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How to paint Space Marines
Contrast armour over Grey Seer. Chapter colour is the only hard choice. Difficulty 2 / 5. About 8 hours for a Combat Patrol with Contrast. Primer: Grey Seer.
Quick picks
Kits to buy, then paint
Live floors for stores that ship to the US.
Characters
How to paint Space Marines models
Detailed leaves for big kits. Steps, swatches, YouTube links, and paint buy lists.
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Recipe
Ultramarines (Contrast speed)
Primer: Grey Seer
- Method
- contrast
- Difficulty
- 2 / 5
- CP time
- ~8 hrs
- Primer
- Grey Seer
- 01Prime
- 02
- 03
- 04Weapons
- 05Lenses / purity seals
- 06
- +Grey Seer primer makes Contrast blue cleaner than black primer.
- +Paint Intercessors in batches of 5 before characters.
Buy paints
Space Marines paint shopping list
Colour chips are approximate. Buy links open live marketplace search for that Citadel paint across Shopify catalog stores and other sources.
- Find storesGrey Seer
- Find storesUltramarines Blue
- Find storesRetributor Armour
- Find storesBlack Templar
- Find storesLeadbelcher
- Find storesBlood Angels Red
- Find storesSkeleton Horde
- Find storesAstrogranite
- Find storesNuln Oil
More schemes
Other Space Marines recipes
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After the first box
Combat Patrol: Space Marines for a neutral sealed floor. Pick a chapter Combat Patrol if you already know your colour scheme. Add a Primarch only when sealed comps look fair.
Full start collecting path →Common questions
How long does it take to paint a Space Marines Combat Patrol?
About 8 hours with the Ultramarines (Contrast speed) Contrast recipe, batching infantry.
What primer should I use for Space Marines?
Grey Seer. Match the recipe on this page so Contrast colours land cleanly.
Where do I buy paints for Space Marines?
Use the paint shopping list on this page. Each colour opens live marketplace search for that Citadel paint.
Where do I buy Space Marines kits at a fair price?
Open the Space Marines army hub or the linked Combat Patrol box page for live floors, then set a watch under the middle of the sealed band.