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

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Colour schemes

The Empire of Man — Empire Knights

Intermediate · 6 areas

Full plate, gold order devices and a barded warhorse. The armour is the same steel recipe as a State Trooper wears, taken two layers further — which is the point: the knights and the regiment should look like one army.

Plate harness

Leadbelcher Citadel
Nuln Oil Gloss Citadel
Ironbreaker Citadel
Runefang Steel Citadel

Basecoat the plate Basecoat
Shade heavily All-over shade — Nuln Oil Gloss rather than the matt version — it pools harder into the plate joins and leaves the flats brighter.
Layer the flats Layer
Edge the armour Edge highlight

Gold order devices

Basecoat the gold Basecoat — Trim, buckles and the order medallion only. Gold everywhere makes a knight look like a Stormcast.
Shade the gold Recess shade
Bring the gold up Layer

Barding and caparison

Basecoat the cloth Basecoat
Shade the drapery All-over shade
Highlight the folds Layer
Order cross Freehand — Corax White blocked in, White Scar to tidy the arms once dry.

Warhorse

Dryad Bark Citadel
Agrax Earthshade Citadel
Gorthor Brown Citadel

Basecoat the coat Basecoat
Shade the muscle All-over shade
Drybrush the flanks Drybrush

Plume and pennant

Basecoat the plume Basecoat
Shade it Recess shade
Highlight the feather tips Drybrush — A light Evil Sunz Scarlet drybrush across the plume separates the feathers without painting each one.

Base

Texture the base Texture — Astrogranite Debris reads as broken cobble, which is where most Empire regiments are photographed.
Drybrush the stone Drybrush
Rim the base Detail

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