[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/soulblight-gravelords":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":311,"description":312,"extension":313,"faction":314,"heroImage":315,"hex":316,"intro":317,"lastUpdated":311,"meta":318,"navigation":319,"path":320,"seo":321,"stem":322,"system":323,"__hash__":324},"factions/factions/soulblight-gravelords.md","How to Paint Soulblight Gravelords",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":300},"minimark",[9,13,18,26,30,46,68,72,108,126,130,166,186,190,254,258,261,265,291],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Soulblight is two painting projects wearing one banner. The rank and file - skeletons, zombies, dire wolves - is a horde you want off the workbench as fast as possible. The vampires are jewel-like character models you will happily spend an evening each on. Treat them differently, and the army arrives quickly without looking like it was rushed.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20,21,25],{},"Old, dirty bone. Grey-green rotting flesh. Porcelain-pale vampire skin against deep crimson and black. Tarnished iron on the dead, and clean gold on the nobility - the class difference between the risen and the risen ",[22,23,24],"em",{},"well"," is the most interesting thing in the palette.",[14,27,29],{"id":28},"skeletons-in-one-coat","Skeletons in one coat",[10,31,32,33,37,38,41,42,45],{},"This is as fast as a horde army gets. Undercoat ",[34,35,36],"strong",{},"Wraithbone"," and lay ",[34,39,40],{},"Skeleton Horde"," contrast over the whole model - it bases and shades bone, cloth and rusted iron simultaneously. Drybrush ",[34,43,44],{},"Screaming Skull"," over the ribs, skull and shoulders, pick out the shields, and the model is done. Twenty Deathrattle Skeletons in an evening is entirely realistic.",[10,47,48,49,52,53,56,57,60,61,63,64,67],{},"If you want more depth on the Grave Guard and Barrow Knights, do it properly instead: ",[34,50,51],{},"Zandri Dust",", ",[34,54,55],{},"Agrax Earthshade",", layer ",[34,58,59],{},"Ushabti Bone",", highlight ",[34,62,44],{},", then a spot of ",[34,65,66],{},"Seraphim Sepia"," in the eye sockets before you drop in a dot of light.",[14,69,71],{"id":70},"zombies-and-wolves","Zombies and wolves",[10,73,74,75,78,79,82,83,85,86,89,90,93,94,97,98,100,101,104,105,107],{},"Deadwalker Zombies want sickly, not skeletal. Basecoat ",[34,76,77],{},"Rakarth Flesh",", wash ",[34,80,81],{},"Athonian Camoshade"," so the flesh goes green in the hollows, layer ",[34,84,77],{}," again on the raised skin and glaze small patches of ",[34,87,88],{},"Druchii Violet"," and ",[34,91,92],{},"Carroburg Crimson"," as bruising and exposed muscle. ",[34,95,96],{},"Plaguebearer Flesh"," contrast over ",[34,99,36],{}," does a decent one-coat version. Rags go ",[34,102,103],{},"Steel Legion Drab"," with ",[34,106,55],{},".",[10,109,110,111,114,115,89,118,121,122,125],{},"Dire wolves and fell bats take ",[34,112,113],{},"Rhinox Hide",", drybrushed ",[34,116,117],{},"Stormvermin Fur",[34,119,120],{},"Karak Stone",", with ",[34,123,124],{},"Pallid Wych Flesh"," on the exposed bone.",[14,127,129],{"id":128},"vampires","Vampires",[10,131,132,133,135,136,138,139,141,142,145,146,149,150,153,154,157,158,161,162,165],{},"Slow down here. Skin is ",[34,134,77],{},", shaded with thinned ",[34,137,88],{}," rather than a brown wash, layered ",[34,140,124],{}," and finished with ",[34,143,144],{},"Corax White"," on the cheekbones, nose and knuckles - cold and bloodless. Cloaks and armour go ",[34,147,148],{},"Khorne Red"," basecoat, ",[34,151,152],{},"Nuln Oil"," shade, ",[34,155,156],{},"Mephiston Red"," layer and ",[34,159,160],{},"Wazdakka Red"," edge; ",[34,163,164],{},"Flesh Tearers Red"," contrast is the quick alternative and stays convincingly dark.",[10,167,168,169,52,172,52,174,177,178,181,182,185],{},"Gold is what separates them from their servants: ",[34,170,171],{},"Balthasar Gold",[34,173,55],{},[34,175,176],{},"Retributor Armour"," on the raised work and ",[34,179,180],{},"Stormhost Silver"," on the finest edges. Blood Knights get the same treatment across their plate, which is why a six-model unit takes as long as forty skeletons. Finish with ",[34,183,184],{},"Blood For The Blood God"," at the mouth and on the last third of the blade - restraint matters, since these are aristocrats rather than butchers.",[14,187,189],{"id":188},"dynasty-palettes","Dynasty palettes",[191,192,193,200,216,233,242],"ul",{},[194,195,196,199],"li",{},[34,197,198],{},"Kastelai"," - crimson and gold, the recipe above pushed onto every unit including the skeletons' shields.",[194,201,202,205,206,209,210,213,214,107],{},[34,203,204],{},"Legion of Blood"," - regal purple and pale gold. ",[34,207,208],{},"Naggaroth Night"," into ",[34,211,212],{},"Xereus Purple",", shaded ",[34,215,88],{},[194,217,218,221,222,225,226,121,229,232],{},[34,219,220],{},"Legion of Night"," - black and dark green. ",[34,223,224],{},"Abaddon Black"," cloaks edged ",[34,227,228],{},"Eshin Grey",[34,230,231],{},"Caliban Green"," trim.",[194,234,235,238,239,241],{},[34,236,237],{},"Vyrkos"," - feral and muted. Furs, ",[34,240,103],{}," cloth and far less gold.",[194,243,244,247,248,89,250,253],{},[34,245,246],{},"Avengorii"," - monstrous and pale. Lean on ",[34,249,124],{},[34,251,252],{},"Apothecary White"," across the whole model.",[14,255,257],{"id":256},"speed","Speed",[10,259,260],{},"The honest judgement: the horde half of this army is among the quickest in the game thanks to a contrast paint made specifically for it, and the character half is among the slowest. Paint the skeletons and zombies first in big batches, get a playable force on the table, and let the vampires be the reward. Do not start with a unit of Blood Knights unless you want to lose a fortnight before your first game.",[14,262,264],{"id":263},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[191,266,267,273,279,285],{},[194,268,269,272],{},[34,270,271],{},"Dirty the bone."," Clean white bone looks like plastic; keep it warm and grubby.",[194,274,275,278],{},[34,276,277],{},"Shade vampire skin with violet."," Brown washes make them look tanned, which is the one thing a vampire is not.",[194,280,281,284],{},[34,282,283],{},"Consistent bases."," Graveyard bases across horde and characters alike are what tie two very different paint standards into one army.",[194,286,287,290],{},[34,288,289],{},"Ration the blood."," Mouth and blade edge only.",[10,292,293,294,299],{},"Set your crimson before you start the vampires - ",[295,296,298],"a",{"href":297},"/tools/scheme-generator?color=5e1f33","open the scheme in the generator"," to compare it against the dynasty options.",{"title":301,"searchDepth":302,"depth":302,"links":303},"",2,[304,305,306,307,308,309,310],{"id":16,"depth":302,"text":17},{"id":28,"depth":302,"text":29},{"id":70,"depth":302,"text":71},{"id":128,"depth":302,"text":129},{"id":188,"depth":302,"text":189},{"id":256,"depth":302,"text":257},{"id":263,"depth":302,"text":264},"2026-08-19","How to paint Soulblight Gravelords - one-coat skeleton hordes, rotting zombie flesh and porcelain-pale vampires in deep crimson, with dynasty palettes for Kastelai, Vyrkos and the rest.","md","Soulblight Gravelords",null,"#5e1f33","Old bone, rotting flesh and vampiric crimson",{},true,"/factions/soulblight-gravelords",{"title":5,"description":312},"factions/soulblight-gravelords","aos","ZfmlQh9Hs3pEpmp1-shaHKZ9LfHn3AaW6yOcuAx-k3s"]