Ultramarines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

1. Apply a basecoat of celestra grey to the hair.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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