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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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Combat Patrol: Aeldari€108.00

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1

Base coat

Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.

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2

Shade

Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.

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3

Layer

Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.

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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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5

Edge highlight

Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.

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Details & accent colours

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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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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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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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Basing — earth

Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.

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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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14 paints in this scheme

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14 paints
  • postage per seller

  • 6 of 8 priced · EU (Denmark): parcels from 45.95 kr, free over 975 kr — their postage is quoted in kroner even where the product price is shown in euros

  • EU: ships to Germany & Austria only — €6.95 DE (free over €150), €11.40 AT

  • prices shown on Amazon at checkout

  • EU (Spain): ships from Spain, free over €200 — carriage varies with the weight of the parcel and they publish no country table

  • EU marketplace: postage set by each dealer (no single € threshold); free pickup at the selling shop

  • EU (France): from €5.90 to a French pick-up point, €7.36 ex VAT to Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, dearer further out — free to collection points over €350 in France and €450 in those four

  • postage by parcel weight and destination, shown at checkout — no free-shipping threshold

  • EU (Netherlands): €6.45 by DHL within the Netherlands, free over €100; €9.75 to Belgium and Germany, free over €125; dearer further out, and only to the countries they list

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Splinter Blotches I

Vallejo · Panzer Aces

#01633CBase
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Hulky Green Dip

Green Stuff World · Dipping Inks

#094625Shade
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€2.25at My Hobby Place· priced 16 Sep
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Light Green

Vallejo · Mecha Color 69.025

#007943Base
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Ghost Green

Vallejo · Game Color 72.121

#5BB889Base
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Verdigris

Vallejo · Game Color 72.096

#86C7A9Base
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Bright Gold

Army Painter · Warpaints

#B48024Metallic
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John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal

Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic

#3E3E3EMetallic
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Beasty Brown

Vallejo · Game Color 72.043

#55371BBase
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from€2.79· compare 5 shops· priced 30 Sep
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Bestigor Flesh

Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243

#C78855
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Fluorescent Magenta

Vallejo · Game Color 72.158

#E8348BTechnical
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from€3.10· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
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English Uniform

Vallejo · Model Color 70.921

#6F532BMatte
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from€2.70· compare 9 shops· priced 17 Sep
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Bold Titanium White

Monument · Monument Pro Acrylic Paints MPA001

#E7E9E4Base
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from€5.22· compare 2 shops· priced 12 Aug
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Transparent Red

Vallejo · Model Color

#B62336Base
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€3.50at MS Plüth · eBay· priced 5 Jul
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Waaagh! Flesh

Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950277

#163A36
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from€2.88· compare 5 shops· priced 16 Sep
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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.