Painting guides / Warhammer 40,000 / Imperial Knights
How to paint Imperial Knights
Every Imperial Knights unit, and the colour schemes and paint lists other painters have published for them.
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Imperial Knights colour palette
The paints a Imperial Knights 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.
Imperial Knights signature colours
Sky-blue heraldic plate scarred with rust streaks, the honours of a noble house painted over battle damage.
Knight plate
- Caledor Sky Citadel Base
- Drakenhof Nightshade Citadel Shade
- Fenrisian Grey Citadel Highlight
Heraldry
- Retributor Armour Citadel Base
- Agrax Earthshade Citadel Shade
Weathering
- Typhus Corrosion Citadel Base
- Ryza Rust Citadel Highlight
Base
- Astrogranite Citadel Base
- Dawnstone Citadel Highlight
Units
Knight Destrier
Canis Rex
Armiger Warglaive
Armiger Helverin
Knight Paladin
Knight Errant
Knight Gallant
Knight Warden
Knight Crusader
Knight Preceptor
Knight Castellan
Knight Valiant
Acastus Knight Asterius
Acastus Knight Porphyrion
Cerastus Knight Lancer
Cerastus Knight Castigator
Cerastus Knight Acheron
Cerastus Knight Atrapos
Questoris Knight Magaera
Questoris Knight Styrix
Armiger Moirax
Knight Defender
Reaver Titan
Warbringer Nemesis Titan
Warhound Titan
Warlord Titan
Track this project from sprue to finished
Building a Imperial Knights 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.