Worms

Worms

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    03 Dec 2025
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How I painted the miniatures within the "Worms Board Game Advent Calendar". You can find many of these models within the standalone "Worms: The Board Game" from Mantic too.

Skin

  1. Basecoat with Cadian Fleshtone .
  2. Mix your Cadian Fleshtone 1:1 with Doombull Brown and add general shading.
  3. Where needed, define deep recesses with a small amount of Doombull Brown .
  4. Apply chunky highlights with a 1:1 mix of Cadian Fleshtone and Kislev Flesh .
  5. Highlight everything again, but with Kislev Flesh over a smaller area.
  6. Selectively highlight with Flayed One Flesh .
  7. Finish with specular highlights of 1:1 Flayed One Flesh and White .

Eyes

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 White and Blue Horror .
  2. Add general shading with a few glazes of Blue Horror .
  3. Recess shade with 1:1 Fenrisian Grey and Thunderhawk Blue .
  4. Selectively shade the areas that need further definition with thinned Dark Reaper .
  5. Pick out the pupils with Black .
  6. Finish with highlights using pure White and add specular highlights to the pupil too.

Eyebrows

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Add chunky highlights of Dark Reaper .
  3. Now add fine highlights of Thunderhawk Blue .
  4. Selectively highlight with Fenrisian Grey .
  5. Finish with specular Blue Horror highlights.

Tongue

  1. Before starting on the tongue, I basecoated the inside of the mouth with Black .
  2. Pick out the tongue with Khorne Red .
  3. Glaze towards the tip a few times with Evil Sunz Scarlet .
  4. Mix some Kislev Flesh into your Evil Sunz Scarlet and highlight.
  5. Add some White to the above mix finish with a specular highlight.

Gloves

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 :white and Corax White .
  2. Glaze in some general shading with Grey Seer .
  3. Enhance the above shading with a smaller amount of Administratum Grey .
  4. Use a fine line of Stormvermin Fur to seperate fingers and shade the deepest recesses.
  5. Highlight with White .

Olive Drab

  1. Basecoat with Castellan Green .
  2. Shade with some thin Nocturne Green .
  3. Apply chunky highlights of Deathworld Forest .
  4. Now add fine highlights of Death Guard Green .
  5. Finish with selective Krieg Khaki highlights.

Steel

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil .
  3. Highlight with Ironbreaker .
  4. Finish with smaller highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic , sticking mostly to edges.

Bases

  1. Basecoat with Mournfang Brown .
  2. Drybrush with Zamesi Desert .
  3. Lightly Drybrush with Ushabti Bone .
  4. Finish with a Steel Legion Drab rim.

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Citadel Painting System 26
Base 10
  • Castellan Green
  • Corax White
  • Death Guard Green
  • Deathworld Forest
  • Grey Seer
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Nocturne Green
  • Steel Legion Drab
Shade 1
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 15
  • Administratum Grey
  • Blue Horror
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dark Reaper
  • Doombull Brown
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Flayed One Flesh
  • Ironbreaker
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Krieg Khaki
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Zamesi Desert
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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