Dire Avengers

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    31 May 2026
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Blue Armour

  1. Macragge Blue base coat or primed
  2. Asurmen Blue thinned 1:4 with Contrast Medium wash
  3. Alaitoc Blue drybrush

Helmets

  1. White Scar primed/base coat
  2. Blinding Light mixed 1:1 with Speedpaint Medium wash

Crests

  1. White Scar primed/base coat
  2. Ancient Honey wash
  3. Grim Black wash
  4. Blood Red wash

Blacks/Guns

  1. Doom Death Black base coat
  2. White Scar drybrush
  3. Black Lotus mixed 1:1 Contrast Medium wash

Gold

  1. Dragon's Gold base coat
  2. Reikland Fleshshade wash

Cloth

  1. Celestra Grey base coat
  2. Ulthuan Grey layer
  3. Soulblight Grey thinned 1:1 with Lahmian Medium wash

Silver

  1. Dark Silver base coat
  2. Nuln Oil wash
Citadel Painting System 11
Base 2
  • Celestra Grey
  • Macragge Blue
Shade 3
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
  • Soulblight Grey
Layer 3
  • Alaitoc Blue
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • White Scar
Technical 2
  • Contrast Medium
  • Lahmian Medium
Contrast 1
  • Asurmen Blue
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl
Metallic 1
  • 030 Dark Silver
The Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0
Speedpaint 5
  • Ancient Honey
  • Blinding Light
  • Blood Red
  • Grim Black
  • Speedpaint Medium
Two Thin Coats 2
Shade 1
  • Doom Death Black
Midtone 1
  • Dragon's Gold
Vallejo Xpress
Xpress 1
  • 72.423 Black Lotus
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