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Salamanders

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    02 Jul 2026
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Undercoat

  1. Spray from below Chaos Black
    Spray from above Salamander Green

Armour

  1. Touchups [ Warpstone Glow or Emerald Green ]
    Drybrush [ Ethereal Green ]
    Drybrush Moot Green
    Shade - (1:2) - Biel-Tan Green : Lahmian Medium
    Layer [ Warpstone Glow or Emerald Green ]
    Battle Ready
    Edge Highlight [ Moot Green or Ethereal Green ]
    Spot Highlight [ Ushabti Bone or Skeleton Legion ]

Shoulder Pads / Gun Casing / Backpack / Joints / Leather / Sgt Helmet

  1. Base [ Corvus Black or Death Reaper ]
    Shade Nuln Oil
    Battle Ready
    Edge Highlight [ Mechanicus Standard Grey or Dungeon Stone Grey ]
    Spot Highlight [ Administratum Grey or Carcharodon Grey ]

Aquila / Shoulder Trim / Motifs / Trinkets / Helmet

  1. Base [ Retributor Armour or Dragon's Gold ]
    Shade Reikland Fleshshade
    Battle Ready
    Edge Highlight [ Liberator Gold or Glistening Gold ]

Chains / Gun Mechanisms / Gun Barrels

  1. Base [ Leadbelcher or Sir Coates Silver ]
    Shade Nuln Oil
    Layer Iron Hands Steel
    Battle Ready
    Edge Highlight [ Stormhost Silver or Mythril Blade ]

Tabard / Cloth

  1. Base Ionrach Skin
    Shade - (1:1) - Nuln Oil : Lahmian Medium
    Layer Ionrach Skin
    Battle Ready
    Edge Highlight Wraithbone
    Spot Highlight [ White Scar or White Star ]

Bone Details

  1. Base [ Corax White or Trooper White ]
    Shade [ Seraphim Sepia or Archaic Sepia Wash ]
    Layer Wraithbone
    Battle Ready
    Highlight [ White Scar or White Star ]

Logo

  1. Base [ Corax White or Trooper White ]
    Shade Nuln Oil
    Layer [ Corax White or Trooper White ]
    Battle Ready
    Edge Highlight [ White Scar or White Star ]

Cables (Yellow)

  1. Base [ Averland Sunset or Dark Sun Yellow ]
    Layer [ Yriel Yellow or Skulker Yellow ]
    Shade [ Seraphim Sepia or Archaic Sepia Wash ]

Purity Seals

  1. Base - paper - [ Rakarth Flesh or Griffin Claw ]
    Base - seal - [ Baraknar Burgundy or Royal Cloak ]
    Shade - paper - (3:1) - Contrast Medium : Skeleton Horde
    Shade - seal - [ Agrax Earthshade or Battle Mud Wash ]
    Layer - paper - [ Karak Stone or Temple Stone ]
    Battle Ready
    Edge Highlight - paper - [ Ushabti Bone or Skeleton Legion ]
    Edge Highlight - seal - [ Pink Horror or Glistening Gums ]
    Writing - paper - [ Abaddon Black or Doom Death Black ]

Torch

  1. Base [ Averland Sunset or Dark Sun Yellow ]
    Thin Glaze - mid to base [ Yriel Yellow or Skulker Yellow ]
    Thin Glaze - mid to tip [ Fire Dragon Bright or Orange Flare ]
    Thin Glaze - quarter to base Flash Gitz Yellow
    Thin Glaze - third to tip [ Troll Slayer Orange or Fanatic Orange ]
    Thin Glaze - base Dorn Yellow
    Thin Glaze - quarter to tip [ Evil Sunz Scarlet or Demon Red ]
    Thin Glaze - tip and edges [ Mephiston Red or Sanguine Scarlet ]
    Thin Glaze - tip [ Khorne Red or Asmodeus Red ]
    Thin Glaze - smoky tip - (1:1) - [ Khorne Red or Asmodeus Red ] : [ Abaddon Black or Doom Death Black ]
    Battle Ready
    Brighten recesses - Yellows & Oranges
    Darken edges - Oranges & Reds
    OSL [ Troll Slayer Orange or Fanatic Orange ]
    Drybrush - smoky tips Skavenblight Dinge

Backpack Vents

  1. Base [ Leadbelcher or S Ir Coates Silver ]
    Shade Nuln Oil
    Battle Ready
    Stipple [ Screamer Pink or Sword Hilt Burgundy ]
    Stipple [ Troll Slayer Orange or Fanatic Orange ]
    Stipple - most grills [ Fire Dragon Bright or Orange Flare ]
    Stipple - centre grills [ Yriel Yellow or Skulker Yellow ]
    Spot Highlight - centre grills [ White Scar or White Star ]

Eyes

  1. Base Wild Rider Red
    Shade Nuln Oil
    Battle Ready
    Detail - toward inside [ Fire Dragon Bright or Orange Flare ]
    Spot Highlight - back of lens [ White Scar or White Star ]

Base

  1. Base [ Mephiston Red or Sanguine Scarlet ]
    Layer - avoid edges [ Trollslayer Orange or Fanatic Orange ]
    Layer - avoid previous layer edges [ Fire Dragon Bright or Orange Flare ]
    Layer - patches [ Averland Sunset or Dark Sun Yellow ]
    Layer - PVA Glue
    Layer Mordant Earth
    Battle Ready
    Detail - crust Stormshield
    Detail - in lava cracks Ardcoat
    Detail - rim [ Abaddon Black or Doom Death Black ]
Citadel Painting System 43
Base 14
  • Abaddon Black
  • Averland Sunset
  • Corax White
  • Corvus Black
  • Ionrach Skin
  • Iron Hands Steel
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Mephiston Red
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
  • Screamer Pink
  • Wraithbone
Shade 5
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Biel-Tan Green
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 17
  • Administratum Grey
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Fire Dragon Bright
  • Flash Gitz Yellow
  • Karak Stone
  • Liberator Gold
  • Moot Green
  • Pink Horror
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Warpstone Glow
  • White Scar
  • Wild Rider Red
  • Yriel Yellow
Technical 5
  • Ardcoat
  • Contrast Medium
  • Lahmian Medium
  • Mordant Earth
  • Stormshield
Spray 1
  • Chaos Black
Contrast 1
  • Skeleton Horde
Colour Forge
Base 1
  • Salamander Green
Two Thin Coats 26
Shade 4
  • Dark Sun Yellow
  • Doom Death Black
  • Royal Cloak
  • Sir Coates Silver
Midtone 10
  • Asmodeus Red
  • Carcharodon Grey
  • Death Reaper
  • Dragon's Gold
  • Emerald Green
  • Fanatic Orange
  • Sanguine Scarlet
  • Skeleton Legion
  • Skulker Yellow
  • Sword Hilt Burgundy
Highlight 10
  • Demon Red
  • Dungeon Stone Grey
  • Ethereal Green
  • Glistening Gold
  • Glistening Gums
  • Mythril Blade
  • Orange Flare
  • Temple Stone
  • Trooper White
  • White Star
Wash 2
  • Archaic Sepia Wash
  • Battle Mud Wash
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