20% off RRPCombat Patrol: Aeldari
Aeldari · 21 models · 4 kits
£127.60 of contents → £84.00 (save approx £43.60)
from £84.00· compare 5 shops· priced 13 Sep
Aeldari Paint Scheme
A full Aeldari paint scheme, generated and ready to test: the armour ramp from basecoat to edge highlight plus metals, skin, lenses and basing — every colour matched to real paints from Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and 35+ more ranges, with live prices. Use it as a planner, tweak any colour, or take it into the full generator.
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The boxes we can price for this faction, cheapest first, and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
20% off RRP
20% off RRPCombat Patrol: Aeldari Corsairs
Aeldari · 17 models · 4 kits
£116.40 of contents → £84.00 (save approx £32.40)
from £91.99· compare 4 shops· priced 13 Sep
20% off RRPAeldari: Eldritch Raiders Battleforce
Aeldari · 23 models · 5 kits
£166.40 of contents → £128.00 (save approx £38.40)
from £139.99· compare 3 shops· priced 14 Sep
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set
50 paints
£143.99
£160.15-10%
+38
from £143.99· compare 3 shops· priced 13 SepCovers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
+40
£186.73at Loaded Dice· priced 13 SepCovers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
Army Painter Historical: WWII German Paint Set
20 paints
£53.19
£59.10-10%
+8
from £53.19· compare 3 shops· priced 13 Sep
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
£19.19at Wayland Games· priced 3 Jul
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
Vallejo Game Color - Introduction Set
16 paints
£30.79
£47.99-36%
+4
from £30.79· compare 4 shops· priced 14 SepCovers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Base coat
Shade
Layer
Highlight
Edge highlight
Additional details
Trim
Weapons
Leather
Skin
Lenses
Basing
Contrast panels
Spiritstones & gems
Undersuit & weapons
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
Exact Match
Very CloseDiscontinued
Very CloseDiscontinued
Snot Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
Hulky Green Dip
Green Stuff World
★ Our pick for shade
Very Close
Close
Similar
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
★ Our pick for layer
Very Close
Very CloseDiscontinued
Snot Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Very Close
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
★ Our pick for highlight
Very Close
Very Close
Close
Rogue Hobbies Bright Green
Monument
Close
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
Discontinued
Vile Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Very Close
Verdigris
Vallejo
Very Close
Details & accent colours
Everything else on the model - metals, skin, leather, lenses, basing and this faction's signature accents.
Metal — trim
Aquilas, rims and ornament. Basecoat gold, wash with a brown shade, then edge a brighter gold.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
Close
Victorian Brass
Scale75
Close
Similar
Balthasar Gold
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
Similar
Close
Black Metal
Scale75
Similar
Similar
Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
Exact Match
Very Close
Very Close
Beasty Brown
Vallejo
Very Close
Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
Very Close
Very Close
Elf Skin Tone
Vallejo
Very Close
Resurrection Flesh
Scale75
Very Close
Caucasian Skintone
Kimera Kolors
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
Discontinued
Magenta Ink
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Exact Match
Close
Close
Fluorescent Pink
Monument
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
Discontinued
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for basing — earth
Very Close
Gobi Brown
Scale75
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Very Close
Dark Beige
Green Stuff World
Contrast panels
Helmets and shoulder plates in bone or white over a grey base, white on the highest edges only. A craftworld model is two flat colours in hard contrast; this is the second one.
★ Our pick for contrast panels
Very Close
Very Close
Bold Titanium White
Monument
Very Close
Very Close
Spiritstones & gems
Black in the stone, a crescent of colour in the lower two-thirds, a brighter crescent inside it and one white dot at the top edge. Gloss it. Thirty seconds, and it is the detail that sells the model.
★ Our pick for spiritstones & gems
Very Close
Very Close
Very Close
Undersuit & weapons
Shuriken catapults, joints and bodyglove in a near-black teal, edged a shade up. Keep them dark - one bright accent per model, and it should be the gem.
Waaagh! Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for undersuit & weapons
Very Close
Arachnid Green
Green Stuff World
Close
Close
Despair Green
Scale75
Buy It as a Box
Paint sets that cover this recipe - a set is usually cheaper than buying pots one by one.
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set
50 paints
£143.99
£160.15-10%
+38
from £143.99· compare 3 shops· priced 13 SepCovers 8 of 14 paints in this scheme (57%) — base coat, layer, highlight, edge highlight and more.
Or cover 100% of the recipe with 3 boxes (£452.01 total):
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set
50 paints
£143.99
£160.15-10%
+38
from £143.99· compare 3 shops· priced 13 Sep
Speedpaint Complete Set 2.0
90 paints
£302.76
£336.40-10%
+78
from £302.76· compare 4 shops· priced 3 Jul
Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
14 paints in this scheme
Price this recipe
14 paintsfree UK delivery over £20
- Hulky Green Dip£1.94
- Light Green£2.36
- Bestigor Flesh£2.34
- Waaagh! Flesh£2.34
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, Light Avocado, Vile Green, Ki-Rin Gold, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Magenta Ink, Graveyard Earth, German White Tank Crew, Transparent Red
postage per seller
- Light GreenJadlam£2.99
- Transparent RedJadlam£2.99
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, Hulky Green Dip, Light Avocado, Vile Green, Ki-Rin Gold, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Magenta Ink, Graveyard Earth, German White Tank Crew, Waaagh! Flesh
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
Add 2 to Amazon basket- Bestigor Fleshsee price
- Waaagh! Fleshsee price
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, Hulky Green Dip, Light Green, Light Avocado, Vile Green, Ki-Rin Gold, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Magenta Ink, Graveyard Earth, German White Tank Crew, Transparent Red
totals excl. delivery · affiliate links
Splinter Blotches I
Vallejo
No price tracked yetLight Green
Vallejo
£2.36at Wayland Games· priced 13 SepLight Avocado
Vallejo
No price tracked yetVile Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetKi-Rin Gold
Army Painter
No price tracked yetIron Wolf
Army Painter
No price tracked yetOwlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 13 SepMagenta Ink
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetGerman White Tank Crew
Vallejo
No price tracked yetTransparent Red
Vallejo
£2.99at Jadlam · eBay· priced 14 SepWaaagh! Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 13 Sep
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Combat Patrol: Aeldari
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The fastest way to start a Aeldari army — a boxed force to paint with this scheme.
£127.60 of contents → £84.00 (save approx £43.60)
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£84.00Wayland Games
in stock · priced 13 Sep · free UK delivery over £20
Buy at Wayland Gamescheapest of 4 UK sellers · save £21.00 vs the most expensive · excl. delivery
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