[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/death-guard":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":100,"description":101,"extension":102,"faction":103,"heroImage":104,"hex":105,"intro":106,"lastUpdated":100,"meta":107,"navigation":108,"path":109,"seo":110,"stem":111,"system":112,"__hash__":113},"factions/factions/death-guard.md","How to Paint Death Guard",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":92},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,54,58,61,65],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Death Guard are the most forgiving \"advanced-looking\" army in the game. The whole faction is built on decay - rust, slime, rot and grime - which means mess is the point. Every imperfection, pooled wash and uneven layer just reads as more corruption, so this is a fantastic army for painters who want a rich, weathered result without needing crisp, clean technique.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"Death Guard armour is a sickly, washed-out green - somewhere between pallid bone and rotten olive - covered in rust, verdigris, and oozing wounds. The texture-heavy plague armour kits are designed to take washes and drybrushing, so the techniques that look fiddly on smooth Marines are quick and effective here.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"painting-the-plague-armour","Painting the plague armour",[10,26,27],{},"The recipe above gives you the base ramp for the pallid green. The corruption comes after:",[29,30,31,35,42,48],"ol",{},[32,33,34],"li",{},"Basecoat and shade the armour using the ramp - keep it muted and slightly desaturated.",[32,36,37,41],{},[38,39,40],"strong",{},"Rust and corrosion:"," stipple orange and brown around rivets, vents and lower edges. Typhus Corrosion or any dark textured wash through the recesses adds instant grime.",[32,43,44,47],{},[38,45,46],{},"Verdigris:"," a touch of pale turquoise/green on brass and copper trim sells the centuries of rot.",[32,49,50,53],{},[38,51,52],{},"Rust streaks:"," drag thinned orange-brown downward from rivets and chips with a fine brush.",[14,55,57],{"id":56},"gore-slime-and-wounds","Gore, slime and wounds",[10,59,60],{},"The exposed guts and tentacles are where contrast paints shine - a single coat of a flesh or purple contrast over a light base gives instant depth. Gloss varnish or a dedicated \"blood\"/slime technical paint on wounds and mouths adds a wet, fresh-rot sheen that contrasts beautifully with the matt armour.",[14,62,64],{"id":63},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[66,67,68,74,80,86],"ul",{},[32,69,70,73],{},[38,71,72],{},"Let the washes pool."," On most armies pooling is a mistake; on Death Guard it is grime. Lean into it.",[32,75,76,79],{},[38,77,78],{},"Mix your rust."," Vary orange, brown and dark red so the corrosion looks organic rather than a single flat colour.",[32,81,82,85],{},[38,83,84],{},"Matt armour, gloss gore."," The contrast between a flat, dusty body and a few wet, glossy wounds is what makes Death Guard look genuinely diseased.",[32,87,88,91],{},[38,89,90],{},"Don't overdo verdigris."," A little on the metal trim is striking; too much turns the whole model green-blue and muddy.",{"title":93,"searchDepth":94,"depth":94,"links":95},"",2,[96,97,98,99],{"id":16,"depth":94,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":94,"text":24},{"id":56,"depth":94,"text":57},{"id":63,"depth":94,"text":64},"2026-06-28","A guide to painting Death Guard - the rotting pallid-green armour, rust and corrosion, gore and grime, with contrast paints doing the heavy lifting on all that texture.","md","Death Guard","/images/factions/death-guard.webp","#9aa05f","Rotten green armour, rust, corrosion and gore made easy with washes",{},true,"/factions/death-guard",{"title":5,"description":101},"factions/death-guard","40k","9bE4u-xDs1grOzVu27E44g2njoj6RLZCs5NX38yLmFs"]