Duncan Rhode's recipe for Adeptus Custodes

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Retributor Armour undercoat / basecoat all
mix Reikland Fleshshade Reikland Fleshshade Gloss over all the parts we'll want to be gold (mix 50/50 to be more satin and make sure it settles nicely)
Retributor Armour armor panels, avoiding the parts where the wash has settled (recesses)
Liberator Gold everything decorative on the armor
Corvus Black (or any very dark grey) joints in the armor + casing of the guardian spear - 2 thin coats
Iron Hands Steel silver details (faceplate, vents, internal structure of the spear)
Mephiston Red Plume
Khorne Red Robe
Doombull Brown gauntlet and straps
Nuln Oil shade all the non-gold colors
Khorne Red layer the cloak
Iron Hands Steel layer the silver
Mephiston Red layer the plume
Liberator Gold edge highlight the gold
Stormhost Silver on silver + decorative gold (edge highlight)
Mechanicus Standard Grey edge highlight the black
Evil Sunz Scarlet and Wild Rider Red to edge highlight the plume
Wazdakka Red and Squig Orange to highlight the cloak
Squig Orange edge highlight the leather
Khorne Red then Evil Sunz Scarlet then Fire Dragon Bright : for the eyes
Stegadon Scale Green then Ahriman Blue then Baharroth Blue then White for the gems (ahriman and baharroth are small crescent in the bottom left corner and white is in the upper right)
Kantor Blue blade
Sotek Green partial layer on the blade
Temple Guard Blue edge highlight
Drakenhof Nightshade wash the blade
Temple Guard Blue reestablish the highlight where we had done it already
White final edge highlight