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. 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
  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. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Fresh Bone (on Pestigor's Face)
    1. Base with Morghast Bone
    2. Shade with Seraphim Sepia
    3. Highlight with Screaming Skull
  11. Aged Bone (Decorative Skulls):
    1. Base with Zandri Dust
    2. Shade with Seraphim Sepia
    2. Highlight with Screaming Skull
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Decorative Discs
    1. Base with Retributor Armour
    2. Shade with Athonian Camoshade
    3. Drybrush with Retributor Armour
    4. Drybrush with Stormhost Silver
    5: Highlight (inc Rivets) Stormhost Silver
  15. 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
  16. Bells andArmour Embellishments
    1. Base with Balthasar Gold
    2: Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. Drybrush or Edge Highlight with Sycorax Bronze
    4. Highlight with Skullcrusher Brass
  17. 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

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 40
Base 15
  • 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
  • Thondia Brown
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 8
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Athonian Camoshade
  • Berserker Bloodshade
  • Mortarion Grime
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
  • Seraphim Sepia
  • Targor Rageshade
Layer 14
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Dawnstone
  • Doombull Brown
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Karak Stone
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Skullcrusher Brass
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Sycorax Bronze
  • Tuskgor Fur
  • Yriel Yellow
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Contrast 2
  • Militarum Green
  • Plaguebearer Flesh
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Acrylic 5
  • Camouflage Green
  • Gargoyle Grey
  • Grotesque Green
  • Necrotic Flesh
  • Woodland Camo
Vallejo Surface Primer
Base 1
  • 70.601 Grey
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