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How to paint Vampire Counts
Every Vampire Counts unit, and the colour schemes and paint lists other painters have published for them.
2 guides · 27 units
Vampire Counts colour palette
The paints a Vampire Counts 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.
Vampire Counts signature colours
Bleached bone under a shroud of purple-black, a court that dresses its skeletons better than most living armies dress their nobles.
Bone
- Wraithbone Citadel Base
- Skeleton Horde Citadel Shade
- Ushabti Bone Citadel Highlight
Shroud and trim
- Naggaroth Night Citadel Base
- Druchii Violet Citadel Shade
- Dechala Lilac Citadel Highlight
Rusted grave-iron
- Leadbelcher Citadel Base
- Agrax Earthshade Citadel Shade
- Ryza Rust Citadel Highlight
Banshee wail glow
- Hexwraith Flame Citadel Base
- White Scar Citadel Highlight
Units
Vampire Count
Vampire Thrall
Master Necromancer
Necromantic Acolyte
Strigoi Ghoul King
Cairn Wraith
Wight King
Wight Lord
Tomb Banshee
Grave Guard
Skeleton Warriors
Zombies
Crypt Ghouls
Crypt Horrors
Bat Swarms
Vargheists
Fell Bats
Spirit Hosts
Blood Knights
Black Knights
Dire Wolves
Hexwraiths
Corpse Cart
Black Coach
Terrorgheist
Varghulf
Badlands Ogre Bulls
Track this project from sprue to finished
Building a Vampire Counts 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.