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Sanctifiers Cherub - Garden of Earthly Delights

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    17 Sep 2025
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Cherub with a palette inspired by the Eden panel in Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.

Skin

Pale Blue-Green, inspired by the water and some of the pale figures in Eden.

  1. Base: Vallejo Game Color Glacier Blue or Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh (with a hint of Citadel Athonian Camoshade in the recesses for a cooler tone). If using Pallid Wych Flesh , shade with blue/gray).
  2. Shade: Citadel Coelia Greenshade (very selectively in the deepest recesses to hint at the greenish tint).
  3. Highlight: Vallejo Game Color Dead White or Citadel White Scar (for extreme highlights).

Wings

Soft Pinks, Greens, and Creams, mimicking the flora and light in Eden.

  1. Feather Bases (Pale Pinkish-Cream): Vallejo Model Color Pale Sand or Citadel Rakarth Flesh .
  2. Wash/Recess (Warm Brown-Pink): Citadel Reikland Fleshshade (thinly applied to give a warm depth).
  3. Mid-Feather Tones (Soft Greens): Army Painter Poisonous Cloud or Vallejo Game Color Foul Green (applied thinly in feathered strokes).
  4. Highlights (Cream/White): Vallejo Model Color White or Citadel White Scar

Hair

Vibrant Green, like the exotic plants in Eden.

  1. Base: Vallejo Game Color Sick Green or Army Painter Goblin Green (also consider Vallejo Goblin Green ).
  2. Shade: Citadel Biel-Tan Green (lightly in the recesses).
  3. Highlight: Vallejo Game Color Scorpy Green .

Metal Parts

Pipes, Gun, Mech bits - Aged Bronze/Gold with a hint of verdigris.

  1. Base (Metallics): Citadel Balthasar Gold or Vallejo Metal Color Old Gold .
  2. Wash: Citadel Agrax Earthshade (for general grime and definition).
  3. Highlight: Citadel Sycorax Bronze or Vallejo Model Color Copper .
  4. Verdigris (Technical): Citadel Nihilakh Oxide (applied very sparingly in recesses or specific areas for an aged copper look).

Glowy Tips on Incentiviser (Weapon)

Pale Blue, echoing the gentle mystical light.

  1. Base: Citadel Baharroth Blue or Vallejo Game Color Electric Blue .
  2. Highlight: Citadel White Scar or Vallejo Game Color Dead White (a tiny dot at the very tip). (Any white, really.)
  3. Optional Glow (Technical): Citadel Waystone Green or Aethermatic Blue Blue (over the white for a subtle glow effect).

Banner/Loin Cloth

Deep Blue with White Symbol, reminiscent of some of the darker water or sky elements.

  1. Base (Banner): Citadel Macragge Blue or Vallejo Model Color Dark Blue .
  2. Shade: Citadel Nuln Oil (in the folds).
  3. Highlight: Citadel Altdorf Guard Blue or Vallejo Game Color Imperial Blue .
  4. Symbol (White): Vallejo Game Color Dead White or Citadel White Scar (carefully painted).
Citadel Painting System 17
Base 2
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Rakarth Flesh
Shade 6
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Athonian Camoshade
  • Biel-Tan Green
  • Coelia Greenshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 5
  • Altdorf Guard Blue
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Sycorax Bronze
  • White Scar
Technical 2
  • Nihilakh Oxide
  • Waystone Green
Air 1
  • Macragge Blue
Contrast 1
  • Aethermatic Blue
The Army Painter Warpaints 2
Acrylic 1
  • Poisonous Cloud
Spray 1
  • Goblin Green
Vallejo Game Color
Base 8
  • 72.001 Dead White
  • 72.020 Imperial Blue
  • 72.023 Electric Blue
  • 72.025 Foul Green
  • 72.029 Sick Green
  • 72.030 Goblin Green
  • 72.032 Scorpy Green
  • 72.095 Glacier Blue
Vallejo Model Color 5
Base 3
  • 70.837 Pale Sand
  • 70.930 Dark Blue
  • 70.951 White
Metallic 2
  • 70.878 Old Gold
  • 70.999 Copper
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