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Custodes (Batch/Army Painting)

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    30 Apr 2025
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A simple recipe I developed to batch paint and entire army quickly and be able to add new units easily that all look awesome on the battlefield with minimal steps.

Airbrush + Drybrush = 😎

Ratios = (paint:thinner)

Underpainting & Prep

  1. Prime black (3:1)
  2. Zenithal off white (1:3)
  3. Underpaint dirty red from above (1:5)
  4. Underpaint blue ink from below (3:1)
  5. Matt varnish (1:4)

Metallics

  1. Drybrush bronze thinly over metal armour
  2. Drybrush Kanoptec Alloy from above over shoulders and weapons (for golden highlight) + any regular metal parts (guns, tracks, etc)
  3. Wash nuln oil over weapons and any shadows

Basing

  1. Drybrush grey on base (1:4 tenebrous grey + white)
  2. Drybrush pure vampiric flesh over parts of base
  3. Drybrush deep purple to brightest clack & tassels area
  4. Drybrush light purple (1:1 purple + white) to edge highlight cloak & tassel
  5. Black rims

Luke

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