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Yasuke, the Black Samurai

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    07 Oct 2025
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Dark Skin

  1. Basecoat with 3:1 Gorthor Brown and Wild Rider Red .
  2. Add general shading with Doombull Brown .
  3. More carefully shade deep recesses with 1:1 Doombull Brown and Abaddon Black .
  4. Add some highlights with 2:1 mix of the basecoat and Ushabti Bone .
  5. Highlight more selectively. For this, increase the amount of Ushabti Bone in the mix, so there is more of it than the base colour. Roughly 1:2 now.
  6. Finish with a few very small highlights with pure Ushabti Bone .

For the eye, I pick out the eyeball with Ulthuan Grey . Then add a dot of Black for the pupil.

Dark Blue Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Dark Reaper .
  2. Shade with some thinned Corvus Black .
  3. Highlight folds with 1:1 Thunderhawk Blue .
  4. Apply fine highlights with Fenrisian Grey .
  5. Finish off with a few selective highlights of Fenrisian Grey with a little White mixed in.

Black Armour

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Add chunky highlights of Dark Reaper .
  3. Edge highlight everything with fine lines of Thunderhawk Blue
  4. Selectively highlight corners and curves with Fenrisian Grey .
  5. Finish with a few specular Blue Horror highlights

Yellow Stitching

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Rhinox Hide and Balor Brown .
  2. Highlights with Balor Brown .
  3. Carefully apply a finer highlight with 1:1 Balor Brown and Flash Gitz Yellow .
  4. Finish with very small/specular highlight of Ice Yellow .

White Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Corax White .
  2. Shade recesses with some thinned Administratum Grey .
  3. Shade deep recesses with Stormvermin Fur .
  4. Finish with edge highlights of White .

Light Green Cloth

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Citadel Painting System 17
Base 4
  • Abaddon Black
  • Corax White
  • Corvus Black
  • Rhinox Hide
Layer 13
  • Administratum Grey
  • Balor Brown
  • Blue Horror
  • Dark Reaper
  • Doombull Brown
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Flash Gitz Yellow
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Wild Rider Red
Vallejo Model Color
Base 3
  • 70.858 Ice Yellow
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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