Games Workshop Citadel Pot de Peinture - Base Retributor Armour

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Retributor Armour Spray | Accessories | Zatu Games UK

When I approached painting the Traitor Legions with Contrast paint, I wanted to replicate the way each of the Traitor Legions would have appeared at the onset of the Horus Heresy, retaining some of the character of the Great Crusade in my Legionaries. Understandably, it can sometimes be a daunting task given the size of armies which take to the battlefields of the Age of Darkness. Thankfully, metallic paints have come on a long way and Retributor Armour is one of the best of the bunch.

If you do have any questions or suggestions on how to improve it for others, then please do let me know. On the shoulder I carefully drew in some hazard stripes using Averland Sunset , the thickness of the base paint covering the black quite easily. Starting out isn’t too bad, you can grab a starter set and have the basics covered, but building up your collection can be tricky.

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To capture the glory of their homeworld of Prospero for my Thousand Sons model, I began with a base spray of Retributor Armour , and I covered that with one thick coat of Blood Angels Red .At times, they haven’t been great, but we’re fortunate to live in a time when they’re the best Citadel paints have ever been. There are very few paints in ranges with a good color (not including silver) to highlight a true gold.

Spraying my Custodes with Retributor Armour: notes to self

By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. It was so quick and simple I momentarily considered daubing unholy runes on the armour and devoting myself to the dark gods! The metallic Alpha Legion colour scheme is much loved by hobbyists but was always difficult to achieve consistently. It means that you can use them with a regular brush, but you’d rarely want to because they’ll be much too thin and the coverage will be poor.

Of course, no true son of Angron is complete without a healthy spatter of blood, which was achieved by loading up a brush with a mix of Blood Angels Red and Flesh Tearers Red and just flicking the bristles in the direction of the model.