Category: Traitor Legions

A complete collection of Warhammer Horus Heresy Traitor Legion painting tutorials—featuring fast, effective techniques for each Chaos-aligned force. From true metallic metals and Grimdark finishes to OSL glow effects, battle damage, and freehand details, this playlist covers it all. Learn how to paint Sons of Horus, Word Bearers, Night Lords, Death Guard, Thousand Sons, Alpha Legion, Emperor’s Children, and Iron Warriors in Mark III and Mark VI armor. Includes guides for glowing plasma, lightning flashes, hazard stripes, gemstone effects, and more—perfect for Chaos Space Marines and 40k crossovers.

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Horus Heresy Traitor Legion Painting Video Guides: Step-by-Step Video Tutorials

Horus Heresy Traitor Legion Painting Guides

Looking to bring your Chaos Space Marines to life with stunning paint jobs? Dive into some comprehensive Horus Heresy Traitor Legion Painting Guides—a curated video playlist packed with fast, effective techniques for every Traitor Legion.

🎨 What You’ll Learn:

  • Legion-specific color schemes for Iron Warriors, Alpha Legion, Word Bearers, Night Lords, and more
  • Advanced effects like OSL, weathering, and battle damage
  • Speed painting methods using Citadel, contrast, drybrush and even some unconventional techniques
  • Tips for beginners and veterans alike

Whether you’re preparing for tabletop glory or just love the lore, this playlist is your go-to resource for mastering the grimdark aesthetic of the 31st millennium.

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How to paint all Warhammer Horus Heresy Traitor Legions – Video Playlist:

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Speedpaint Alpha Legion – Brush only!

Fast and easy Alpha Legion painting tutorial using only brushes—no airbrush or sprays required. This guide shows you how to achieve a striking turquoise metallic armor scheme for your Horus Heresy or Warhammer 40k Alpha Legion miniatures. Includes a quick method for painting glowing plasma effects (OSL) Perfect for beginners or hobbyists looking to speed paint their Traitor Space Marines with true metallics.

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CitadelAkhelian Green, Aethermatic blue, Contrast Medium, Abaddon Black
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Luna Wolves – False Gods Color scheme

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer Horus Heresy Luna Wolves Legionary Space Marine in Mark IV Armor.


The Armor is a kit-bash I’ve done by myself to create a Heresy 2.0 scale MK IV Armor. I simply used a MK VI heresy Armor, shoulders from the 40k First born kit and a MK IV Bolter and Helmet from the old MK IV set.

The painting style was inspired by the Horus Heresy Book – False Gods cover artwork.
For the whole mini including the base the process took around 2.5 hours.

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World Eaters Grimdark Color Scheme

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer World Eaters Mark II Legion Command Space Marine from the Horus Heresy. It includes a red glowing eyes and gore tutorial.
For the whole mini including the base the process took 3 hours.

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Death Guard Grimdark Color Scheme and OSL

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer Death Guard Mark III Space Marine Armor from the Horus Heresy. It includes a green glowing eyes tutorial and how I painted the OSL effect on the Plasma Gun and armor
For the whole mini including the base the process took 3.5 hours.

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Thousand Sons Grimdark Color Scheme

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer Thousand Sons Mark III Space Marine Armor from the Horus Heresy. It includes a green glowing eyes tutorial and how I painted the Gemstones of the Void Dart.
For the whole mini including the base the process took 3.0 hours.

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CitadelAbaddon Black, Kabalite Green, Sybarite Green, Blood Angels, Stormhost Silver
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Emperor´s Children Grimdark Color Scheme

This video is a quick overview of how I paint a Warhammer Emperor’s Children Mark III Space Marine Armor from the Horus Heresy. It includes a green glowing eyes tutorial and how I painted the glowing power sword.
For the whole mini including the base the process took 3.5 hours.

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CitadelAbaddon Black, Lexicon Purple, Contrast Medium, Wazdakka Red, Khorne Red, Gauss Blaster Green, Sybarite Green
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Sons of Horus Grimdark Color Scheme

This video is a quick overview how i paint a Warhammer Ultramarine MK VI Space Marine Armor from the Horus Heresy. This Video also includes the steps for armor chipping and battle damage


The Base paint job i show in this tutorial needs around 2.5h.
For the whole mini including basing it took 3h.

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Space Marines Glowing Plasma Gun OSL

This video shows how i paint the Gun casing and glowing plasma on my Warhammer 40k / Horus Heresy models

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Word Bearers Color Scheme

This video is a quick overview how i paint a Warhammer Word Bearers MK III Space Marine Armor from the Horus Heresy.
The Base paint job i show in this tutorial needs around 2h.
For the whole mini including OPTIONAL highlights and basing it took 3h.

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CitadelIncubi Darkness, Khorne Red, Mephiston Red, Wazdakka Red, Wild Rider Red, Abaddon Black, Black Templar, Contrast Medium, Ironbreaker, Yriel Yellow
P3Morrow White, Necrotite Green
VallejoGunmetal Grey, Premium Gloss Varnish, Premium Satin Varnish
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Glowing Eyes

A quick painting guide, how I painted glowing eyes on a Salamanders Horus Heresy MK VI Space Marine.

The process to paint this outstanding eyes takes 5-10 min.

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Night Lords Color Scheme

Another Quick painting guide, how I painted a Grimdark Night Lords Horus Heresy MK III Space Marine.

The base process of painting the armor I show in this video takes around 2h of painting time.

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Simple epic Mars Base Guide

Here a quick Video how i create my simple buts still epic Mars Bases.

I used this Bases on several Projects. The biggest one was my Armies on Parade 2023 Sons of Horus entry.

I also use them on the ongoing Time vs. Result category where i started to paint every Horus Heresy Legion by mixing multiple speed painting techniques.

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