Dumlok Flameseeker Painting Guide

Dumlok Flameseeker Painting Guide

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Full guide on how I painted the skin, hair, trousers, gold, silver and much more.

Hints💡
- Grey primer recommended
- Thin paints with Contrast Medium, washes with Lahmian Medium
- Use gradual layering for smooth blending by mixing colors
- Magnifying glasses & painting handle help with details

Help needed❓
If you need detailed help, feel free to ask me on my Instagram account 🙌

Skin

  1. Basecoat: Bugman's Glow
  2. Shade: Thinned Reikland Fleshshade
  3. Recesse shading: pure Reikland Fleshshade
  4. Reapplication: Bugman's Glow
  5. Highlights: Gradually add Cadian Fleshtone , than Kislev Flesh
  6. Edge Highlight: pure Kislev Flesh

Trousers + (Bandages)

  1. Basecoat: Rakarth Flesh
  2. Stripes: Kantor Blue
  3. Wash: Agrax Earthshade
  4. Reapplication: Base colors
  5. Highlight white stripes: Mix Rakarth Flesh + Pallid Wych Flesh . Paint edge highlights with pure Pallid Wych Flesh
  6. Highlight blue stripes: Mix Kantor Blue with Lothern Blue . Paint edge highlights with pure Lothern Blue

Hair

  1. Basecoat: Khorne Red
  2. Gradual layering by mixing in Fire Dragon Bright until you reach pure Fire Dragon Bright
  3. Edge Highlights: Add a little Dorn Yellow

Flint weapons

  1. Basecoat: Mechanicus Standard Grey
  2. Shade: Nuln Oil
  3. Gradual highlights: Mechanicus Standard Grey -> Dawnstone -> Administratum Grey
  4. Edge highlight: Administratum Grey + Karak Stone

Weapon handles

  1. Basecoat: Abaddon Black
  2. Highlight: Eshin Grey
  3. Edge highlights: Skavenblight Dinge

Silver armour

  1. Basecoat: 1:1 mix of Leadbelcher and Ironbreaker
  2. Shade: Drakenhof Nightshade and Nuln Oil
  3. Glaze highlights: Ironbreaker
  4. Edge highlights: Stormhost Silver

Gold

  1. Basecoat: Retributor Armour and Ironbreaker (3:1)
  2. Shade: Reikland Fleshshade and Druchii Violet
  3. Highlights: Basecoat mix
  4. Edge highlight: Stormhost Silver

Leather

  1. Basecoat: Rhinox Hide
  2. Shade: Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlights: Mournfang Brown
  4. Edge highlights: Skrag Brown

Gems

  1. Basecoat: Incubi Darkness
  2. Glaze highlights: Stegadon Scale Green
  3. Edges: Sotek Green

Chris

NerdmitBrille

Painting miniatures from the Warhammer 40K and Age of Sigmar universe: Necrons, Death Guard, Black Legion, Skaven, Stormcast Eternals. Back into the hobby after a break of over 20 years. Stationed in Germany, Kiel.

Citadel Painting System 32
Base 12
  • Abaddon Black
  • Bugman's Glow
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Kantor Blue
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Stegadon Scale Green
Shade 5
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Drakenhof Nightshade
  • Druchii Violet
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 15
  • Administratum Grey
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dawnstone
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Eshin Grey
  • Fire Dragon Bright
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Lothern Blue
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Skrag Brown
  • Sotek Green
  • Stormhost Silver
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