How I paint - Legions Imperialis - Blood Angel Red

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As I continue to work through the legions for Aeronautica Imperialis I wanted to paint up the loyalist Blood Angels. The Blood Angels are famous for their mastery of the skies, for being one of the legions that defended the Emperor's palace and for being one of the main legions of Space Marine used by Games Workshop.

The Blood Angel livery is a bright red with some splashes of black. This is my take on their scheme.

Paints required:

  • Chaos Black Spray
  • Pure Red Spray (Army Painter)
  • Mephiston Red
  • Carroburg Crimson
  • Evil Suns Scarlet
  • Wild Rider Red
  • Abaddon Black
  • Leadbelcher
  • Corax White
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Eshin Grey
  • Gryph-Charger Grey
  • Nuln Oil
  • Caliban Green

I began by giving the aircraft an undercoat with Chaos Black. This was then followed with a light spray of Army Painter Pure Red spray.

Then a basecoat of Mephiston Red, thinned with a little water, was applied over the miniature. I used a large drybrush and worked quickly, avoiding returning to panels already covered. It took around three coats to get a nice solid finish.

When the basecoats were full dry, Carroburg Crimsom was painted into the recesses and around the panels of the aircraft using a small detail brush (I use synthetic brushes for this job). Try to be neat but do not worry too much as you can always tidy the miniature up with a little Mephiston Red. Allow the Carroburg Crimson to full dry.

The aircraft was then drybrushed with Mephiston Red using a medium drybrush. This was then followed with a second drybrush using Evil Suns Scarlet. Then a third drybrush of Wild Rider Red was applied. This was focused on the sharp edges of the miniature. Remember to check your progress with each drybrush, do not overdo each step. You cannot take away the paint, but you can always add more if necessary. 

The lascannons, the missile launcher and a few panels across the aircraft were given a basecoat with Abaddon Black.


With the main colour of the aircraft complete, it is now time to move on to the metal. The metal details were given a basecoat of Leadbelcher. These details included: the engines, the intake fans, the vertical lift thrusters, the gun barrels, the landing feet and finally, any grills. This step took some time and care was needed not to get the silver onto the red fuselage.

The metal was then wash with Nuln Oil. 

The cockpit glass was painted in with Corax White.

The cockpit glass was given two coats of Gryph-Charger Grey. The aircraft was turned upside to allow each coat of Gryph-Charger Grey to fully dry.



The running lights and lenses were painted with Caliban Green. These were then highlighted with a 1:1 mix of Caliban Green and Moot Green.

The lascannon muzzles and the panel edges were highlighted with Eshin Grey.

When this was all fully dry the metal of the engines and any larger areas of metal were given a drybrush with Leadbelcher. 

The coils on the lascannons and the tips of the missiles were given a basecoat with Balthasar Gold. 


The aircraft was finished off by applying transfers to denote aircraft number and the Blood Angels Legion.


I am really pleased with the look of these Space Marine aircraft. 

Let me know if you have any thoughts or questions. Bye for now and remember 'always watch your six'.

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