[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/slaves-to-darkness":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":309,"description":310,"extension":311,"faction":312,"heroImage":313,"hex":314,"intro":315,"lastUpdated":309,"meta":316,"navigation":317,"path":318,"seo":319,"stem":320,"system":321,"__hash__":322},"factions/factions/slaves-to-darkness.md","How to Paint Slaves to Darkness",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":299},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,62,87,112,116,156,167,171,174,248,251,255,258,262,291],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Slaves to Darkness covers both ends of Chaos: armoured Chaos Warriors, Chosen and Varanguard encased in dark plate, and the Darkoath - half-naked tribal raiders in furs and warpaint. They look nothing alike, and the trick to making them one army is to share the metals and the accent colour across both.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"Cold, dark steel that reads almost blue-black in shadow. Tarnished brass on trim, horns and rings rather than gold. Deep red cloth as the single warm note. On the Darkoath side, sunburnt skin, dyed hide and crude woad, with the same red rags and the same dirty brass tying them to their armoured cousins.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"painting-the-dark-plate","Painting the dark plate",[26,27,28,37,44,51],"ol",{},[29,30,31,32,36],"li",{},"Undercoat black and basecoat the armour ",[33,34,35],"strong",{},"Leadbelcher",".",[29,38,39,40,43],{},"Wash the whole model with ",[33,41,42],{},"Nuln Oil",", then a second thinned pass into the recesses only.",[29,45,46,47,50],{},"Glaze the flat plates with heavily thinned ",[33,48,49],{},"Drakenhof Nightshade"," - this is what gives the steel its cold, sinister cast.",[29,52,53,54,57,58,61],{},"Edge highlight ",[33,55,56],{},"Ironbreaker",", then place ",[33,59,60],{},"Runefang Steel"," on the very sharpest corners and the tips of the horns.",[10,63,64,65,68,69,71,72,74,75,78,79,82,83,86],{},"For a matt-black variant, ",[33,66,67],{},"Black Templar"," contrast over ",[33,70,35],{}," darkens the plate in one coat and still takes an ",[33,73,56],{}," edge. Brass goes ",[33,76,77],{},"Warplock Bronze",", ",[33,80,81],{},"Agrax Earthshade"," and a ",[33,84,85],{},"Runelord Brass"," edge; keep it dull, because bright gold makes Chaos Warriors look ceremonial.",[10,88,89,90,93,94,96,97,100,101,104,105,108,109,36],{},"Cloth and cloaks are ",[33,91,92],{},"Khorne Red"," basecoat, ",[33,95,42],{}," shade and ",[33,98,99],{},"Mephiston Red"," on the raised folds, with ",[33,102,103],{},"Wazdakka Red"," only where the fabric catches light. Leather is ",[33,106,107],{},"Rhinox Hide"," drybrushed ",[33,110,111],{},"Skrag Brown",[14,113,115],{"id":114},"the-darkoath","The Darkoath",[10,117,118,119,122,123,126,127,130,131,134,135,68,138,141,142,145,146,149,150,153,154,36],{},"Bare skin means a different discipline. Basecoat ",[33,120,121],{},"Bugman's Glow",", wash ",[33,124,125],{},"Reikland Fleshshade",", layer ",[33,128,129],{},"Cadian Fleshtone"," and highlight ",[33,132,133],{},"Kislev Flesh"," - or use ",[33,136,137],{},"Darkoath Flesh",[33,139,140],{},"Wraithbone"," for a fast, weathered result on a warband of twenty. Furs take ",[33,143,144],{},"Gore-Grunta Fur"," or ",[33,147,148],{},"Snakebite Leather"," contrast over bone; rope and rags go ",[33,151,152],{},"Zandri Dust"," with ",[33,155,81],{},[10,157,158,159,162,163,166],{},"Warpaint is the detail that sells them. Thin ",[33,160,161],{},"Thousand Sons Blue"," into a wash consistency and paint rough bands across the face, chest and upper arms, then edge the marks with ",[33,164,165],{},"Teclis Blue"," where they sit on raised skin. Keep the shapes crude and asymmetric - neat warpaint looks like face paint.",[14,168,170],{"id":169},"the-four-marks","The four marks",[10,172,173],{},"The easiest way to theme a force is to shift the accent colour rather than the armour:",[175,176,177,193,208,228],"ul",{},[29,178,179,182,183,185,186,188,189,192],{},[33,180,181],{},"Khorne"," - ",[33,184,92],{}," cloth, heavy ",[33,187,77],{}," and ",[33,190,191],{},"Skullcrusher Brass"," trim.",[29,194,195,182,198,200,201,204,205,36],{},[33,196,197],{},"Tzeentch",[33,199,161],{}," cloth over ",[33,202,203],{},"Ahriman Blue",", with gold pushed up to ",[33,206,207],{},"Retributor Armour",[29,209,210,182,213,216,217,220,221,153,224,227],{},[33,211,212],{},"Nurgle",[33,214,215],{},"Death Guard Green"," cloth, ",[33,218,219],{},"Athonian Camoshade"," over the metal, and ",[33,222,223],{},"Typhus Corrosion",[33,225,226],{},"Ryza Rust"," everywhere.",[29,229,230,182,233,236,237,240,241,244,245,36],{},[33,231,232],{},"Slaanesh",[33,234,235],{},"Screamer Pink"," into ",[33,238,239],{},"Fulgrim Pink"," cloth, and ",[33,242,243],{},"Auric Armour Gold"," trim edged ",[33,246,247],{},"Stormhost Silver",[10,249,250],{},"Undivided means picking two of those and letting neither win, which is often the best-looking option.",[14,252,254],{"id":253},"speed","Speed",[10,256,257],{},"Chaos Warriors are quick out of all proportion to how good they look, because the plate is basecoat, two washes and an edge - and dark metal is the most forgiving surface in the hobby. Varanguard and Archaon are the opposite: hours of trim, ornament and detail on a single model. A sensible plan is to knock out the infantry blocks first for a playable force, then treat the characters as projects.",[14,259,261],{"id":260},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[175,263,264,273,279,285],{},[29,265,266,269,270,272],{},[33,267,268],{},"Glaze the steel cold."," A thin blue glaze over washed ",[33,271,35],{}," is the whole difference between \"Chaos\" and \"generic knight\".",[29,274,275,278],{},[33,276,277],{},"Dull the brass."," Under-washed bronze looks like cheap jewellery.",[29,280,281,284],{},[33,282,283],{},"One red, everywhere."," Using the same red on armoured and Darkoath units binds the army together.",[29,286,287,290],{},[33,288,289],{},"Crude warpaint."," Rough, uneven marks read as ritual; tidy ones do not.",[10,292,293,294,36],{},"Try a mark's accent against the base steel in the ",[295,296,298],"a",{"href":297},"/tools/scheme-generator?color=3b4753","scheme generator",{"title":300,"searchDepth":301,"depth":301,"links":302},"",2,[303,304,305,306,307,308],{"id":16,"depth":301,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":301,"text":24},{"id":114,"depth":301,"text":115},{"id":169,"depth":301,"text":170},{"id":253,"depth":301,"text":254},{"id":260,"depth":301,"text":261},"2026-08-19","How to paint Slaves to Darkness - cold blue-black plate, tarnished brass and deep red cloth on Chaos Warriors, plus Darkoath skin and warpaint and palettes for the four marks.","md","Slaves to Darkness",null,"#3b4753","Cold dark plate, brass trim and deep red cloth",{},true,"/factions/slaves-to-darkness",{"title":5,"description":310},"factions/slaves-to-darkness","aos","tGkiNAxS88xbihPEhZboJul9VVtXmo-3vjw80gc7a9U"]