AN INDEPENDENT WARHAMMER REFERENCE ARCHIVE ONLINE // EST. M026
Index Obscura.THE WHITE DWARF ARCHIVE

PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 520

Painting Question: The Hallowed Knights

January 2026·p. 103

THE SHORT VERSION

The reply to Jiunn Tai explains how the studio creates strongly shaded silver armour with progressively deeper blue glazes over a bright metallic mixture. Generous medium and attention to the bottoms of armour panels keep the transition controlled, before a dark recess mixture and sharp silver edges restore definition.

AT THE PAINTING DESK

Paints in this article

Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

IronbreakerStormhost SilverSpace Wolves GreyFrostheartDrakenhof NightshadeAbaddon BlackKantor BlueContrast Medium

The recipe’s Abbadon Black spelling is indexed as the established Abaddon Black product; Contrast Medium is explicitly recommended in the prose.

FOLLOW A THREAD

Full recipe Silver armour Blue glazes Medium Recess shading

Back to the original

Find this article in White Dwarf 520, p. 103.

This is an original summary. Refer to your magazine for the complete article, rules, images and painting steps.

KEEP EXPLORING

Another page to turn.

Back to the archive →
PaintingWD 520 · p. 35

Painting the Silver Skulls

Controlled washes over metallic bases do most of the work on the silver armour, leaving extensive edge highlights for the characters. Separate recipes distinguish helmets, dark details, blue lenses, warm red cloth and gun casings, while shaded gold adds a second metal without competing with the Chapter’s main colour.

Warhammer 40,000Silver Skulls22 paint colours
January 2026Read summary
PaintingWD 520 · p. 31

Silver Skulls: Classic Bases

A traditional brown groundwork recipe gives the metallic army a warm, consistent foundation. Two drybrushed highlights bring out the texture before a solid brown rim completes each model, showing how a simple repeated base treatment can unify infantry, characters and armoured support.

Warhammer 40,000Silver Skulls4 paint colours
January 2026Read summary
PaintingWD 520 · pp. 58–59

Paint Splatter: Maggotkin of Nurgle

Emily achieves an iridescent green armour finish with translucent colours over a light metal base, then contrasts it with carefully glazed rotten flesh. The complete guide covers mouldy cloth, rusty chainmail, horns, scars, chipped armour and groundwork, encouraging variation between individual warriors while keeping their materials and palette coherent.

Age of SigmarMaggotkin of Nurgle25 paint colours
January 2026Read summary