[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/astra-militarum":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":84,"description":85,"extension":86,"faction":87,"heroImage":88,"hex":89,"intro":90,"lastUpdated":84,"meta":91,"navigation":92,"path":93,"seo":94,"stem":95,"system":96,"__hash__":97},"factions/factions/astra-militarum.md","How to Paint Astra Militarum",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":76},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,41,44,48,51,55],[10,11,12],"p",{},"The Astra Militarum are the human armies of the Imperium, and you need a lot of them. The whole approach is built around batch painting: a simple, practical scheme applied quickly across ranks of infantry, with tanks as the occasional centrepiece.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"The iconic Cadian look is military green armour and fatigues, with metal weapons, brown leather and webbing, and flesh faces. It is a grounded, realistic palette - no bright heraldry, just soldiers.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"batch-painting-infantry","Batch painting infantry",[10,26,27],{},"Speed is everything with guardsmen:",[29,30,31,35,38],"ul",{},[32,33,34],"li",{},"Undercoat, then basecoat the largest areas (armour/fatigues) across the whole unit at once.",[32,36,37],{},"One all-over wash to shade everything in a single step.",[32,39,40],{},"A quick drybrush or single highlight on the armour, then pick out metal, leather and faces.",[10,42,43],{},"Contrast paints shine here - a contrast over the right undercoat shades guardsmen automatically and gets a platoon done in an evening.",[14,45,47],{"id":46},"tanks-and-regiments","Tanks and regiments",[10,49,50],{},"Leman Russ tanks and Chimeras give you a canvas for weathering - mud, chipping and stowage. Swap the green for other regiments: Death Korps of Krieg (field grey), Catachan (olive and bare muscle), Tallarn (desert tan), Valhallan (greatcoats).",[14,52,54],{"id":53},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[29,56,57,64,70],{},[32,58,59,63],{},[60,61,62],"strong",{},"Keep it simple."," A guardsman should take minutes, not hours - save detail for tanks and characters.",[32,65,66,69],{},[60,67,68],{},"One wash to rule them."," A single all-over shade is the fastest way to make ranks look finished.",[32,71,72,75],{},[60,73,74],{},"Weather the tanks."," Mud and chips turn a flat green tank into a war machine.",{"title":77,"searchDepth":78,"depth":78,"links":79},"",2,[80,81,82,83],{"id":16,"depth":78,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":78,"text":24},{"id":46,"depth":78,"text":47},{"id":53,"depth":78,"text":54},"2026-06-28","How to paint Astra Militarum - the practical military-green Cadian look, batch-painting infantry fast, with tanks and regiment variations.","md","Astra Militarum","/images/factions/astra-militarum.webp","#4b5340","Practical military green, batch-painted for a whole regiment",{},true,"/factions/astra-militarum",{"title":5,"description":85},"factions/astra-militarum","40k","eLD3qRmKR9Fw4N52kt3buIqiGj6dsSpot9F62Z7NAdA"]