20% off RRPChaos Space Marines · 26 models · 4 kits
£117.00 of contents → £84.00 (save £33.00)
A full Red Corsairs 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.
The boxes we can price for this faction, cheapest first, and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
20% off RRPChaos Space Marines · 26 models · 4 kits
£117.00 of contents → £84.00 (save £33.00)
20% off RRPChaos Space Marines · 17 models · 4 kits
£113.20 of contents → £84.00 (save approx £29.20)

Chaos Space Marines · 17 models · 4 kits
1× Chaos Lord with Jump Pack · 5× Chosen · 10× Legionaries · 1× Chaos Rhino
20% off RRPChaos Space Marines · 34 models · 5 kits
£175.10 of contents → £128.00 (save at least £47.10)
20% off RRPChaos Space Marines · 36 models · 5 kits
£175.20 of contents → £128.00 (save £47.20)
Covers 8 of 13 colours in this scheme

71 paints
£191.99
£239.99-20%
Covers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme

16 paints
£30.79
£47.99-36%
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme

16 paints
£38.39
£47.99-20%
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme

50 paints
£143.99
£160.15-10%
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme

18 paints
£44.55
£49.50-10%
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for base coat
Green Stuff World
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
★ Our pick for shade
Green Stuff World
Monument
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
★ Our pick for layer
Scale75
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
★ Our pick for highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Vallejo
Everything else on the model - metals, skin, leather, lenses, basing and this faction's signature accents.
Aquilas, rims and ornament. Basecoat gold, wash with a brown shade, then edge a brighter gold.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
Scale75
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
Scale75
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
Vallejo
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
Vallejo
Scale75
Kimera Kolors
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for basing — earth
Scale75
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Green Stuff World
Pauldrons, greaves and inner plates in flat black. The hard black-on-red split is the warband, and it is what stops the red reading as World Eaters.
★ Our pick for black shoulders & greaves
Scale75
One pauldron or backpack left in another Legion’s colours, or in bare scarred metal - lore-correct, and the reason a Red Corsairs squad can be built from every leftover sprue you own. Vary it; two identical raiders is the only wrong answer.
★ Our pick for looted plates
Warcolours
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Paint sets that cover this recipe - a set is usually cheaper than buying pots one by one.
Covers 10 of 13 paints in this scheme (77%) — base coat, shade, layer, highlight and more.
Or cover 92% of the recipe with 2 boxes (£18.19 for 1 of the 2 — the rest are priced in dollars):

8 paints
£18.19
£20.19-10%
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
13 paints in this scheme
free UK delivery over £20
postage per seller
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Wazdakka Red
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Country Red
Vallejo
Mars Red
Army Painter
Violent Vermillion
Army Painter
Ki-Rin Gold
Army Painter
Iron Wolf
Army Painter
Owlbear Brown
Army Painter
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Turquoise 1
Warcolours
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Petrol Spills
Vallejo
Skeleton Bone
Army Painter

The fastest way to start a Chaos Space Marines army — a boxed force to paint with this scheme.
£117.00 of contents → £84.00 (save £33.00)
Best price
in stock · priced 13 Sep · free UK delivery over £20
cheapest of 5 UK sellers · save £21.00 vs the most expensive · excl. delivery
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