Pestigor 1

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    11 Apr 2026
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A fairly heavily diseased and decayed Pestigor, with greyish-greenish flesh and greyish brown fur.

  1. Prime with Grey
  2. Eyes:
    1. Base eyeball and eye socket with Rhinox Hide
    2. Base eyeball with Averland Sunset
    3. Shade eye socket with Berserker Bloodshade
    4. Highlight Eyeball with Yriel Yellow
  3. Flesh:
    1. Wet Blend to base flesh with Rakarth Flesh and Gargoyle Grey (using Gargoyle Grey for disseased areas)
    2. Shade flesh with Targor Rageshade and Mortarion Grime
    3. 1st Highlight Diseased Flesh with Grotesque Green
    4. 2nd Highlight Diseased Flesh with Gargoyle Grey
    5. 1st Highlight Flesh with Rakarth Flesh
    6: 2nd Highlight Flesh with Pallid Wych Flesh
  4. Fresh Bone (on Pestigor's Face)
    1. Base with Morghast Bone
    2. Shade with Seraphim Sepia
    3. Highlight with Screaming Skull
  5. Horn and Hooves:
    1. Base Horn with Zandri Dust
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. 1st Highlight with Baneblade Brown
    4. 2nd Highlight with Karak Stone
  6. Fur:
    1. Base with a 2:1 mixture of Mechanicus Standard Grey and Thondia Brown
    2. Shade fur with Agrax Earthshade
    3. Highlight fur with Skavenblight Dinge
    4. Highlight fur with Stormvermin Fur
  7. Headscarf and rear Loincloth:
    1. Base with Woodland Camo
    2. Shade with Athonian Camoshade
    3. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    4: 1st Highlight with Camouflage Green
    5. 2nd Highlight with Necrotic Flesh
    6. Wash with Athonian Camoshade to blend transitions
  8. Front Loincloth:
    1. Base with Naggaroth Night
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. 1st Glaze Highlight with Xereus Purple
    4. 2nd Glaze Highlight / Edge Highlight with Slaanesh Grey
  9. Wooden areas e.g. Shield, Weapon Shaft:
    1. Base wooden areas (shield, weapon shaft etc) with Dryad Bark
    2. Shade wooden areas (shield, weapon shaft etc) with Nuln Oil
    3. Highlight wooden areas (shield, weapon shaft etc) with Gorthor Brown
  10. Leather Areas (Belt, Weapon Straps etc)
    1. Base leather straps with Thondia Brown
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. 1st Highlight with Doombull Brown
    4. 2nd Highlight with Tuskgor Fur
  11. Right dead head:
    1. Base with Necrotic Flesh
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. 1st Highlight with Necrotic Flesh
    4. 2nd Highlight with Grotesque Green
    5. Glaze Lips with 1 : 1 : 2 Abaddon Black : Naggaroth Night : Lahmian Medium
    6. Highlight Teeth with Morghast Bone
    7. Shade Mouth Cavity with Agrax Earthshade
    8. Shade inside of Lower Lip with Berserker Bloodshade
  12. Hair on Right Dead Head:
    1. Base with Corvus Black
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. 1st Highlight Skavenblight Dinge
    4. 2nd Highlight with Stormvermin Fur
  13. Left Dead Head:
    1. Base with Rakarth Flesh
    2. Shade with Reikland Fleshshade
    3. Shade Mouth and Eyesockets with Berserker Bloodshade
    4. 1st Highlight with Rakarth Flesh
    5. 2nd Highlight with Pallid Wych Flesh
  14. Hair on Left Dead Head:
    1. Base with Mechanicus Standard Grey
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. 1st Highlight with Dawnstone
    4. 2nd Highlight with Grey Seer
  15. Pestigor's Teeth:
    1. Base with Morghast Bone
    2. Shade with Seraphim Sepia
    3. Highlight with Screaming Skull
    4. 2nd Highlight with Wraithbone
  16. Aged Bone (Decorative Skulls):
    1. Base with Zandri Dust
    2. Shade with Seraphim Sepia
    2. Highlight with Screaming Skull
  17. Decorative Discs
    1. Base with Retributor Armour
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. 1st Highlight with with Retributor Armour
    4. Drybrush with Stormhost Silver
    5: Highlight (inc Rivets) Stormhost Silver
  18. Armour Panels with
    1. Base with Leadbelcher
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    5. Drybrush with Leadbelcher
    6. Light Drybrush with Stormhost Silver
    7. Wet Blend with Militarum Green and Plaguebearer Flesh
  19. Armour Embellishments
    1. Base with Balthasar Gold
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. Drybrush or Edge Highlight with Sycorax Bronze
  20. Bells:
    1. Base with Warplock Bronze
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. Drybrush with Runelord Brass
    4. Edge Highlight with Canoptek Alloy

Dean

DSArcy

Re-joined the hobby in 2026 after a 20 year break. Trying to get back to grips with old techniques and pick up some of the new ones that have emerged since my departure from the hobby.

Citadel Painting System 45
Base 18
  • Abaddon Black
  • Averland Sunset
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Corvus Black
  • Dryad Bark
  • Grey Seer
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Morghast Bone
  • Naggaroth Night
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Runelord Brass
  • Thondia Brown
  • Warplock Bronze
  • Wraithbone
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 8
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Athonian Camoshade
  • Berserker Bloodshade
  • Mortarion Grime
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
  • Seraphim Sepia
  • Targor Rageshade
Layer 16
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Canoptek Alloy
  • Dawnstone
  • Doombull Brown
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Karak Stone
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Slaanesh Grey
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Sycorax Bronze
  • Tuskgor Fur
  • Xereus Purple
  • Yriel Yellow
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Contrast 2
  • Militarum Green
  • Plaguebearer Flesh
The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic
Acrylic 5
  • Camouflage Green
  • Gargoyle Grey
  • Grotesque Green
  • Necrotic Flesh
  • Woodland Camo
Vallejo Surface Primer
Base 1
  • 70.601 Grey
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