[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/raven-guard":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":84,"description":85,"extension":86,"faction":87,"heroImage":88,"hex":89,"intro":90,"lastUpdated":84,"meta":91,"navigation":92,"path":93,"seo":94,"stem":95,"system":96,"__hash__":97},"factions/factions/raven-guard.md","How to Paint Raven Guard",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":76},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,41,44,48,51,55],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Raven Guard are black power armour - one of the fastest schemes to basecoat and one of the easiest to get wrong, because flat black reads as a featureless silhouette. The trick is all in the highlights.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"Sleek, near-black armour with cool grey-blue edge highlights, white chapter iconography and red lenses. The look is stealthy and elegant - sharp lines, restrained highlighting.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"painting-black-armour","Painting black armour",[10,26,27],{},"Black over a black undercoat shows no detail. To make it read as armour:",[29,30,31,35,38],"ul",{},[32,33,34],"li",{},"Use a zenithal undercoat (black up to grey) so the form is already suggested.",[32,36,37],{},"Edge highlight with a dark blue-grey, then a sharper light grey on the very edges only.",[32,39,40],{},"Keep the highlights cool (grey-blue), never warm - warm highlights make black look dusty.",[10,42,43],{},"A grey drybrush followed by a black glaze to knock it back is a fast alternative for rank-and-file.",[14,45,47],{"id":46},"markings-and-lenses","Markings and lenses",[10,49,50],{},"White shoulder trim and chapter badges provide the contrast that stops the model looking like a shadow. Red or green lenses add a final point of colour.",[14,52,54],{"id":53},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[29,56,57,64,70],{},[32,58,59,63],{},[60,61,62],"strong",{},"Never leave black flat."," Edge highlights are non-negotiable on a black scheme.",[32,65,66,69],{},[60,67,68],{},"Highlight cool, not warm."," Blue-grey edges look like armour; brown looks like dust.",[32,71,72,75],{},[60,73,74],{},"Less is more."," A couple of crisp highlight lines beat heavy grey edges.",{"title":77,"searchDepth":78,"depth":78,"links":79},"",2,[80,81,82,83],{"id":16,"depth":78,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":78,"text":24},{"id":46,"depth":78,"text":47},{"id":53,"depth":78,"text":54},"2026-06-28","How to paint Raven Guard - sleek black armour done so it reads as armour and not a silhouette, with cool edge highlights and white chapter markings.","md","Raven Guard","/images/factions/raven-guard.webp","#1a1c1f","Black armour that reads as armour, not a silhouette",{},true,"/factions/raven-guard",{"title":5,"description":85},"factions/raven-guard","40k","4r6aSb-pdFwtOOvyMGtblhoanyQ06QCAA_BPSiXAAdk"]