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Hey mates. I am working on building my Death Korps of Krieg Grenadiers and while I am in the process of doing that, I am considering what paint scheme to go. While researching online to get some ideas, I have seen a lot of Brown, Gray, Green, and even Blue schemes that look great. However, I have been tempted to run mine with Black Fatigues, as not only do I think it would look great on them; it would fit their dark, grim persona’s and fluff very well. Haven’t found much work to go off of in that regard, which is surprising to say the least, but I am here to bounce ideas off of you guys to see what you think. Looking to do Black as the main color, but also want them to give off a Dark but Cold look if that makes any since to anyone (aka Blue’s, Silver’s, White’s, etc), and I appreciate any feedback you can give me and while I know that Black is considered a boring color by many, I like the idea as it fit the Army very well. And fyi, I am fielding the Grenadier Assault Brigade, so all my Infantry are DKOK Grenadiers and they will be mounted in Storm Chimeras, which I planned to paint black as well unless you guys have any other suggestions or ideas to fit what I am going for or close to it.

You'd need some very strong highlights to stop the black from consuming the detail on the cloth. You'd also probably want some brighter secondary colours to make them stand out a bit (like how Iron Hands have shiny metallics).

Hope that helps a bit.

I see a Kriegsman and I want to paint him black
No colors anymore I want him to be black

With black you cannot drybrush (or easily do it without it just looking super grainy)

So you're going to do a LOT of edge highlights. Most people are too lazy to edge highlight.

DorianGray wrote:
With black you cannot drybrush (or easily do it without it just looking super grainy)

So you're going to do a LOT of edge highlights. Most people are too lazy to edge highlight.

Edge highlight makes models look like magna comics and are yucky. A slow transition from a black to a soft dark grey with a lite ammount of nul oil to help with the blending is your best bet. But thats about three or more hours per model.

Try corvus black from forgeworld. It is an off black but still looks great