Blue Horrors

The smaller, grumbling daemons that replace a Pink Horror when it’s slain.

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Paint Scheme

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Simple and fast — these are rank-and-file fillers, not showpieces. Grey primer keeps the blue vivid without going too pale, while still giving the ink something light to react with. The ink is used as a filter throughout — not a wash, it coats the whole model and the gradient comes from the underlying light/dark structure.

1. Prime

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Vallejo Surface Primer – Grey (light grey)

Light enough to keep the blue punchy, dark enough to not blow out the shadows like white would.

2. Ink Filter — Blue

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Liquitex Phthalocyanine Blue Ink

Filter pass over the whole model, slightly from above. The grey primer shows through as a mid-tone — raised surfaces pick up the blue brightly, recesses stay cooler and darker.

3. Drybrush — Edge Pop

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Matt White drybrushed over the whole model.

Picks out the raised edges and knuckles. This creates the light structure for the second ink pass to work with.

4. Ink Filter — Blue Second Pass

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Liquitex Phthalocyanine Blue Ink

Second filter over everything. The white edges now read as bright blue; the mid-tones deepen. Two ink passes give more depth than one without any extra complexity.

5. Details

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• Weapons and trim — Black base, gold metallic on the raised edges
• Teeth and claws — Skeleton Bone, quick wash with Burnt Umber
• Eyes — tiny dot of Daemonic Yellow or leave black for a dead, angry look

6. Bases

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Standard dark stone scheme — matches the rest of the force.