[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/drukhari":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":271,"description":272,"extension":273,"faction":274,"heroImage":275,"hex":276,"intro":277,"lastUpdated":271,"meta":278,"navigation":279,"path":280,"seo":281,"stem":282,"system":283,"__hash__":284},"factions/factions/drukhari.md","How to Paint Drukhari",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":261},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,24,28,52,66,72,76,99,106,110,144,166,170,173,231,235],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Drukhari are a study in contrast: very dark armour, very pale skin, and edges everywhere. The models are covered in blades, spines and armour plates that all terminate in a hard line, which makes edge highlighting the single technique that defines the army. Skip it and a Kabalite Warrior is a black smudge; do it and the model looks like it could cut you.",[10,14,15],{},"They are quicker than they look. The armour is one dark colour over a dark undercoat, the skin is small, and there is very little cloth or ornament to slow you down.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,22,23],{},"Deep, cold armour - teal, green or near-black - highlighted to a sharp bright edge, with bone-pale skin, dark leather and glinting bladed weapons. Nothing on a Drukhari model is warm except the poison and the blood.",[17,25,27],{"id":26},"kabalite-armour","Kabalite armour",[10,29,30,31,35,36,39,40,43,44,47,48,51],{},"Undercoat black. Base the plates ",[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Incubi Darkness",", shade with ",[32,37,38],{},"Nuln Oil"," in the recesses only, then layer ",[32,41,42],{},"Kabalite Green"," across the raised areas. Edge-highlight ",[32,45,46],{},"Sybarite Green",", and on the very sharpest points add a hint of ",[32,49,50],{},"Gauss Blaster Green",". Keep every highlight to a thin line - a broad highlight on armour this dark just looks like a second basecoat.",[10,53,54,55,58,59,62,63,65],{},"Faster route: ",[32,56,57],{},"Akhelian Green"," contrast over a ",[32,60,61],{},"Grey Seer"," undercoat gives you the base and shade in one, and you can go straight to the ",[32,64,46],{}," edge.",[10,67,68,69,71],{},"Armour panels on vehicles and the Raider hulls take the same recipe, but drybrush ",[32,70,42],{}," across the large flat areas before edging so they do not read as slabs.",[17,73,75],{"id":74},"skin","Skin",[10,77,78,79,82,83,86,87,90,91,94,95,98],{},"Drukhari skin should look like it has never seen a sun. Base ",[32,80,81],{},"Rakarth Flesh",", shade with thinned ",[32,84,85],{},"Druchii Violet"," rather than a flesh wash, then layer ",[32,88,89],{},"Pallid Wych Flesh"," and highlight the cheekbones, nose and knuckles with ",[32,92,93],{},"Praxeti White",". A tiny amount of ",[32,96,97],{},"Carroburg Crimson"," glazed into the lips and around the eyes puts some life back without warming the whole face.",[10,100,101,102,105],{},"For Wyches and anyone with more skin showing, add a faint ",[32,103,104],{},"Genestealer Purple"," glaze into the shadows of the limbs - it keeps large areas of pale flesh from going flat.",[17,107,109],{"id":108},"blades-leather-and-poison","Blades, leather and poison",[10,111,112,113,116,117,119,120,123,124,127,128,131,132,135,136,139,140,143],{},"Blades are the second signature. ",[32,114,115],{},"Leadbelcher"," shaded ",[32,118,38],{},", then ",[32,121,122],{},"Runefang Steel"," on the cutting edge and ",[32,125,126],{},"Stormhost Silver"," at the tip. Leather straps and bodygloves in ",[32,129,130],{},"Rhinox Hide"," highlighted ",[32,133,134],{},"Gorthor Brown",", or ",[32,137,138],{},"Abaddon Black"," edged ",[32,141,142],{},"Eshin Grey"," for a glossier look.",[10,145,146,147,150,151,154,155,158,159,161,162,165],{},"Poison is the accent that ties the army together. Glaze ",[32,148,149],{},"Waywatcher Green"," along the blade edge and let it pool, or run ",[32,152,153],{},"Nurgles Rot"," into a barb for something viscous. Splinter weapon crystals take ",[32,156,157],{},"Xereus Purple"," into ",[32,160,104],{}," with a ",[32,163,164],{},"White Scar"," dot.",[17,167,169],{"id":168},"kabal-colour-schemes","Kabal colour schemes",[10,171,172],{},"The recipe stays the same; change the armour colour and the trim.",[174,175,176,183,195,204,219],"ul",{},[177,178,179,182],"li",{},[32,180,181],{},"Black Heart"," - dark teal plate with bone and gold trim, the studio scheme.",[177,184,185,188,189,158,192,194],{},[32,186,187],{},"Poisoned Tongue"," - ",[32,190,191],{},"Naggaroth Night",[32,193,157],{},", with acid-green weapons.",[177,196,197,188,200,203],{},[32,198,199],{},"Flayed Skull",[32,201,202],{},"Mephiston Red"," plate with bone-white trim and lots of exposed metal.",[177,205,206,188,209,211,212,214,215,218],{},[32,207,208],{},"Obsidian Rose",[32,210,138],{}," plate edged ",[32,213,142],{}," with ",[32,216,217],{},"Screamer Pink"," detailing.",[177,220,221,188,224,158,227,230],{},[32,222,223],{},"Baleful Gaze",[32,225,226],{},"Kantor Blue",[32,228,229],{},"Alaitoc Blue",", cold and clean.",[17,232,234],{"id":233},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[174,236,237,243,249,255],{},[177,238,239,242],{},[32,240,241],{},"Edge highlight everything."," It is the whole technique. Thin your paint and use the side of the brush.",[177,244,245,248],{},[32,246,247],{},"Do not warm the skin."," Flesh washes make Drukhari look like sunburnt humans.",[177,250,251,254],{},[32,252,253],{},"Keep the blades cleaner than the armour."," Bright metal against dark plate is the visual hook.",[177,256,257,260],{},[32,258,259],{},"Wyches take longer than Kabalites."," Plan for it - far more skin, far more straps.",{"title":262,"searchDepth":263,"depth":263,"links":264},"",2,[265,266,267,268,269,270],{"id":19,"depth":263,"text":20},{"id":26,"depth":263,"text":27},{"id":74,"depth":263,"text":75},{"id":108,"depth":263,"text":109},{"id":168,"depth":263,"text":169},{"id":233,"depth":263,"text":234},"2026-08-19","How to paint Drukhari - dark kabalite armour with sharp edge highlights, pallid skin, bladed weapons and the kabal colour schemes from the Black Heart to the Poisoned Tongue.","md","Drukhari",null,"#14504b","Dark kabalite plate, pallid skin and razor-sharp edges",{},true,"/factions/drukhari",{"title":5,"description":272},"factions/drukhari","40k","0N35MipZYCjUyBY5y4NgGEOHIdEstLs0OpdvDvwViR8"]