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How to paint Barad-Dur
Every Barad-Dur unit, and the colour schemes and paint lists other painters have published for them.
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Barad-Dur colour palette
The paints a Barad-Dur 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.
Barad-Dur signature colours
Black armour lit from within by a molten orange eye, a tower that paints its army the colour of its own furnace.
Black armour
- Abaddon Black Citadel Base
- Nuln Oil Citadel Shade
- Dawnstone Citadel Highlight
Molten eye
- Mephiston Red Citadel Base
- Agrax Earthshade Citadel Shade
- Fire Dragon Bright Citadel Layer
- Troll Slayer Orange Citadel Highlight
Corroded iron trim
- Leadbelcher Citadel Base
- Seraphim Sepia Citadel Shade
- Ryza Rust Citadel Highlight
Units
The Witch-king of Angmar
Ringwraith
The Dark Lord Sauron
Orc Captain
Orc Shaman
Orc Taskmaster
Mordor Troll Chieftain
Black Númenórean Marshal
Shelob
Orc Drummer
Track this project from sprue to finished
Building a Barad-Dur 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.