This post will focus on Flawless Blades. At this point in the army, I have the process locked in, so there won’t be any deviation from the process discussed in the Lord Exultant, Tormentors, Obsessionsist, and Infractors posts, so feel free to skip ahead to the pictures.

Similar to those other Infantry models, I wanted these models to have “my spin” on them.  In this particular case, “my spin” was that I wanted to optimize for a darker look as I prefer my models to look dark, slightly dirty, and weathered instead of bright and vibrant since they are supposed to be fighting an endless war in the grim dark future.  I also like the slightly wet look that a heavy hand in wash gives the models as it makes them look to me like they just emerged from the Warp or have been involved in some really bloody fighting.

I started by following the normal process of beginning with a black primer for the models.  I then deviated with how I sought to build a depth of color.  Instead applying base and then layer coats that applied a bright colored base coat that progressively brightened the model to create depth and highlights, I base coated the models by asking Steve to airbrush them for me rather brightly with Citadel Kakophoni Purple and then used coats of Druchii Violet shade to darken them down to the exact color that I wanted.  This created the deep, dark color that I love on armor. 

For the tabard and fabrics, I then followed the process prescribed in the Emperor’s Children Codex by layering it with Sybarite Green and then washing it with Nuln Oil. Once the purple had dried, I moved on to the Chaos Trim.  I trimmed the model with Army Painter Glittering Gold before washing the trim with Citadel Agrax Earthshade to give it a weathered, bronze look that I absolutely love. Lastly, I went back and touched up the stims on their backpack with Leadbelcher and a craft paint green, the sword blade with Runefang Steel covered in either Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade or Citadel Biel-Tan Green, before basing them to match my other Chaos models. The final pictures are below.