This recipe is designed to get close to the box art and is based completely off of GW tutorials and color schemes. An extensive range of Citadel paints are used in this process.
Basecoating
- Base coat outside of cloak in Kantor Blue
- Base coat inside of cloak, including cuffs and lapels with Mephiston Red
- Base coat trousers with The Fang
- Base coat collar, bottom of shirt, and scabbard with Screamer Pink
- Base coat belt, pouches and holster with Rhinox Hide
- Base coat skin using Cadian Fleshtone
- Base coat boots, codpiece, and hair with thinned down Abaddon Black
- Base coat breastplate, sword, bionic eye, and earpiece with Leadbelcher
- Base coat chest eagle, scabbard and knife detail, holster detail, hilt and pommel of sword with Retributor Armour
- Base coat lens of bionic eye with The Fang
- Base coat pelt and pipe housing with Rakarth Flesh
- Base coat handle of pistol and smoke with Ulthuan Grey
Shading
- Shade cloak, shirt detail, scabbard, trousers, belt, pouches, breastplate, sword, bionic eye, and earpiece using Nuln Oil
- Shade entirety of pelt with Seraphim Sepia
- Shade skin, chest eagle, scabbard and knife detail, holster detail, hilt and pommel of sword, and deepest recesses of pelt (closer to spine) using Reikland Fleshshade
- Shade pelt closest to spine and red details of cloak with Agrax Earthshade
- Shade handle of pistol and smoke with Druchii Violet
Layering
- Bring raised areas of cloak back up using Kantor Blue
- Layer Wild Rider Red onto red parts of cloak
- Layer raised area of trousers and bionic eye lens using Russ Grey
- Layer raised areas and edges of collar, shirt detail and scabbard with Pink Horror
- Layer belt, pouches and holster with Gorthor Brown
- Layer skin using Kislev Flesh
- Layer/edge highlight boots, codpiece, and hair with Thunderhawk Blue
- Layer pelt face and spines with Rakarth Flesh
- Layer pistol handle and smoke with Ulthuan Grey
Edge Highlighting and Fine Details
- Edge highlight cloak with Alaitoc Blue
- Fine edge highlight red details of cloak with Fire Dragon Bright
- Edge highlight trousers, boots, codpiece, hair and bionic eye lens using Fenrisian Grey
- Thin down Abaddon Black and apply vertical stripes to pants
- Edge highlight collar, shirt detail and scabbard with Cadian Fleshtone
- Edge highlight belt, pouches and holster with Baneblade Brown
- Fine edge highlight skin, teeth of pelt, pistol handle and smoke with Pallid Wych Flesh
- Fine edge highlight breastplate, sword, bionic eye, earpiece, chest eagle, scabbard and knife detail, holster detail, hilt and pommel of sword with Stormhost Silver
Dry Brush
- Dry brush fur of pelt with Rakarth Flesh
Shading (Part II)
- Shade eyes and mouth of pelt with Druchii Violet