How to paint Night Lords Armour Tutorial – 2019

Last Updated on December 22, 2019 by FauxHammer

This week’s Brushstroke guide shows you how to paint Night Lords Armour.

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How to paint Night Lords – Paints & Tools

Brushes

• Winsor & Newton Series 7 (not the Series 7 ‘Miniature’ Brushes)

Paints

• Deco Art Metallics Ice Blue

• Eshin Grey
• Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Dawnstone
• Screaming Skull
• Rakarth Flesh
• Pallid Wych Flesh
• Khorne Red
• Wazdakka Red
• Mephiston Red
• Evil Sunz Scarlet
• Wild Rider Red

• Retributor Armour
• Liberator Gold
• Ironbreaker
• Stormhost Silver

• Drakenhof Nightshade
• Nuln Oil
• Agrax Earthshade
• Seraphim Sepia

• Scale75 Sky Blue sc-50

How to paint Night Lords – Introduction

Following on from my metallic Alpha Legion terminator, I decided to create a metallic Night Lords paint scheme too. Matching as close to the box-art as possible.

For this, I’ve used metallic blue craft paint from the US company Decoart and the paint is Dazzling Metallics Ice Blue.

This guide details how to use it to paint Night Lords’ armour and it couldn’t be simpler! :o)

How to paint Night Lords – Tutorial

Step 1 – Base Colours

Over a black primer paint in the following base colours:

• Main Armour – Decoart Metallic Ice Blue
• Armour Trim – Retributor Armour
• Armour Joints – Eshin Grey
• Fur Pelt – Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Skulls and Bones – Rakarth Flesh
• Loin Cloth – Khorne Red
• Silver Details – Ironbreaker

Step 2 – Shading

Shade the Ice Blue armour with Drakenhof Nightshade

Shade the following colours with Nuln Oil:

• Ironbreaker
• Mechanicus Standard Grey
• Eshin Grey
• Khorne Red

Shade the following colours with Agrax Earthshade:

• Retributor Armour
• Rakarth Flesh

Step 3 – Highlight

Edge highlight as follows:

Armour with Ice Blue + Stormhost Silver (50:50 mix)

Silver with Ironbreaker. This just gives a highlight without being overpowering.

Fur pelt with Dawnstone and then Screaming Skull

Eshin grey with Dawnstone

Gold trim with Liberator Gold

Rakarth Flesh with a drybrush of Pallid Wych Flesh

Khorne Red with thinned Wazdakka Red

Step 4 – Details

The last few details to finish off are:

The eyes I basecoated Mephiston Red, layered with Evil Sunz Scarlet and final layer of Wild Rider Red.

The skulls and bones I aged by doing a final wash of Seraphim Sepia.

For the lightning design, I used thinned Scale75 Sky Blue sc-50 painted as broad lines and then pure white lines painted as thin crackles on top. Thinned Sky Blue was used as a final blend where it was needed.

The tusks I basecoated Rakarth Flesh, shaded the base with Seraphim Sepia, then painted stripes of Pallid Wych Flesh and Screaming Skull towards the tip.

How to paint Night Lords –

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How to paint Night Lords Armour

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This week's Brushstroke guide shows you how to paint Night Lords Armour.

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