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Blood Angels are one of the most striking Space Marine chapters and one of the trickiest, because red is a notoriously difficult colour to get clean, even coverage with. Nail the red and the rest of the scheme - gold, black and bone - falls into place quickly.

The signature look

Blood Angels are deep, rich red armour with gold trim, black weapons and joints, and plenty of ornate iconography - wings, blood drops and purity seals. The red should look vibrant and slightly glossy rather than flat or chalky.

Getting red to cover

Red painted straight over a black undercoat goes patchy and dull. Two reliable approaches:

Build up from a base. Undercoat in a warm tone (a red-brown or even a grey/white zenithal), basecoat a mid red, then a red contrast or glaze to deepen and even it out.
Contrast in one pass. A red contrast paint over a light undercoat gives smooth, glossy red fast - ideal for a whole army.

Highlight by edge-highlighting with a brighter orange-red, then a tiny touch of orange on the sharpest corners.

Death Company and successors

Death Company are black armour with red detailing - the inverse scheme, and a great change of pace.
Successor chapters (Flesh Tearers, Angels Encarmine, Blood Drinkers) reuse the method with darker or two-tone reds.

Tips and common mistakes

Don't basecoat red over black expecting coverage - it never works in one or two coats.
Keep gold warm. Shade gold trim with a brown wash so it reads as gold, not yellow.
Gloss the red slightly. A satin rather than dead-matt varnish suits the rich Blood Angels look.

Recipes are generated by perceptual colour matching against our cross-brand paint database. Use them as a strong starting point and test paints in person when precision matters.