Legiones Astartes · 50 models · 5 kits
1× Saturnine Praetor · 1× Centurion in MKII power armour · 1× Saturnine Dreadnought · 1× Araknae Quad Accelerator Platform · 6× Saturnine Terminators · 40× Legionaries in MKII power armour
Night Lords Paint Scheme
VIII Legion · The Bringers of Darkness · Konrad Curze ·Traitor
A full Horus Heresy Night Lords paint scheme, generated and ready to test: the armour ramp from basecoat to edge highlight plus trim metals, accents, lenses and basing — every step matched to real paints from Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and 35+ more ranges, with live prices. The Legion's own painting guides name Citadel pots and stop there; every row below carries the nearest pot from the other ranges too.
Your scheme
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Night Lords (Horus Heresy) boxes to start with
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Legiones Astartes · 22 models · 3 kits
10× MkVI Tactical Squad Legionaries · 10× MkVI Heavy Support Squad Legionaries · 1× Leviathan Dreadnought with Ranged Weapons · 1× Deimos Pattern Rhino
Legiones Astartes · 32 models · 4 kits
20× MkIV Tactical Legionaries · 10× MkIV Assault Legionaries · 1× Sicaran Battle Tank · 1× Contemptor Dreadnought
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 12 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
24 paints
Covers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
6 paints
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
6 paints
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
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- Base coatNight Lords BlueCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950304View paint
- ShadeLeviadon BlueCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960103View paint
- LayerNight Lords BlueCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950304View paint
- HighlightThunderous BlueArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3014PView paint
- Edge highlightHoeth BlueCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952054View 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
- LensesLight Rust WashVallejo · Mecha Color 69.505View paint
- BasingEnglish UniformVallejo · Model Color 70.921View paint
- LightningBright SapphireArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3030P≈ Closest paint we sellView paint
- Bone & skullsAncient StoneArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3088PView paint
- Gore & woundsTuskgor FurCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951344View paint
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Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
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★ Our pick for base coat
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Exact Match
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
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Leviadon Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960103
from€5.04· compare 5 shops· priced 16 Sep
★ Our pick for shade
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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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★ Our pick for highlight
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Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine
Monument · Monument Pro Signature Series MPA-S35
€5.22at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
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Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
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Hoeth Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952054
★ Our pick for edge highlight
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Faded Ultramarine
Monument · Monument Pro Acrylic Paints MPA013
€5.22at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
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.
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Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
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Adepticon Magnesium
Monument · Monument Pro Signature Series MPA-S42
€5.22at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
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Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
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Flameon Dark Green Brown
Monument · Monument Pro Signature Series MPA-S25
€5.22at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
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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
from€3.28· compare 6 shops· priced 13 Sep
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
Very Close
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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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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Lightning
Jagged bolts up the pauldrons and greaves - sketch pale blue, then a white core down the middle.
Closest paint we sell — not an exact match for this colour
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★ Our pick for lightning
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Baharroth Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951375
from€2.88· compare 4 shops· priced 16 Sep
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Bone & skulls
Trophy skulls, wing bones and bleached helm markings against the midnight blue.
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★ Our pick for bone & skulls
Exact Match
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Gore & wounds
Glossy deep red in wounds, mouths and exposed guts - wet rot against the matt armour.
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Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
13 paints in this scheme
Price this recipe
13 paints10 of 11 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
- not stocked: John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Light Rust Wash
postage per seller
- not stocked: Bright Gold, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Light Rust Wash
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
- not stocked: Leviadon Blue, Hoeth Blue, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Light Rust Wash, English Uniform, Ancient Stone
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
- not stocked: Bright Gold, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Light Rust Wash, English Uniform, Ancient Stone
- not stocked: Night Lords Blue, Leviadon Blue, Hoeth Blue, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Light Rust Wash, Tuskgor Fur
- not stocked: Night Lords Blue, Leviadon Blue, Hoeth Blue, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Light Rust Wash, Tuskgor Fur
EU (Spain): ships from Spain, free over €200 — carriage varies with the weight of the parcel and they publish no country table
- not stocked: Thunderous Blue, Bright Gold, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Light Rust Wash, Bright Sapphire, Ancient Stone
EU: ships to Germany & Austria only — €6.95 DE (free over €150), €11.40 AT
- not stocked: Night Lords Blue, Leviadon Blue, Thunderous Blue, Hoeth Blue, Bright Gold, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Bright Sapphire, Ancient Stone, Tuskgor Fur
EU marketplace: postage set by each dealer (no single € threshold); free pickup at the selling shop
- not stocked: Night Lords Blue, Leviadon Blue, Thunderous Blue, Hoeth Blue, Bright Gold, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Light Rust Wash, Bright Sapphire, Ancient Stone, Tuskgor Fur
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
- not stocked: Night Lords Blue, Leviadon Blue, Thunderous Blue, Bright Gold, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Light Rust Wash, English Uniform, Bright Sapphire, Ancient Stone
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Leviadon Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960103
from€5.04· compare 5 shops· priced 16 Sep
Hoeth Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952054
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
from€3.28· compare 6 shops· priced 13 Sep
Painting the VIII Legion
The armour method is shared across all eighteen Legions — how to paint MkII to MkVI plate — and the rest of the game, from army lists to what a Legion costs to field, sits on the Horus Heresy hub.
On the colour: A very dark, heavily saturated blue. It looks too dark on a swatch and correct on a model, which is the usual problem with reading armour colours off a screen; the layer and edge steps in the recipe are what actually make it read as blue. This scheme is our reading of the Legion's Heresy livery, not an authorised palette — and the recipe above is matched by colour distance, so treat it as a strong starting point and test in person where it matters.
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Common questions
Is there a full list of Night Lords paint schemes?
This page has the generated recipe for the classic Night Lords scheme — armour ramp, metals, skin and basing, matched across 35+ paint ranges — plus every other The Horus Heresy faction's paint schemes below, or set your own colour in the full generator.