1490 DOOM: Knight

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1490 DOOM: Knight

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    19 Aug 2026
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Armour

  1. Basecoat with Exhaust Manifold .
  2. Glaze in shading with Gryph-charger Grey .

Red Cloth/Shield

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Mephiston Red and Evil Sunz Scarlet .
  2. Glaze shading with Khorne Red , with a llittle Abaddon Black mixed in. Feel free to increase the amount of Abaddon Black in the mix and do a second pass, covering a smaller area. This is a good colour to pick out the sculpted scratches too.
  3. Apply chunky highlights of Evil Sunz Scarlet .
  4. Add fine highlights of Troll Slayer Orange .
  5. Selectively highlight with Tau Light Ochre .
  6. Finish with a few specular highlights of Tau Light Ochre and White .

Cream Shield

  1. Basecoat with Screaming Skull .
  2. Glaze shading in with 1:1 XV-88 and Screaming Skull .
  3. Enhance the shading with selective glazes of XV-88 . This is a good colour to pick out scratches on the section that is still pure Screaming Skull too.
  4. Pick out deep scratches on the shades section with 1:1 Mournfang Brown and Rhinox Hide .
  5. Highlight with 1:1 Screaming Skull and White .
  6. Finish with a few small highlights of White .

Gambeson

  1. Basecoat with Karak Stone .
  2. Add general shading with some thinned Steel Legion Drab .
  3. Shade deep recesses with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
  4. Highlight with 1:1 Karak Stone and White .
  5. Finish with a few very small/specular highlights of White .

Skin

  1. Basecoat with a 1:1 mix of Kislev Flesh and Cadian Fleshtone .
  2. Mix some Doombull Brown into the basecoat and glaze in some shading.
  3. Increase the amount of Doombull Brown in the mix and shade the deepest recesses.
  4. Mix some White into the base colour and highlight the skin.
  5. Increase the amount of White in the mix for further highlights, pushing them as far as you need.

Wood

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Dryad Bark & Mournfang Brown .
  2. Run some thin Dryad Bark into deep recesses.
  3. Apply chunky highlights with a 1:1 mix of the base colour & Karak Stone .
  4. Now apply fine highlights with Karak Stone .
  5. Finish with selective highlights of 1:1 Karak Stone & Wraithbone .

For the cloth wrapped near the head, I picked them out with an overbrush of Steel Legion Drab , then more selectively with Ushabti Bone , mixing in a little White for the highlights.

Leather Straps

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Highlight with Doombull Brown .
  3. Selectively highlight with XV-88 .
  4. Finish with specular Ushabti Bone highlights.

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Citadel Painting System 19
Base 9
  • Abaddon Black
  • Dryad Bark
  • Khorne Red
  • Mephiston Red
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Wraithbone
  • XV-88
Layer 9
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Doombull Brown
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Tau Light Ochre
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ushabti Bone
Contrast 1
  • Gryph-charger Grey
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 1
  • 77.723 Exhaust Manifold
Vallejo Model Color
Base 1
  • 70.951 White
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