A unified scheme for Nightstalkers. Perfect for quickly filling up ranks in massive games like Kings of War.

Prime the minis with Corax White

The basic scheme

1. Apply a undershade with an airbrush of Nihilakh Oxide and a zenithal highlight of White (I actually use Daler Rowney White Ink but is not in the database).
2. Bath the whole skin with Drakenhof Nightshade . I'm not particularly careful with this and I hit parts that later are cloth or tentacle. Since the next step is done with Contrast paints I avoid parts that I want to be lighter, like the hats or the uppermost tentacles.
3. Apply Wyldwood to any brown area or anything that is going to have a brown shadow, like the pumpkins.
4. Apply Shyish Purple to the tentacles.
5. Applly Black Templar to hairy areas like the groin area of the Butchers
6. Apply Bone White to the teeth, claws and wraps
7. Paint the tongues Flat Red .
8. Drybrush the hats and hoodies with Flat Earth and the pumpkins with Wild Rider Red .
9. Paint the metal weapons with Leadbelcher and washit with Agrax Earthshade .

With this, rank and file troops are done. I base them in a 3mm MDF base that I cut with a saw

Extra details

This steps are for more important or less common units like heroes, monsters or large infantry.

1. Wash the mouth area with Nuln Oil .
2. Apply the same Agrax Earthshade wash to the claws and wraps that is used in the last step of the basic scheme.
3. Highlight the teeth, claws and wraps with Ivory and the tongue with a 1:1 mix of Flat Red and Pink .
4. Drybrush the tentacles with a 2:1 mix of Flat Red and Flat Blue .
5. Highlight the skin with Pale Blue . Try to glaze it instead of layering it but it does not need to be perfect.
6. Weather the weapons with Orange Brown and lightly drybrush the uppermost edges with Stormhost Silver .
7. Drybrush the hairy areas with a 3:2 mix of Flat Green and Black .