[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/deathwatch":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":273,"description":274,"extension":275,"faction":276,"heroImage":277,"hex":278,"intro":279,"lastUpdated":273,"meta":280,"navigation":281,"path":282,"seo":283,"stem":284,"system":285,"__hash__":286},"factions/factions/deathwatch.md","How to Paint Deathwatch",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":263},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,24,28,48,59,63,86,96,100,129,148,152,155,230,233,237],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Deathwatch are a small army that behaves like a large one. You will never paint fifty of them, but each model carries more distinct elements than a standard marine: black plate, a silver left arm, a chapter-coloured right pauldron, gold heraldry and a bone shoulder trim. That is five separate jobs on a body that would otherwise be one.",[10,14,15],{},"Set against that, the black armour needs almost no work, and a kill team of five is a genuinely achievable evening. Treat them as characters rather than as a rank and they are one of the most satisfying forces to paint in 40,000.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,22,23],{},"Matt black power armour, a bright silver left shoulder and arm, and a right pauldron painted in the marine's parent chapter colours. Gold ornament, red lenses, and bone-white shoulder trim on the black side. The contrast between the black body and the silver arm is the whole identity - keep the silver bright.",[17,25,27],{"id":26},"the-black-armour","The black armour",[10,29,30,31,35,36,39,40,43,44,47],{},"Undercoat black. ",[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Abaddon Black"," is your basecoat and needs no shade at all. Edge-highlight with ",[32,37,38],{},"Eshin Grey",", thin and only where light would actually catch, then a sparing final touch of ",[32,41,42],{},"Dawnstone"," on the sharpest corners. ",[32,45,46],{},"Corvus Black"," works well as a middle step if you want a softer ramp on the larger Terminator and Gravis plates.",[10,49,50,51,54,55,58],{},"If you would rather work over a light undercoat, ",[32,52,53],{},"Black Legion"," contrast over ",[32,56,57],{},"Grey Seer"," gives a deep, softly shaded black in one coat and leaves you more time for the details, which is where these models are won.",[17,60,62],{"id":61},"the-silver-arm","The silver arm",[10,64,65,66,69,70,73,74,77,78,81,82,85],{},"Do not use the same metal as the bolter. Base the shoulder and arm ",[32,67,68],{},"Ironbreaker",", shade with ",[32,71,72],{},"Nuln Oil"," but wipe it back so only the recesses hold it, then layer ",[32,75,76],{},"Runefang Steel"," across the plate and edge ",[32,79,80],{},"Stormhost Silver",". ",[32,83,84],{},"Grey Knights Steel"," is a good single-step alternative if you want a slightly cooler tone.",[10,87,88,89,92,93,95],{},"The weapon should be visibly duller: ",[32,90,91],{},"Leadbelcher"," shaded ",[32,94,72],{}," and left there.",[17,97,99],{"id":98},"heraldry-gold-and-lenses","Heraldry, gold and lenses",[10,101,102,103,106,107,110,111,114,115,118,119,118,121,124,125,128],{},"The Inquisitorial rosette, aquila and shoulder ornament go ",[32,104,105],{},"Retributor Armour",", shade ",[32,108,109],{},"Agrax Earthshade",", highlight ",[32,112,113],{},"Auric Armour Gold",". Bone shoulder trim is ",[32,116,117],{},"Zandri Dust",", ",[32,120,109],{},[32,122,123],{},"Ushabti Bone",", then ",[32,126,127],{},"Screaming Skull"," on the outer edge.",[10,130,131,132,135,136,139,140,143,144,147],{},"Lenses: ",[32,133,134],{},"Khorne Red"," in the recess, ",[32,137,138],{},"Evil Sunz Scarlet"," across the middle, ",[32,141,142],{},"Wild Rider Red"," at the lower edge and a single ",[32,145,146],{},"White Scar"," dot at the top left. Gloss them. On an almost entirely black model, four red lenses are the only warmth.",[17,149,151],{"id":150},"chapter-pauldrons","Chapter pauldrons",[10,153,154],{},"The right shoulder is a chance to paint a dozen chapters without committing to any of them:",[156,157,158,173,183,194,205,216],"ul",{},[159,160,161,164,165,168,169,172],"li",{},[32,162,163],{},"Ultramarines"," - ",[32,166,167],{},"Macragge Blue"," into ",[32,170,171],{},"Calgar Blue",".",[159,174,175,164,178,168,181,172],{},[32,176,177],{},"Blood Angels",[32,179,180],{},"Mephiston Red",[32,182,138],{},[159,184,185,164,188,168,191,172],{},[32,186,187],{},"Dark Angels",[32,189,190],{},"Caliban Green",[32,192,193],{},"Warpstone Glow",[159,195,196,164,199,168,202,172],{},[32,197,198],{},"Imperial Fists",[32,200,201],{},"Averland Sunset",[32,203,204],{},"Yriel Yellow",[159,206,207,164,210,168,213,172],{},[32,208,209],{},"Space Wolves",[32,211,212],{},"The Fang",[32,214,215],{},"Fenrisian Grey",[159,217,218,164,221,168,223,225,226,229],{},[32,219,220],{},"Salamanders",[32,222,190],{},[32,224,193],{}," with ",[32,227,228],{},"Rakarth Flesh"," skin.",[10,231,232],{},"Paint the pauldron off the model if you can, or leave it unglued. Reaching a shoulder recess past an assembled storm bolter is miserable.",[17,234,236],{"id":235},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[156,238,239,245,251,257],{},[159,240,241,244],{},[32,242,243],{},"Keep the silver and the gunmetal different."," If they match, the arm stops reading as special.",[159,246,247,250],{},[32,248,249],{},"Do not wash the black."," There is nothing for a shade to do, and it dulls the finish.",[159,252,253,256],{},[32,254,255],{},"Batch the black, individualise the rest."," Twenty minutes of armour then an hour of details is the right ratio.",[159,258,259,262],{},[32,260,261],{},"Assemble late."," Deathwatch models are covered in overlapping detail; subassemblies save far more time than they cost.",{"title":264,"searchDepth":265,"depth":265,"links":266},"",2,[267,268,269,270,271,272],{"id":19,"depth":265,"text":20},{"id":26,"depth":265,"text":27},{"id":61,"depth":265,"text":62},{"id":98,"depth":265,"text":99},{"id":150,"depth":265,"text":151},{"id":235,"depth":265,"text":236},"2026-08-19","How to paint Deathwatch - black armour with a silver left shoulder, chapter-coloured pauldrons, gold Inquisitorial heraldry and the bone-white shoulder trim that ties the kill team together.","md","Deathwatch",null,"#191c20","Black plate, a silver arm, and one shoulder from every chapter",{},true,"/factions/deathwatch",{"title":5,"description":274},"factions/deathwatch","40k","40101EW54H-OcAgwW4zORH9GczJUBOHJkfXItFrhclY"]