The Compendium
Paint scheme galleries
Colour schemes worth stealing, faction by faction. Every photo in these galleries is a real commissioned miniature, shown with permission and credited to the studio or artist who painted it.
Warhammer 40,000
Space Marines
The most painted army in the hobby — and still the hardest to make your own.
Ultramarines · Blood Angels + 4 more
Warhammer 40,000
Tyranids
Organic shapes, blended skin, carapace contrast — an airbrush artist's favourite army.
Hive Fleet Leviathan · Hive Fleet Kraken + 2 more
Warhammer 40,000
Necrons
Ancient metal and gauss glow — weathering and OSL doing all the talking.
Sautekh Dynasty · Szarekhan Dynasty + 2 more
Warhammer 40,000
Orks
Clan colours, scrap metal and grime — the most character per model in the game.
Goffs · Evil Sunz + 3 more
Age of Sigmar
Stormcast Eternals
Gold armour at army scale — the sternest test of a studio's metalwork.
Hammers of Sigmar · Anvils of the Heldenhammer + 2 more
Age of Sigmar
Nighthaunt
Spectral gradients and underlight — an army painted mostly in glazes.
Classic spectral green · Cold blue & violet hosts + 2 more