[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/stormcast-eternals":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":89,"description":90,"extension":91,"faction":92,"heroImage":93,"hex":94,"intro":95,"lastUpdated":89,"meta":96,"navigation":97,"path":98,"seo":99,"stem":100,"system":101,"__hash__":102},"factions/factions/stormcast-eternals.md","How to Paint Stormcast Eternals",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":80},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,38,41,45,48,52,55,59],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Stormcast Eternals are Age of Sigmar's flagship faction - big, heroic, gold-armoured warriors. Like Custodes in 40k, the scheme lives or dies on the gold, but the larger model size and bold forms make them satisfying and quick to get a good result on.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"The Hammers of Sigmar are bright gold armour with deep blue cloth, silver weapons, and bone/parchment details. The gold should be warm and rich, the blue a strong contrast against it.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"painting-the-gold","Painting the gold",[26,27,28,32,35],"ul",{},[29,30,31],"li",{},"Basecoat a bright gold over a dark or metallic undercoat.",[29,33,34],{},"Shade heavily with a brown/sepia wash, plus a darker wash in the deepest recesses, to build the depth that makes gold look like gold.",[29,36,37],{},"Edge highlight with a brighter gold, then a silver touch on the sharpest points.",[10,39,40],{},"A gold basecoat plus a generous wash gets a Stormcast tabletop-ready fast; the edge highlights are what lift them to display level.",[14,42,44],{"id":43},"blue-cloth-and-accents","Blue cloth and accents",[10,46,47],{},"The royal blue tabards and cloth are the key contrast - a blue contrast or a basecoat-shade-highlight on the cloth. Silver weapons and bone scrolls round out the scheme.",[14,49,51],{"id":50},"stormhost-variations","Stormhost variations",[10,53,54],{},"Swap the cloth and trim for other stormhosts: Celestial Vindicators (teal), Anvils of the Heldenhammer (black/bone), Astral Templars (purple/fur).",[14,56,58],{"id":57},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[26,60,61,68,74],{},[29,62,63,67],{},[64,65,66],"strong",{},"Shade the gold deeply."," Depth is what separates gold from flat brass.",[29,69,70,73],{},[64,71,72],{},"Strong blue contrast."," The cloth is what stops the model being a gold blob.",[29,75,76,79],{},[64,77,78],{},"Big models reward highlights."," The large surfaces show off edge work - use it.",{"title":81,"searchDepth":82,"depth":82,"links":83},"",2,[84,85,86,87,88],{"id":16,"depth":82,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":82,"text":24},{"id":43,"depth":82,"text":44},{"id":50,"depth":82,"text":51},{"id":57,"depth":82,"text":58},"2026-06-28","How to paint Stormcast Eternals - the heroic gold armour of the Hammers of Sigmar, with blue cloth and the metallics that define Age of Sigmar's poster boys.","md","Stormcast Eternals","/images/factions/stormcast-eternals.webp","#c79a3b","Heroic gold armour with blue cloth, the Hammers of Sigmar look",{},true,"/factions/stormcast-eternals",{"title":5,"description":90},"factions/stormcast-eternals","aos","KGejfM-mY71v3b-OMQQgD8A_30PefCqyK8nLMOSo2AE"]