Reference photos, colour schemes with the exact paints for every area, and finished models from other painters — everything you need to start Men-At-Arms for your Kingdom of Bretonnia force.

Role CorePoints 4Faction Kingdom of BretonniaSystem Warhammer: The Old World

Units (not including units whose troop type is 'swarms', 'war beasts' or 'war machines')

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What the Kingdom of Bretonnia range looks like

Shows the Kingdom of Bretonnia range rather than Men-At-Arms in particular — the same picture stands for 2 units of this army.

Colour schemes

Kingdom of Bretonnia — Men-At-Arms

Beginner · 6 areas

The block a Bretonnian army is actually built on, and the cheapest place to learn the livery halving that every other unit in the army repeats. Two colours, one wash, and the regiment reads from across the table.

Livery — red half

Basecoat the red side Basecoat — Halve the model down the centre line: one leg, one sleeve and one half of the tabard. Getting the split straight matters more than the colour does.
Shade the folds Recess shade
Highlight the cloth Layer — Evil Sunz Scarlet on the raised folds only — a peasant tabard should not look silk.

Livery — blue half

Basecoat the blue side Basecoat
Shade the folds Recess shade
Highlight the cloth Layer

Mail and helm

Leadbelcher Citadel
Nuln Oil Citadel
Ironbreaker Citadel

Basecoat the metal Basecoat — Mail coif, kettle helm and any plate at the knee — a levy owns very little of it.
Shade the rings All-over shade
Catch the raised links Drybrush — A very light Ironbreaker drybrush finds the mail texture without picking out every ring by hand.

Polearm and leather

Basecoat haft and belts Basecoat
Shade both All-over shade
Highlight the wood Layer — Baneblade Brown along the length of the haft, leaving the shaded grain showing.
Blade edge Edge highlight

Skin

Basecoat the flesh Basecoat
Shade the whole face All-over shade — Reikland Fleshshade does the work here — do not thin it, the recesses want to be dark.
Bring the features back Layer — Cadian Fleshtone on the nose, brow and cheekbones, then Kislev Flesh on those points only.

Base

Texture the base Texture — Battlemire over the whole base — Bretonnia fights across ploughed field and marsh.
Drybrush the dried earth Drybrush
Rim the base Detail

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