue
  • 72.048 Sombre Grey
  • 72.051 Black
Vallejo Mecha Color
Base 1
  • 69.065 Dark Steel
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.895 Gunship Green
  • 70.942 Light Green
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