Scots from Spaaaaace - Sorting my Storm Wardens
Foundation - Part 3
Painting – colours and styles
Whilst it’s fairly clear that for Storm Wardens ‘base’ colour is a strong blue, from doing a bit of looking around it seems the secondary colour can either be an off-white/light grey or a metallic silver. For this project (as can see in the last posts) I’ve gone for the metallic option.
I think it really pops and I like the idea of them having stripped back colours on their armour, as if it’s more undecorated (if that makes sense).
Below is a standard layout of armour colours I found on good old google. I’ve kind of stuck to this, keeping the legs consistently silver along with the hand/arms, but I am a big fan of mixing it up from squad type to squad type. Keeps it nice and fresh on the board. A good example of this was choosing silver as the base colour for my Rievers over the blue.
This example shows the silver version. In fact I think it is the 'official' colour but I've seen both used.I like to use Balthasar Gold as the main accent colour. Sticks with the metallic feeling but adds a nice flash.
Here is a list of the standard arrangement of Citadel colours I have to hand when painting the Storm Wardens:
- Macragge Blue
- Caledor Sky
- Teclis Blue
- Leadbelcher
- Stormhost Silver
- Screamer Pink
- Balthasar Gold
- Hashut Copper
There’s a few more but I consider all those the main base for painting these guys. Alongside Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthsade for washes.
Leave a Reply