50 paints
Covers 10 of 14 colours in this scheme
Warriors of Chaos Paint Scheme
A full Warriors of Chaos 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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Paint sets that cover this scheme
All paint setsOne box of paints instead of 14 pots. Each card says how many of this scheme's colours it holds.
16 paints
Covers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
8 paints
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
Or cover 86% of this scheme with 2 paint sets, A$409.98 together: Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set + Vallejo Game Color - Introduction Set
General starter boxes
All boxesWe can't price a Warriors of Chaos box in your market today, so these are general starter boxes, and each card says so.
Not Warriors of Chaos — general starterSkaven · 25 models · 2 kits
5× Stormcast Eternals Liberators · 20× Skaven Clanrats
Not Warriors of Chaos — general starterOrks · 12 models · 4 kits
1× Space Marines Lieutenant · 5× Intercessors · 1× Ork Nob · 5× Ork Boyz
Not Warriors of Chaos — general starterDeath Guard · 14 models
7× Angels of Death Kill Team operatives · 7× Plague Marine Kill Team operatives
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
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- Base coatContinental BlueVallejo · Model Color 70.754View paint
- ShadeDark ToneArmy Painter · Quickshade Washes SetView paint
- LayerNecro GreyScale75 · Fantasy & Games RangeView paint
- HighlightPhantom GreyVallejo · Mecha Color 69.040View paint
- Edge highlightBlack WashVallejo · Mecha Color 69.518View paint
Additional details
- TrimBright GoldArmy Painter · WarpaintsView paint
- WeaponsJohn Blanche Masterclass: Heavy MetalArmy Painter · Warpaints FanaticView paint
- LeatherBeasty BrownVallejo · Game Color 72.043View paint
- SkinBestigor FleshCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243View paint
- LensesScarletVallejo · Model Color 70.817View paint
- BasingEnglish UniformVallejo · Model Color 70.921View paint
- Tarnished brassFuel Stains (Gloss)Vallejo · Mecha Color 69.814≈ Closest paint we sellView paint
- Chaos clothGemstone RedArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3198View paint
- Fur & peltsEarthVallejo · Game Color 72.062View paint
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Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
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Corvus Black
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950306
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Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
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Dark Tone
Army Painter · Quickshade Washes Set
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
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Black Legion
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960237
fromA$10.26· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
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Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
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Warpfiend Grey
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951011
fromA$5.45· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
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Details & accent colours
Change scheme ↑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.
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Bright Gold
Army Painter · Warpaints
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Balthasar Gold
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950310
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
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Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
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Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
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Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243
fromA$5.45· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Barbarian Flesh
Army Painter · Warpaints
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Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
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Wild Rider Red
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951304
fromA$5.45· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
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XV-88
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950285
Tarnished brass
Trim, horns and rivets in dull brass shaded almost to brown - bright gold makes the plate look ceremonial when it should look forged and old.
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Chaos cloth
Cloaks, tabards and shield centres in deep red - the one saturated colour against blackened armour.
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Wazdakka Red
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951305
Fur & pelts
Northern furs over the shoulders - brown drybrushed pale, stippled rather than combed so it does not read as felt.
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14 paints in this scheme
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14 paintspostage per seller
- not stocked: Necro Grey, Phantom Grey, Black Wash, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Fuel Stains (Gloss)
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- not stocked: Continental Blue, Dark Tone, Black Wash, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Scarlet, English Uniform, Fuel Stains (Gloss), Earth
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Dark Tone
Army Painter · Quickshade Washes Set
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Bright Gold
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243
fromA$5.45· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
Every Warriors of Chaos kit and box, priced
Prices compared across the shops that stock them — boxes ranked by cost per model.
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Common questions
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This page has the generated recipe for the classic Warriors of Chaos scheme — armour ramp, metals, skin and basing, matched across 35+ paint ranges — plus every other Warhammer: The Old World faction's paint schemes below, or set your own colour in the full generator.