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Basic Iron Hands

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    12 Jan 2026
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  1. Prime black ( Black Primer , Black , Matt Black )

If dry brushing

  1. Zenithal dry brush Highlight part 1 ( Mechanicus Standard Grey , Neutral Grey , Dark Grey )
  2. Zenithal dry brush highlight part 2 ( White Scar , White , White Grey , Ivory , etc)

If airbrushing

  1. Zenithal highlighting with airbrush (any white, White , White Scar , etc)

For most armor

  1. Apply a thin coat of Steel over the zenithal highlighting
  2. Apply two coats of speed black ( Black Legion , Hospitallier Black , Grim Black etc)

For hands, power fists, imperial icons

  1. Apply a coat or two of Grey Knights Steel

For weapons (bolters, plasma, etc) and clan/shoulder icons

  1. Apply two thin coats of Blue Grey Pale (.905)
  2. Shade with a dark blue ( Drakenhof Nightshade , Blue Tone , etc)
  3. Apply two thin coats of Pale Grey Blue (.907)
  4. Apply 2+ thin coats of white ( White , Cold White , White Scar , etc)

For dreadnoughts

  1. Any exhaust bits use Exhaust Manifold
  2. Las cannons and the like are tinted blue via Magnesium and blue washes ( Drakenhof Nightshade , Blue Tone , etc)
  3. The outer sarcophagus uses Burnt Iron
  4. The viewport uses Necro Gold or Viking Gold
  5. Missile tips are either speed red ( Baal Red , Slaughter Red ) or base red ( Mephiston Red , Blood Red )

For purity seals

  1. Apply ivory ( Ivory , Wraithbone ) to both parchment and seal
  2. Add two washes of sepia ( Seraphim Sepia , Sepia Wash , Soft Tone ) to parchment
  3. Add contrast red ( Baal Red , Slaughter Red ) to the seal
  4. Add dark wash to seal ( Dark Tone , Nuln Oil , etc)
Citadel Painting System 10
Base 3
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mephiston Red
  • Wraithbone
Shade 3
  • Drakenhof Nightshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 1
  • White Scar
Air 1
  • Grey Knights Steel
Contrast 2
  • Baal Red
  • Black Legion
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl
Prime 1
  • PRIME 002 Black
Scale75 Scalecolor 3
Scalecolor 1
  • SC-36 Blood Red
Metal n' Alchemy 2
  • SC-71 Necro Gold
  • SC-72 Viking Gold
The Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0
Speedpaint 2
  • Grim Black
  • Slaughter Red
The Army Painter Warpaints
Wash 3
  • Blue Tone
  • Dark Tone
  • Soft Tone
The Army Painter Warpaints Air
Base 1
  • Matt Black
Vallejo Game Color
Wash 1
  • 72.200 Sepia Wash
Vallejo Mecha Color
Base 1
  • 70.642 Black Primer
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 4
  • 77.711 Magnesium
  • 77.712 Steel
  • 77.721 Burnt Iron
  • 77.723 Exhaust Manifold
Vallejo Model Color
Base 8
  • 70.905 Blue Grey Pale
  • 70.907 Pale Grey Blue
  • 70.918 Ivory
  • 70.919 Cold White
  • 70.951 White
  • 70.992 Neutral Grey
  • 70.993 White Grey
  • 70.994 Dark Grey
Vallejo Xpress
Intense 1
  • 72.484 Hospitallier Black
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