[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/ultramarines":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":274,"description":275,"extension":276,"faction":277,"heroImage":278,"hex":279,"intro":280,"lastUpdated":274,"meta":281,"navigation":282,"path":283,"seo":284,"stem":285,"system":286,"__hash__":287},"factions/factions/ultramarines.md","How to Paint Ultramarines",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":265},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,24,28,36,75,89,93,108,118,147,163,167,170,235,239],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Ultramarines are the reference scheme for the whole hobby, which cuts both ways. Everyone knows what they should look like, so a rushed one is obvious - but the recipe is also the most documented in miniature painting, and it is genuinely simple. Blue armour, gold trim, white markings, red lenses. Four decisions, then repeat.",[10,14,15],{},"They are a middling-speed army. Faster than any chapter with freehand heraldry, slower than a black chapter, and very well suited to batch painting because every model is identical.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,22,23],{},"Deep, slightly warm blue power armour with a hard edge highlight, gold trim on characters and sergeants, white or bone shoulder markings, and red lenses. The armour should look clean - Ultramarines are a well-supplied chapter and heavy weathering fights the identity.",[17,25,27],{"id":26},"the-blue-armour","The blue armour",[10,29,30,31,35],{},"Undercoat black or ",[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Macragge Blue"," spray if you have it.",[37,38,39,46,57,64],"ol",{},[40,41,42,43,45],"li",{},"Basecoat ",[32,44,34],{},", two thin coats. It covers well but the first coat will look patchy - trust the second.",[40,47,48,49,52,53,56],{},"Shade the recesses with ",[32,50,51],{},"Nuln Oil",", or ",[32,54,55],{},"Drakenhof Nightshade"," if you want the shadows to stay blue rather than going grey.",[40,58,59,60,63],{},"Layer ",[32,61,62],{},"Calgar Blue"," across the raised armour, leaving the base colour in the joins.",[40,65,66,67,70,71,74],{},"Edge-highlight ",[32,68,69],{},"Fenrisian Grey"," along the top edges of each plate. On characters, add a final thin catch of ",[32,72,73],{},"Etherium Blue"," on the sharpest corners.",[10,76,77,78,81,82,85,86,88],{},"The fast route, and it is a good one: undercoat ",[32,79,80],{},"Grey Seer",", then a single coat of ",[32,83,84],{},"Ultramarines Blue"," contrast. Edge it with ",[32,87,62],{}," and you have a tabletop-ready marine in two steps. For a whole company this saves days.",[17,90,92],{"id":91},"gold-white-and-lenses","Gold, white and lenses",[10,94,95,96,99,100,103,104,107],{},"Trim, aquilas and purity seal fittings: ",[32,97,98],{},"Retributor Armour",", shade ",[32,101,102],{},"Agrax Earthshade",", layer ",[32,105,106],{},"Auric Armour Gold",". Sergeants and characters get considerably more of it than line marines.",[10,109,110,111,114,115,117],{},"Shoulder markings and squad numbers in ",[32,112,113],{},"White Scar"," over a ",[32,116,80],{}," basecoat. Transfers work well on Ultramarines because the pauldrons are flat - gloss the panel first, apply the transfer, then matt varnish.",[10,119,120,121,124,125,128,129,132,133,135,136,139,140,142,143,146],{},"Lenses: ",[32,122,123],{},"Khorne Red"," in the recess, ",[32,126,127],{},"Evil Sunz Scarlet"," across the middle, ",[32,130,131],{},"Wild Rider Red"," at the lower edge, a ",[32,134,113],{}," dot at the top corner, then gloss. Bolters in ",[32,137,138],{},"Leadbelcher"," shaded ",[32,141,51],{}," with ",[32,144,145],{},"Runefang Steel"," edges.",[10,148,149,150,153,154,153,156,153,159,162],{},"Parchment and seals in ",[32,151,152],{},"Zandri Dust",", ",[32,155,102],{},[32,157,158],{},"Ushabti Bone",[32,160,161],{},"Screaming Skull"," - the same recipe as every other Imperial force, and worth learning once.",[17,164,166],{"id":165},"successor-chapters","Successor chapters",[10,168,169],{},"The Ultramarines have more successors than anyone, and most reuse the recipe with one substitution:",[171,172,173,186,199,211,223],"ul",{},[40,174,175,178,179,182,183,185],{},[32,176,177],{},"Novamarines"," - ",[32,180,181],{},"Abaddon Black"," and ",[32,184,113],{}," halved armour with blue detailing.",[40,187,188,178,191,194,195,198],{},[32,189,190],{},"Genesis Chapter",[32,192,193],{},"Averland Sunset"," into ",[32,196,197],{},"Yriel Yellow"," over a bone undercoat.",[40,200,201,178,204,194,207,210],{},[32,202,203],{},"Aurora Chapter",[32,205,206],{},"Castellan Green",[32,208,209],{},"Elysian Green",", with white markings.",[40,212,213,178,216,142,219,222],{},[32,214,215],{},"Praetors of Orpheus",[32,217,218],{},"Kantor Blue",[32,220,221],{},"Mephiston Red"," shoulders.",[40,224,225,178,228,194,231,234],{},[32,226,227],{},"Doom Eagles",[32,229,230],{},"Mechanicus Standard Grey",[32,232,233],{},"Dawnstone",", one of the fastest marine schemes going.",[17,236,238],{"id":237},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[171,240,241,247,253,259],{},[40,242,243,246],{},[32,244,245],{},"Two thin coats of blue, not one thick one."," Macragge Blue is opaque enough that people rush it and end up with brush marks in the recesses.",[40,248,249,252],{},[32,250,251],{},"Keep the shadows blue."," A black wash everywhere makes the armour look grey; use it only in the deepest recesses.",[40,254,255,258],{},[32,256,257],{},"Do not weather them heavily."," A little boot dust is plenty.",[40,260,261,264],{},[32,262,263],{},"Batch in stages of ten."," Basecoat ten, shade ten, layer ten. The scheme has no per-model variation, so there is no reason to work one at a time.",{"title":266,"searchDepth":267,"depth":267,"links":268},"",2,[269,270,271,272,273],{"id":19,"depth":267,"text":20},{"id":26,"depth":267,"text":27},{"id":91,"depth":267,"text":92},{"id":165,"depth":267,"text":166},{"id":237,"depth":267,"text":238},"2026-08-19","How to paint Ultramarines - the classic blue armour recipe from basecoat to edge highlight, gold trim, white markings, and successor chapter schemes for Novamarines and Genesis Chapter.","md","Ultramarines",null,"#0d4d9e","The blue everyone knows, done cleanly and quickly",{},true,"/factions/ultramarines",{"title":5,"description":275},"factions/ultramarines","40k","zaqBw3404p3VVRPWBQ7jcOiHXlJ3JAlNpGkJEdXl81Y"]