Night-time aristocrats: deep wine velvet, blue-black coats, pale skin and fresh red.
Tip: Keep the skin cool and pale with grey-blue shading so the red accents really jump.
Below is each colour in the scheme with the closest paint in every major brand. Metal colours are matched to metallic paints, the rest to opaque paints. ΔE is how far the paint is from the target colour: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. These are worked out from swatch estimates, so check the real paints before you start.
| Colour | Citadel | Army Painter | Vallejo | Pro Acryl | AK Interactive | Two Thin Coats | Scale75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MainVelvet | Barak-Nar BurgundyColour: Base · ΔE 3 | Chimera RedWarpaints Air · ΔE 6 | Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 11 | Dark Burgundy (S15)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 5 | Laser Magenta (AK11066)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 11 | Boar HideTriads: midtones · ΔE 11 | Bloodfest Crimson (SFG11)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 7 |
| SecondCoats | Corvus BlackColour: Base · ΔE 2 | Thunder StormWarpaints Air · ΔE 5 | Infantry Blue (70.752)Model Color · ΔE 2 | Blue Black (056)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 8 | Blue Black (AK17051)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 4 | Von Evile PurpleTriads: shadows · ΔE 16 | Prusian Blue (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 2 |
| SkinPale skin | Wrack WhiteColour: Dry · ΔE 5 | Brainmatter BeigeWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4 | White Grey (70.993)Model Color · ΔE 2 | Dark Ivory (S07)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 8 | Offwhite (AK11002)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 5 | Trooper WhiteTriads: highlights · ΔE 6 | Art White (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 8 |
| MetalSilver | Stormhost SilverColour: Layer · ΔE 1 | MithrilWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 1 | Dark Gunmetal (72.054)Game Color Metallic · ΔE 3 | Metallic Medium (033)Metallics · ΔE 1 | Aluminium (AK11207)3rd Gen Metallic · ΔE 8 | Mythril BladeMetallics · ΔE 3 | Silver Sun (SPE-13)Prism Effect · ΔE 8 |
| AccentBlood | Evil Sunz ScarletColour: Layer · ΔE 8 | Dragon RedWarpaints Air · ΔE 5 | Gory Red (72.011)Game Color · ΔE 7 | Bold Pyrrole Red (003)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 7 | Blood Red (AK11089)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 8 | Hellspawn RedBrights · ΔE 9 | Blood Red (SC36)Scalecolor · ΔE 4 |
| BaseDark stone | Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 4 | Bleached Strap Grey (WP4150P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 4 | German Panzer Grey (70.603)Model Air · ΔE 1 | Dark Neutral Grey (044)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 3 | RLM 66 (1938) (AK11819)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 5 | Doom Death BlackTriads: shadows · ΔE 4 | Necro Grey (SFG42)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 1 |