Torii Gate

Torii Gate

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    07 Jan 2026
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My painted Torii Gate, which was a 3D print from "3D Alien Worlds". This guide should cover the majority of elements from many other similar products too.

I started by priming my gate with Sanguine Red . This stage isn't necessary, but it sped things up.

Red Wood

  1. Basecoat with Khorne Red .
  2. Heavily drybrush with 1:1 Mephiston Red and Evil Sunz Scarlet . Use a big, fat brush and try to cover everything but recesses.
  3. Drybrush again, using Evil Sunz Scarlet . Build up colour in the centre of the posts and on edges.
  4. Flood any kanji with a thin mix of 1:1 Khorne Red and Abaddon Black .
  5. Highlight all edges with Troll Slayer Orange . I did this as a pretty fine highlight, but went heavier on corners. Feel free to enhance the colour with glazes, where you want to emphasise shape.
  6. Selectively Highlight with Tau Light Ochre .
  7. Finish with very small/specular highlights of 1:1 Tau Light Ochre and White .

Black Wood

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Edge highlight everything with a thick line of Dark Reaper .
  3. Highlight everything again, this time with a thin line of Thunderhawk Blue .
  4. With Fenrisian Grey , selectively highlight.
  5. Finally, edge add small highlights to the centre of the previous highlights and corners with Blue Horror . Try to make them very small, dots if at all possible.

Rope

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Wraithbone and Rakarth Flesh .
  2. Add general shading with thinned Karak Stone .
  3. Shade the deep parts of the recesses with 1:1 XV-88 and Rhinox Hide .
  4. Selectively shade with thin Rhinox Hide , hitting only the deepest downward facing recesses.
  5. Highlight with 1:1 Wraithbone and White .
  6. Selectively highlight with pure White .

Tassels

  1. Basecoat with Ushabti Bone .
  2. Add general shading with thinned 1:1 Ushabti Bone and Steel Legion Drab .
  3. Mix some Rhinox Hide into the above paint, then shade deepest parts of the recesses.
  4. Pick out the raised portions with thin lines of Screaming Skull .
  5. Mix your Screaming Skull with some White then selectively highlight the lowest part of the strands.
  6. Finish with specular White highlights.

Folded Paper

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Celestra Grey and White .
  2. Glaze some shading in with Celestra Grey towards recesses.
  3. With a 1:1 mix of Celestra Grey and Skavenblight Dinge , shade more selectively.
  4. Carefully shade the very deepest recesses with pure Skavenblight Dinge . Be very selective here and keep your lines thin.
  5. Mix the basecoat 1:1 with White and pick out edges.
  6. Selectively highlight with pure White .

Stone

  1. Basecoat with Mechanicus Standard Grey .
  2. Heavily drybrush with Dawnstone .
  3. Drybrush slightly lighter with 1:1 Celestra Grey and Rakarth Flesh . Cover a smaller area, focusing on more exposed parts.
  4. Glaze Corvus Black into recesses for shading.
  5. Selectively highlight with Grey Seer .
  6. Now add a final selective drybrush with White . Go lighter and just try to hit the hardest edges. Feel free to manually add in highlights with a brush, where needed.
  7. Using thinned Steel Legion Drab glaze the lower potion of the rock, where it meets the earth. Where there a slight crevices' that dirt could build, feel free to go heavier and higher.
  8. Enhance the effect of dirt with glazes of Mournfang Brown , within the previous stages and covering a smaller area.

Gold Trim

  1. Basecoat with Retributor Armour .
  2. Mix a little Silver RLM01 Metallic into the Retributor Armour and highlight.
  3. Increase the amount of Silver RLM01 Metallic in the mix and selectively highlight corners.
  4. Finish with specular highlights of pure Silver RLM01 Metallic .

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Citadel Painting System 26
Base 14
  • Abaddon Black
  • Celestra Grey
  • Corvus Black
  • Grey Seer
  • Khorne Red
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mephiston Red
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Wraithbone
  • XV-88
Layer 12
  • Blue Horror
  • Dark Reaper
  • Dawnstone
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Karak Stone
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Tau Light Ochre
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ushabti Bone
Colour Forge
Base 1
  • Sanguine Red
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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