Ultramarines

Apply a smooth basecoat to all armour joints using thinned paint, applying a second coat if needed for a solid finish.

Citadel — Eshin Grey

Apply several thin layers of blue paint to all armour panels to build up a solid, smooth basecoat.

Pro Acryl — Blue

Apply a smooth basecoat to all leather details, ensuring multiple thin coats are used for a solid finish.

Pro Acryl — Dark Umber

Apply thin coats of rich gold paint to all gold details, taking care to pick out small features neatly.

Pro Acryl — Rich Gold

Apply thin coats of silver paint to all silver details, building up layers for a solid, bright finish over darker colours.

Pro Acryl — Silver

Paint in all red details, including helmet stripes, using thin coats of red paint.

Citadel — Khorne Red

Paint in all white details, including helmet stripes, using thin coats of celestra grey paint, taking care to be neat around painted areas.

Citadel — Celestra Grey

Paint the parchment and scroll details using thin coats of ushabti bone.

Citadel — Ushabti Bone

Paint the wax seals on the purity seals with screaming pink, applying multiple thin layers for a vibrant colour.

Citadel — Screamer Pink

Apply two thin coats of cadian fleshtone as an all-over basecoat for the face, allowing some of the light primer to show through the eye sockets.

Citadel — Cadian Fleshtone

Apply a thin layer of kislev flesh to all raised areas of the face, avoiding the deepest recesses to retain shadow from the underlying cadian fleshtone.

Citadel — Kislev Flesh

Apply a thin tint of carroburg crimson diluted with lahmean medium to areas like under the eyes and the lips to add depth and warmth.

Citadel — Carroburg Crimson

Apply another thin tint of lahmean medium to the same areas where carroburg crimson was applied to further soften and blend the tint.

Citadel — Lahmian Medium

Apply a final highlight of flayed one flesh to the highest points of the face, such as the bridge of the nose, brow line, and cheekbones, for maximum brightness.

Citadel — Flayed One Flesh

Apply a basecoat of celestra grey to the hair.

Citadel — Celestra Grey

Stipple ulthuan grey onto the hair using a drybrush technique to create texture and highlights, giving a crew-cut appearance.

Citadel — Ulthuan Grey

Apply blue tone wash to all blue armour panels, either as a recess shade or an all-over wash, ensuring it settles into recesses.

The Army Painter — Blue Tone

Apply seraphim sepia wash to all gold details, encouraging it to settle into the recesses to add depth.

Citadel — Seraphim Sepia

Apply nuln oil wash to all leather, silver, and armour joint details, ensuring full coverage to darken and define these areas.

Citadel — Nuln Oil

Apply agrax earthshade wash to the purity seals and scroll details, letting it pool in the recesses to create shadow and definition.

Citadel — Agrax Earthshade

Re-layer the blue armour panels with blue paint, carefully leaving the darker wash in the recesses.

Pro Acryl — Blue

Apply a first edge highlight to the blue armour using a mix of faded ultramarine and blue.

Pro Acryl — Faded Ultramarine

Apply a first edge highlight to the blue armour using a mix of faded ultramarine and blue.

Pro Acryl — Blue

Apply a second, finer edge highlight to the blue armour using grey blue on the top-most edges.

Pro Acryl — Grey Blue

Apply a first edge highlight to the leather details using mourfang brown, picking out worn edges and texture.

Citadel — Mournfang Brown

Apply a second, finer edge highlight to the leather details using skrag brown on the sharpest corners and highest points.

Citadel — Skrag Brown

Apply a layer of liberator gold to the raised areas of all gold details to brighten them up.

Citadel — Liberator Gold

Apply a layer of silver to the raised areas of all silver details.

Pro Acryl — Silver

Apply a highlight to the red details using evil sunz scarlet, leaving a thin line of the darker red in the recesses.

Citadel — Evil Sunz Scarlet

Apply a highlight to the white details using ulthuan grey, leaving the darker celestra grey in the recesses.

Citadel — Ulthuan Grey

Apply a highlight to the purity seals and bone details using screaming skull.

Citadel — Screaming Skull