Cadian Vehicles with Camoflauge (Pictures soon)

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    21 May 2026
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  1. Prime Black
  2. Airbrush Base coat with Khaki
  3. Use Silly Putty to mask areas with the pattern you would like. I went for a tiger stripe pattern. make sure to push the putty down very firm to prevent spillover
  4. Airbrush base with Gnarls Green (waagh flesh is a good substitute)
  5. Remove Silly Putty
  6. (Optional) Use Silly putty to mask off entire vehicle and airbrush Coal Black on areas like tires and tracks. This is purely a convenience step and gives time for the paint to fully cure
  7. Base whole model in Satin Varnish Air
  8. Let model cure overnight
  9. Coat whole model in Streaking Grime mixed 50/50 with Artist grade White Spirits
  10. Let it sit for about 30 minutes and then wipe away with wedge makeup sponge. This is to wipe away excess
  11. Use a second sponge and lightly dab white spirits onto it. dab into pallete until it leaves a small amount of white spirits. Dab this sponge onto the upper areas of each vehicle part and wipe away with the first sponge
  12. Repeat until desired amount of grime is left, make sure to leave grime in crevices. Let dry for 4 hours
  13. Drybrush Gnarls Green areas with Greenskin taking care not to hit Khaki areas
  14. Drybrush Khaki areas with Wasteland Clay taking care to not hit Gnarls Green areas
  15. Base coat lenses and windows with Dark Ivory and follow up with 3 coats of Frostheart for blue lenses or Flesh Tearers Red for red lenses
  16. Basecoat black and metallic areas with Coal Black (or your black of choice)
  17. Basecoat soft canvas and cadians with Hammerfall Khaki and leather areas with Rhinox Hide
  18. Bascoat cadian armor with Gnarls Green and cadian flesh with Guilliman Flesh
  19. Wash soft canvas and cadians with Battle Mud Wash mixed with 1 drop of flow improver
  20. Edge Highlight Gnarls Green with Eternal Hunt
  21. Edge Highlight Khaki with Burnt Turf
  22. Basecoat Metallics with Silver and wash with Vallejo True Metallic Metal Sterling Silver Wash (not in paintpad, so I will just put Nuln Oil Gloss since it is close)
  23. (NOTE) It is important to do the metallics later in the paint job for vehicles. You run the risk of the metallics rubbing off on your hands and onto the vehicle. making it sparkly everywhere
  24. Apply Decals
  25. Oil wash rivets with mixture of burnt umber and black oil paint.
  26. Apply battle damage via sponge with Silver Chainmail Coal Black and Rhinox Hide
  27. Sponge the base coat of Khaki or Gnarls Green over the decals to simulate decay
AK Interactive 2
Weathering effect 1
  • AK012 Streaking Grime
Varnish 1
  • AK776 Satin Varnish Air
Citadel Painting System 5
Base 1
  • Rhinox Hide
Shade 1
  • Nuln Oil Gloss
Contrast 3
  • Flesh Tearers Red
  • Frostheart
  • Guilliman Flesh
Formula P3
Layer 2
  • Gnarls Green
  • Hammerfall Khaki
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl 4
Base 2
  • 002 Coal Black
  • 061 Khaki
Signature Series: Ninjon 1
  • S07 Dark Ivory
Prime 1
  • PRIME 002 Black
The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic
Acrylic 4
  • Burnt Turf
  • Eternal Hunt
  • Greenskin
  • Wasteland Clay
Two Thin Coats
Wash 1
  • Battle Mud Wash
Vallejo Game Color
Metallic 2
  • 72.052 Silver
  • 72.053 Chainmail
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