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
- Prime black (3:1)
- Zenithal off white (1:3)
- Underpaint dirty red from above (1:5)
- Underpaint blue ink from below (3:1)
- Matt varnish (1:4)
Metallics
- Drybrush bronze thinly over metal armour
- Drybrush Kanoptec Alloy from above over shoulders and weapons (for golden highlight) + any regular metal parts (guns, tracks, etc)
- Wash nuln oil over weapons and any shadows
Basing
- Drybrush grey on base (1:4 tenebrous grey + white)
- Drybrush pure vampiric flesh over parts of base
- Drybrush deep purple to brightest clack & tassels area
- Drybrush light purple (1:1 purple + white) to edge highlight cloak & tassel
- Black rims