Aeldari Paint Scheme
A full Aeldari paint scheme, generated and ready to test: the armour ramp from basecoat to edge highlight plus metals, skin, lenses and basing — every colour matched to real paints from Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and 35+ more ranges, with live prices. Use it as a planner, tweak any colour, or take it into the full generator.
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The boxes we can price for this faction, cheapest first, and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
20% off RRPCombat Patrol: Aeldari Corsairs
Aeldari · 17 models · 4 kits
1× Kharseth · 1× Wave Serpent · 5× Corsair Skyreavers · 10× Corsair Voidreavers (which can alternatively be built as Corsair Voidscarred)
from C$174.25· compare 3 shops· priced 14 Sep
20% off RRPCombat Patrol: Aeldari
Aeldari · 21 models · 4 kits
1× Spiritseer Miniature · 5× Wraithblades Miniatures (which can alternatively be built as Wraithguard) · 5× Warp Spiders Miniatures · 10× Dire Avengers Miniatures
from C$200.06· compare 3 shops· priced 14 Sep
20% off RRPAeldari: Eldritch Raiders Battleforce
Aeldari · 23 models · 5 kits
1× Prince Yriel Miniature · 1× Kharseth Miniature · 1× Starfang Miniature(which can alternatively be built as a Vyper) · 10× Corsair Skyreavers Miniature · 10× Corsair Voidreavers Miniature(which can alternatively be built as Corsair Voidscarred)
from C$300.09· compare 2 shops· priced 14 Sep
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C$225.00at Tistaminis · eBay· priced 14 SepCovers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
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from C$62.99· compare 3 shops· priced 14 Sep
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
from C$37.59· compare 2 shops· priced 14 Sep
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
Covers 3 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Base coat
Shade
Layer
Highlight
Edge highlight
Additional details
Trim
Weapons
Leather
Skin
Lenses
Basing
Contrast panels
Spiritstones & gems
Undersuit & weapons
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
Exact Match
Very CloseDiscontinued
Snot Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
Hulky Green Dip
Green Stuff World
★ Our pick for shade
Very Close
Close
Close
Similar
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
Very Close
Very CloseDiscontinued
Snot Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
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4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
★ Our pick for highlight
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5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
Discontinued
Vile Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Very Close
Verdigris
Vallejo
Very Close
Details & accent colours
Everything else on the model - metals, skin, leather, lenses, basing and this faction's signature accents.
Metal — trim
Aquilas, rims and ornament. Basecoat gold, wash with a brown shade, then edge a brighter gold.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
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Gold Brown
Vallejo
Similar
Balthasar Gold
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
Iron Wolf
Army Painter
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
Similar
Natural Steel
Vallejo
Close
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Similar
Iron Warriors
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
Exact Match
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Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
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Elf Skin Tone
Vallejo
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Caucasian Skintone
Kimera Kolors
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
Discontinued
Magenta Ink
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Exact Match
Close
Close
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
Discontinued
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for basing — earth
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
English Uniform
Vallejo
Very Close
Contrast panels
Helmets and shoulder plates in bone or white over a grey base, white on the highest edges only. A craftworld model is two flat colours in hard contrast; this is the second one.
★ Our pick for contrast panels
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Spiritstones & gems
Black in the stone, a crescent of colour in the lower two-thirds, a brighter crescent inside it and one white dot at the top edge. Gloss it. Thirty seconds, and it is the detail that sells the model.
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Wyrmling Red
Army Painter
Very Close
Undersuit & weapons
Shuriken catapults, joints and bodyglove in a near-black teal, edged a shade up. Keep them dark - one bright accent per model, and it should be the gem.
Waaagh! Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for undersuit & weapons
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Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
14 paints in this scheme
Splinter Blotches I
Vallejo
No price tracked yetHulky Green Dip
Green Stuff World
No price tracked yetLight Green
Vallejo
No price tracked yetLight Avocado
Vallejo
No price tracked yetVile Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetKi-Rin Gold
Army Painter
No price tracked yetIron Wolf
Army Painter
Owlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetMagenta Ink
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetGerman White Tank Crew
Vallejo
No price tracked yetTransparent Red
Vallejo
No price tracked yetWaaagh! Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yet
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C$53.06Accidentally Cool · eBay
priced 14 Sep · postage per seller
Buy at Accidentally Cool · eBaycheapest of 2 Canadian sellers · save C$431.45 vs the most expensive · excl. delivery
Want the codex too? At Loaded Dice (UK):Aeldari: Combat Patrol + Codex · £119.99save £23.01 vs RRP(out of stock)
Shopping from the US?Combat Patrol: Aeldari · $144.50 (US)save $25.50 vs RRP
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