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.
Your scheme
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Aeldari boxes to start with
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20% off RRPAeldari · 21 models · 4 kits
1× Spiritseer Miniature · 5× Wraithblades Miniatures (which can alternatively be built as Wraithguard) · 5× Warp Spiders Miniatures · 10× Dire Avengers Miniatures
20% off RRPAeldari · 17 models · 4 kits
1× Kharseth · 1× Wave Serpent · 5× Corsair Skyreavers · 10× Corsair Voidreavers (which can alternatively be built as Corsair Voidscarred)
20% off RRPAeldari · 23 models · 5 kits
1× Prince Yriel Miniature · 1× Kharseth Miniature · 1× Starfang Miniature(which can alternatively be built as a Vyper) · 10× Corsair Skyreavers Miniature · 10× Corsair Voidreavers Miniature(which can alternatively be built as Corsair Voidscarred)
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.
50 paints
Covers 11 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
4 paints
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
14 paints
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 3 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Tap a colour to change its paint.
- Base coatSplinter Blotches IVallejo · Panzer AcesView paint
- ShadeHulky Green DipGreen Stuff World · Dipping InksView paint
- LayerLight GreenVallejo · Mecha Color 69.025View paint
- HighlightGhost GreenVallejo · Game Color 72.121≈ Closest paint we sellView paint
- Edge highlightVerdigrisVallejo · Game Color 72.096View 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
- LensesFluorescent MagentaVallejo · Game Color 72.158View paint
- BasingEnglish UniformVallejo · Model Color 70.921View paint
- Contrast panelsBold Titanium WhiteMonument · Monument Pro Acrylic Paints MPA001View paint
- Spiritstones & gemsTransparent RedVallejo · Model ColorView paint
- Undersuit & weaponsWaaagh! FleshCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950277View paint
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Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
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Exact Match
Greenskin
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
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Warpstone Glow
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951321
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
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Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
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Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
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Warboss Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951323
fromC$5.60· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
Closest paint we sell — not an exact match for this colour
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★ Our pick for highlight
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Skarsnik Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951324
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
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Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
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★ Our pick for edge highlight
Exact Match
Gauss Blaster Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951374
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.
Suggested
Bright Gold
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
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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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★ Our pick for metal — weapons
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Iron Warriors
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950311
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
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★ Our pick for leather & pouches
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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
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
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Barbarian Flesh
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
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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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★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
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Emperor's Children
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951366
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
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★ Our pick for basing — earth
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Waaagh! Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950277
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
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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 CA-wide delivery over C$149 (C$13.50 Ontario / C$18.50 rest of Canada below that), Canada Post Expedited 1-6 days Ontario / 2-9 days elsewhere
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, Hulky Green Dip, Light Green, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bold Titanium White, Transparent Red
postage per seller
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, Light Green, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Bold Titanium White, Transparent Red, Waaagh! Flesh
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, Hulky Green Dip, Light Green, Verdigris, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, English Uniform, Bold Titanium White, Transparent Red
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, Hulky Green Dip, Light Green, Ghost Green, Verdigris, Bright Gold, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Fluorescent Magenta, English Uniform, Bold Titanium White, Transparent Red
totals excl. delivery · affiliate links
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
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
Waaagh! Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950277
fromC$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 15 Sep
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Common questions
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This page has the generated recipe for the classic Aeldari scheme — armour ramp, metals, skin and basing, matched across 35+ paint ranges — plus every other Warhammer 40,000 faction's paint schemes below, or set your own colour in the full generator.