[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/imperial-agents":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":257,"description":258,"extension":259,"faction":260,"heroImage":261,"hex":262,"intro":263,"lastUpdated":257,"meta":264,"navigation":265,"path":266,"seo":267,"stem":268,"system":269,"__hash__":270},"factions/factions/imperial-agents.md","How to Paint Imperial Agents",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":247},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,24,66,69,73,94,117,127,131,157,161,194,198,217,221],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Imperial Agents is not a single scheme, it is a collection of characters who happen to travel together: an Inquisitor and their retinue, a squad of Sisters of Silence, an Assassin, a Rogue Trader and whatever they have picked up along the way. Nobody in the force wears a uniform, which is both the appeal and the problem.",[10,14,15],{},"That makes it the best painting project in the Imperium for anyone who hates batch painting, and a slow one for anyone who wants an army on the table by the weekend. You are painting individuals, and each one takes as long as a character model should.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"the-unifying-palette","The unifying palette",[10,22,23],{},"Because the models have nothing in common structurally, the colours have to do the work. Pick three and use them on every model in the force:",[25,26,27,40,53],"ul",{},[28,29,30,31,35,36,39],"li",{},"A black for armour, coats and bodygloves - ",[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Abaddon Black",", edged ",[32,37,38],{},"Eshin Grey",".",[28,41,42,43,46,47,46,50,39],{},"A gold for heraldry and rosettes - ",[32,44,45],{},"Retributor Armour",", ",[32,48,49],{},"Agrax Earthshade",[32,51,52],{},"Auric Armour Gold",[28,54,55,56,59,60,62,63,39],{},"One spot colour, almost always red - ",[32,57,58],{},"Mephiston Red"," shaded ",[32,61,49],{}," and layered ",[32,64,65],{},"Evil Sunz Scarlet",[10,67,68],{},"Every model gets a piece of gold and a piece of red somewhere, even if it is only a seal or a lens. That single decision turns a shelf of unrelated miniatures into a warband.",[17,70,72],{"id":71},"inquisitorial-retinues","Inquisitorial retinues",[10,74,75,76,78,79,82,83,85,86,89,90,93],{},"The Inquisitor sets the tone. Black storm coats take ",[32,77,34],{}," with a ",[32,80,81],{},"Corvus Black"," highlight and a final ",[32,84,38],{}," edge - keep it subtle so the coat stays black. Leather in ",[32,87,88],{},"Rhinox Hide"," into ",[32,91,92],{},"Gorthor Brown",". Bodyguards, acolytes and servo-skulls follow the same recipe.",[10,95,96,97,46,100,46,102,105,106,109,110,78,113,116],{},"Parchment, purity seals and books are everywhere in an Inquisitorial retinue and are worth doing properly: ",[32,98,99],{},"Zandri Dust",[32,101,49],{},[32,103,104],{},"Ushabti Bone",", then ",[32,107,108],{},"Screaming Skull"," on the curled edges. Wax seals in ",[32,111,112],{},"Khorne Red",[32,114,115],{},"Wild Rider Red"," dot of light.",[10,118,119,120,123,124,126],{},"For an Ordo Malleus feel, swap the coat to ",[32,121,122],{},"Naggaroth Night","; for Ordo Xenos, a bone coat over ",[32,125,99],{}," looks distinctive and paints faster than black.",[17,128,130],{"id":129},"sisters-of-silence","Sisters of Silence",[10,132,133,134,136,137,46,139,46,142,105,144,147,148,46,151,46,154,39],{},"The most uniform part of the force, and the fastest. Black plate as above, then gold trim on the shoulders and greaves, ",[32,135,58],{}," tabards, and bone-white topknots - ",[32,138,99],{},[32,140,141],{},"Seraphim Sepia",[32,143,108],{},[32,145,146],{},"White Scar"," on the tips. Skin should be pale and severe: ",[32,149,150],{},"Rakarth Flesh",[32,152,153],{},"Reikland Fleshshade",[32,155,156],{},"Pallid Wych Flesh",[17,158,160],{"id":159},"assassins","Assassins",[10,162,163,164,166,167,170,171,174,175,178,179,89,182,185,186,189,190,193],{},"One model, one afternoon. Keep them dark and desaturated so they read as operatives rather than heroes. Bodygloves in ",[32,165,34],{}," edged ",[32,168,169],{},"Dawnstone",", harnesses in ",[32,172,173],{},"Leadbelcher"," and ",[32,176,177],{},"Nuln Oil",", and a single point of colour - a green optic in ",[32,180,181],{},"Warpstone Glow",[32,183,184],{},"Moot Green",", or a bright ",[32,187,188],{},"Runefang Steel"," blade edge. Synskin and hoods take a very slight blue-grey tint from ",[32,191,192],{},"The Fang"," in the highlight so they do not disappear against the black.",[17,195,197],{"id":196},"rogue-traders-and-hangers-on","Rogue Traders and hangers-on",[10,199,200,201,46,204,206,207,209,210,213,214,216],{},"This is where you let the palette off the leash slightly. Rich fabrics in ",[32,202,203],{},"Kantor Blue",[32,205,122],{}," or ",[32,208,112],{},", all shaded heavily and highlighted narrowly, with far more gold than any other model in the force. Voidsmen and crew in ",[32,211,212],{},"Mechanicus Standard Grey"," overalls washed ",[32,215,177],{},", which keeps them cheap and quick against their captain.",[17,218,220],{"id":219},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[25,222,223,229,235,241],{},[28,224,225,228],{},[32,226,227],{},"Choose the three colours before you start."," Retro-fitting a unifying palette to a half-painted warband never works.",[28,230,231,234],{},[32,232,233],{},"Match the basing exactly."," With this force it is often the only thing every model shares.",[28,236,237,240],{},[32,238,239],{},"Do not over-highlight the black coats."," Cloth wants a soft, wide highlight, not a hard edge.",[28,242,243,246],{},[32,244,245],{},"Accept the pace."," These are character models. Paint them one at a time and enjoy it.",{"title":248,"searchDepth":249,"depth":249,"links":250},"",2,[251,252,253,254,255,256],{"id":19,"depth":249,"text":20},{"id":71,"depth":249,"text":72},{"id":129,"depth":249,"text":130},{"id":159,"depth":249,"text":160},{"id":196,"depth":249,"text":197},{"id":219,"depth":249,"text":220},"2026-08-19","How to paint Imperial Agents - black and gold Inquisitorial retinues, Sisters of Silence, Assassins and Rogue Trader entourages, and how to unify a force of one-off models.","md","Imperial Agents",null,"#2c2f34","Black, gold and red across a warband of one-offs",{},true,"/factions/imperial-agents",{"title":5,"description":258},"factions/imperial-agents","40k","TJG37NNXQFfEQQP7MwIZYB3vPsxmY6c-QHwnHHKs58o"]