Painting guides / Blood Bowl / Dark Elf
How to paint Dark Elf
Every Dark Elf unit, and the colour schemes and paint lists other painters have published for them.
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Dark Elf colour palette
The paints a Dark Elf force is built from, by area and by role — base, shade, layer and highlight. A starting point for every unit below.
Every paint below links to its equivalents in other brands.
Dark Elf signature colours
Naggaroth purple and black with bright silver and pale skin; the widely known Dark Elf team colours, straight off the Druchii palette.
Purple armour
- Naggaroth Night Citadel Base
- Druchii Violet Citadel Shade
- Genestealer Purple Citadel Highlight
Black plate
- Abaddon Black Citadel Base
- Nuln Oil Citadel Shade
- Eshin Grey Citadel Highlight
Pale skin
- Ionrach Skin Citadel Base
- Reikland Fleshshade Citadel Shade
- Pallid Wych Flesh Citadel Highlight
Silver
- Leadbelcher Citadel Base
- Runefang Steel Citadel Highlight
Units
Track this project from sprue to finished
Building a Dark Elf force is a lot of pots to keep straight. Track the army, the paints you own and what each unit still needs — free, and without an account to start.