Grotmas Guide Reveals Exact Paint Recipes for Traitor Legions

On December 11 2025 a Grotmas painting guide focused on the Traitor Legions of the Horus Heresy went live, supplying the community with one of the most comprehensive recipe collections for traitor livery in recent memory. The guide lays out step by step paint recipes for a wide range of legions including Emperor's Children, Iron Warriors and Night Lords, and it provides the specific Citadel paint bases, shades and highlights to recreate each chapter look accurately.

The body of the guide breaks the work down by element. Armour sections list basecoat colours and the sequence of shades and highlights to build depth. Lenses receive dedicated recipes along with suggested contrast and edge highlight approaches. Metals are treated with particular attention, with base tones, washes and controlled weathering steps that preserve heraldry while giving models battlefield wear. Markings and chapter heraldry have notes on colour layering and transfer techniques to reproduce iconic patterns.

Practical value is immediate. Follow the recipes to match accepted Horus Heresy schemes for display, narrative play or competitive aesthetic standards. The included in text images and colour references allow painters to compare progress at each stage, while the weathering and finish notes explain where to add chips, streaks and varnish to retain scale and readability. The guide is especially useful when restoring older models, painting conversions to match a specific legion, or preparing a force with consistent appearance across many models.

Community relevance goes beyond individual painting sessions. Clubs and stores can use the guide as a lesson plan for workshops, scheduling sessions that walk members through a full legion scheme from basecoat to final varnish. New painters gain a reliable starting point, while experienced modellers can adopt the suggested recipes as a framework to tweak and personalise.

For readers ready to paint, work methodically through each recipe, check in text images as reference, and adapt weathering levels to suit your display or tabletop needs. The guide simplifies reproducing classic Traitor Legion aesthetics and gives the community a repeatable path to authentic Horus Heresy colours.