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Palomino

  1. base Steel Legion Drab
  2. highlights in Tallarn Sand and Karak Stone
  3. Recesses Seraphim Sepia and Lahmian Medium
  4. Mane in Zandri Dust and highlight in Screaming Skull

Blue Roan

  1. Base in Dawnstone
  2. Mane tail legs mouth Eshin Grey
  3. higlhight robe in Administratum Grey
  4. highlight darker parts in Dawnstone
  5. allover wash in Oblivion Black Wash and medium
  6. wash dark parts in Oblivion Black Wash

Black Horse

  1. basecoat in black then highlight in Eshin Grey
  2. Mane in Eshin Grey highlight in Dawnstone
  3. highlight coat in Dawnstone
  4. Wash allover Oblivion Black Wash

Dark Bay horse

  1. black base drbrush Administratum Grey
  2. contrast in Gore-grunta Fur and mane in Black Legion
  3. darker parts wash in Nuln Oil

White horse

  1. Base coat in white then Ulthuan Grey
  2. wash in 1/1 Apothecary White and Contrast Medium
  3. Mane Apothecary White undiluted
  4. darker parts in Basilicanum Grey

Buckskin

  1. base in Screaming Skull
  2. mane in Eshin Grey
  3. wash in Light Tone
  4. highlight darker areas in Dawnstone then wash darker parts in Oblivion Black Wash

dapple grey

  1. base in Administratum Grey and recess sahde Dawnstone
  2. Mane in Dawnstone and highlight in Ulthuan Grey then wash in Nuln Oil
  3. highlights in Ulthuan Grey and dapples as well
  4. then dapple again to soften in Administratum Grey

PieBald horses

  1. base in Ulthuan Grey then wash in 1/1 Apothecary White and Contrast Medium then highlight back
  2. brown in Cuirass Leather and wash in Nuln Oil then highlight back

Horse leg markings

  1. basecoat in Celestra Grey
  2. hooves in Dawnstone with wash in Nuln Oil or Flayed One Flesh and wash in Agrax Earthshade

pink nose

  1. in Cadian Fleshtone then Kislev Flesh then wash in Agrax Earthshade
  2. Eyes : Rhinox Hide
  3. teeth Ushabti Bone
  4. tongue Pink Horror
  5. wash both in Agrax Earthshade
  6. highlights both back
  7. Saddles Abaddon Black then Eshin Grey
  8. Briddles Rhinox Hide then Doombull Brown
  9. Metal: base in Leadbelcher then Nuln Oil then reestablish Leadbelcher then Ironbreaker then Stormhost Silver

Base:

  1. Coconut fiber & PVA as well as standard grit
  2. base color in Flat Brown then wash in Agrax Earthshade and 1/1 Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil then drybrush in Flat Brown then Balor Brown then Zandri Dust
  3. rocks in Mechanicus Standard Grey then wash in 1/1 Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil then drybrush in Uniform Grey then Rakarth Flesh
  4. Rim in Rhinox Hide

Other recipe

  1. Base in grey seer
  2. Contrast in either Aggaros Dunes Basilicanum Grey or Gore-grunta Fur
  3. blanket in Creed Camo and hooves in Garaghak's Sewer saddle/reins in Wyldwood
  4. all over wash in Seraphim Sepia
  5. highlight back in Stormvermin Fur Zandri Dust or Mournfang Brown
  6. saddle highlight Waaagh! Flesh and Rhinox Hide
  7. mane in Black Templar or Ironjawz Yellow

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Citadel Painting System 42
Base 10
  • Abaddon Black
  • Celestra Grey
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Waaagh! Flesh
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 17
  • Administratum Grey
  • Balor Brown
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dawnstone
  • Doombull Brown
  • Eshin Grey
  • Flayed One Flesh
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Pink Horror
  • Screaming Skull
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Tallarn Sand
  • Ulthuan Grey
  • Ushabti Bone
Technical 2
  • Contrast Medium
  • Lahmian Medium
Contrast 10
  • Aggaros Dunes
  • Apothecary White
  • Basilicanum Grey
  • Black Legion
  • Black Templar
  • Creed Camo
  • Garaghak's Sewer
  • Gore-grunta Fur
  • Ironjawz Yellow
  • Wyldwood
The Army Painter Warpaints 2
Acrylic 1
  • Uniform Grey
Wash 1
  • Light Tone
Two Thin Coats 2
Shade 1
  • Cuirass Leather
Wash 1
  • Oblivion Black Wash
Vallejo Model Color
Base 1
  • 70.984 Flat Brown
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