How to paint Genestealer Cults

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How to paint Genestealer Cults

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A rough outline on how I paint my Genestealer cults miniatures.

Rubber and armour

  1. Basecoat the whole model with Steel Legion Drab . Focus on the rubber and armour.
  2. Overbrush the whole model with Flayed One Flesh . Apply an edge highlight of Flayed One Flesh to the more prominent edges of the armour and rubber.
  3. Drybrush lightly with Pallid Wych Flesh .

Fatigues

  1. Paint the fatigues with Snakebite Leather .

Leather

  1. Paint the leather with Wyldwood .

Red cloth

  1. Paint the red cloth with Flesh Tearers Red .
  2. Chunky edge highlight of Mephiston Red .
  3. Edge highlight of Wild Rider Red .
  4. Selective light drybrush of Pallid Wych Flesh .

Exoskeleton

  1. Basecoat with a 1:1 mix of Abaddon Black and Kantor Blue .
  2. Apply a layer of Kantor Blue .
  3. Edge highlight of Sotek Green .
  4. Edge highlight of Baharroth Blue .

Flesh

  1. Basecoat Slaanesh Grey
  2. Recess shade Druchii Violet . On the head paint increasingly smaller amounts of Druchii Violet moving towards the back of the head.
  3. Tidy-up of Slaanesh Grey
  4. Edge highlight of Grey Seer .

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Hello :) Paint a wide variety of Miniatures using Citadel paints, make tutorials mainly so I remember how I paint my models. Hope you enjoy.

Citadel Painting System 15
Base 5
  • Abaddon Black
  • Grey Seer
  • Kantor Blue
  • Mephiston Red
  • Steel Legion Drab
Shade 1
  • Druchii Violet
Layer 6
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Flayed One Flesh
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Slaanesh Grey
  • Sotek Green
  • Wild Rider Red
Contrast 3
  • Flesh Tearers Red
  • Snakebite Leather
  • Wyldwood
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