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

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 Mounted Knights of the Realm in particular — the same picture stands for 2 units of this army.

Colour schemes

Kingdom of Bretonnia — Mounted Knights of the Realm

Intermediate · 7 areas

The army in one model: bright plate, a heraldic shield and a caparisoned warhorse. The plate is a metal lesson and the shield is a freehand one, so paint the horse first and the heraldry last.

Knightly plate

Leadbelcher Citadel
Nuln Oil Citadel
Ironbreaker Citadel
Runefang Steel Citadel

Basecoat the harness Basecoat
Shade the plate All-over shade — Nuln Oil everywhere, then a second coat into the joints only once the first is dry.
Bring the plate back up Layer
Sharpen the edges Edge highlight — Runefang Steel on the plate edges only. Bretonnian armour is polished, so the highlights carry it.

Caparison and surcoat

Basecoat the cloth Basecoat
Shade the drapery All-over shade
Highlight the folds Layer — Altdorf Guard Blue over the raised cloth, then Teclis Blue on the fold ridges alone.
Fleur-de-lys Freehand — Averland Sunset first — it covers over blue where a yellow layer will not — then Yriel Yellow on top of the same shape.

Shield heraldry

Basecoat the field Basecoat — Two thin coats of Corax White over the whole shield face, then White Scar to bring it clean.
Paint the charge Freehand — Block the shape in Mephiston Red first and tidy the outline with Evil Sunz Scarlet once it is dry.
Rim the shield Detail

Warhorse

Basecoat the coat Basecoat
Shade the muscle All-over shade
Drybrush the flanks Drybrush — Gorthor Brown along the grain of the hair, following the muscle rather than crossing it.
Blaze, mane and hooves Detail — Ushabti Bone for a face blaze and the hooves; the mane stays darker than the coat.

Lance and tack

Spiral the lance Detail — Paint the whole lance White Scar, then wrap a red band down it — the spiral is easier as stripes on white than as white on red.
Straps and saddle Layer

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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