20% off RRPCombat Patrol: Chaos Space Marines
Chaos Space Marines · 26 models · 4 kits
1× Master of Possession · 5× Possessed · 10× Legionaries · 10× Chaos Cultists
from €92.28· compare 3 shops· priced 14 Sep
Red Corsairs Paint Scheme
A full Red Corsairs 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 RRP
20% off RRPCombat Patrol: Red Corsairs
Chaos Space Marines · 17 models · 4 kits
1× Red Corsairs Reave-captain Miniature · 1× Chaos Rhino Miniature · 5× Red Corsairs Raiders Miniaturea · 10× Fellgor Ravagers Miniaturea
Combat Patrol: Night Lords
Chaos Space Marines · 17 models · 4 kits
1× Chaos Lord with Jump Pack · 5× Chosen · 10× Legionaries · 1× Chaos Rhino
20% off RRPChaos Space Marines Warband: Battleforce
Chaos Space Marines · 34 models · 5 kits
1× Discordant riding a Helstalker Miniature · 2× Obliterators Miniatures · 1× Venomcrawler Miniature · 20× Chaos Cultists Miniatures · 10× Legionnaires Miniatures
from €185.40· compare 3 shops· priced 14 Sep
20% off RRPRed Corsairs: Lords of the Maelstrom Battleforce
Chaos Space Marines · 36 models · 5 kits
1× Red Corsairs Reave-Captain · 10× Red Corsairs Raiders · 5× Chaos Terminators · 10× Legionaries · 10× Traitor Guardsmen
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€216.67at Loaded Dice · eBay· priced 14 SepCovers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme
+4
from €65.68· compare 2 shops· priced 14 Sep
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme
+38
from €172.50· compare 2 shops· priced 14 SepCovers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme
+4
from €45.89· compare 2 shops· priced 14 SepCovers 5 of 13 colours in this scheme
Covers 5 of 13 colours in this scheme
€29.75at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 3 Sep
Covers 5 of 13 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
Black shoulders & greaves
Looted plates
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
Exact Match
Very Close
Cutthroat Red
Green Stuff World
Very Close
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
★ Our pick for shade
Very Close
Close
Similar
Approximate
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
★ Our pick for layer
Exact Match
Exact Match
Very Close
Very Close
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
Discontinued
★ Our pick for highlight
Exact Match
Exact Match
Very Close
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
Violent Vermillion
Army Painter
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Very Close
Very Close
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
Close
Close
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
Close
Similar
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
Very Close
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
Very Close
Barbarian Flesh
Army Painter
Very Close
Very Close
Very Close
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.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Close
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
Very Close
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Very Close
Black shoulders & greaves
Pauldrons, greaves and inner plates in flat black. The hard black-on-red split is the warband, and it is what stops the red reading as World Eaters.
Petrol Spills
Vallejo
★ Our pick for black shoulders & greaves
Very Close
Black Legion
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Very Close
Very Close
Very Close
Looted plates
One pauldron or backpack left in another Legion’s colours, or in bare scarred metal - lore-correct, and the reason a Red Corsairs squad can be built from every leftover sprue you own. Vary it; two identical raiders is the only wrong answer.
Skeleton Bone
Army Painter
★ Our pick for looted plates
Exact Match
Very Close
Very Close
Transparent Blue Grey
Warcolours
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
13 paints in this scheme
Wazdakka Red
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetSeraph Red
Vallejo
No price tracked yetCountry Red
Vallejo
No price tracked yetMars Red
Army Painter
No price tracked yetViolent Vermillion
Army Painter
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 yetTurquoise 1
Warcolours
No price tracked yetGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetPetrol Spills
Vallejo
No price tracked yetSkeleton Bone
Army Painter
No price tracked yet
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Combat Patrol: Chaos Space Marines
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The fastest way to start a Chaos Space Marines army — a boxed force to paint with this scheme.
1× Master of Possession · 5× Possessed · 10× Legionaries · 10× Chaos Cultists
Best price
€92.28Loaded Dice · eBay
priced 14 Sep · postage per seller
Buy at Loaded Dice · eBaycheapest of 3 European sellers · save €53.75 vs the most expensive · excl. delivery
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