I decided to paint my Chaos Marauders in muted, practical tones, suiting the character of these hardened survivors. That meant a lot of tanned leathers and age-darkened metal, topped with a variety of naturalistic pelts. To make this as easy as possible, I began with an undercoat of Zandri Dust, with successive targeted drybrushes of Ushabti Bone and Wraithbone.
Over this, I used every brown, black, and grey Contrast paint I had to hand, applying these and mixing them where I needed to in order to help separate the furs, leathers, robes, belts, and ropes. I was really happy with the colour for the hide parts of their fur cloaks, and the trophies some have on their shields – this was a mix of Guilliman Flesh and Volupus Pink, thinned with Contrast Medium, with a final highlight of Ionrach Skin. To bring some cohesion to this riot of browns and greys, I used red as a unifying spot colour on their shields and the champion’s topknot.
Thanks, guys! The horde is already on its way, and you can pre-order your own Marauders – both on foot and on horseback – this Saturday. We almost feel sorry for the Empire…