[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/dark-angels":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":81,"description":82,"extension":83,"faction":84,"heroImage":85,"hex":86,"intro":87,"lastUpdated":81,"meta":88,"navigation":89,"path":90,"seo":91,"stem":92,"system":93,"__hash__":94},"factions/factions/dark-angels.md","How to Paint Dark Angels",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":73},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,32,49,53],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Dark Angels give you three distinct looks in one army - the green-armoured battle companies, the bone-white Deathwing terminators and the black Ravenwing bikers - so they stay interesting to paint across a whole force.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"The core scheme is a deep, slightly muted green armour with bone or off-white robes and gold/brass trim. The green should be dark and sombre, not bright, to match the brooding, secretive character of the chapter.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"painting-the-green-armour","Painting the green armour",[10,26,27],{},"The recipe above gives the ramp. Keep the green desaturated - a touch of the shade mixed into the layer stops it looking too vivid. Edge highlight sparingly so the armour stays dark and grim.",[14,29,31],{"id":30},"the-deathwing-and-ravenwing","The Deathwing and Ravenwing",[33,34,35,43],"ul",{},[36,37,38,42],"li",{},[39,40,41],"strong",{},"Deathwing"," terminators are bone/ivory. Build bone up from a brown base through cream to near-white, and shade with a thin brown wash in the recesses - avoid heavy black washes that dirty the bone.",[36,44,45,48],{},[39,46,47],{},"Ravenwing"," bikes and speeders are black with white/bone details and red lenses. Use a blue-grey edge highlight to lift the black so it reads as armour, not a silhouette.",[14,50,52],{"id":51},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[33,54,55,61,67],{},[36,56,57,60],{},[39,58,59],{},"Don't go too bright on the green."," Saturated green looks more Salamanders than Dark Angels.",[36,62,63,66],{},[39,64,65],{},"Bone needs warmth, not grey."," Shade robes with brown, not black, or they look dirty rather than aged.",[36,68,69,72],{},[39,70,71],{},"Lots of trim."," Dark Angels models are covered in iconography - a careful brown wash over gold trim does most of the work.",{"title":74,"searchDepth":75,"depth":75,"links":76},"",2,[77,78,79,80],{"id":16,"depth":75,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":75,"text":24},{"id":30,"depth":75,"text":31},{"id":51,"depth":75,"text":52},"2026-06-28","How to paint Dark Angels - the dark green armour, bone robes of the Deathwing and black of the Ravenwing, with tips for each of the chapter's three wings.","md","Dark Angels","/images/factions/dark-angels.webp","#1c3a2e","Dark green armour, bone Deathwing and black Ravenwing",{},true,"/factions/dark-angels",{"title":5,"description":82},"factions/dark-angels","40k","Qskh0MjFYNfyNBHTzkkfIJTUFWmamEncDzryQBa2Ao8"]