Although I have used Sergeant Ripper Jackson for this guide, the paint used here should work great for the standard troops.
Skin
- Basecoat with 1:3 Screamer Pink and Cadian Fleshtone .
- Highlight with Cadian Fleshtone . At this point you should be covering everything but recessed/shaded areas.
- Highlight again, covering a smaller area, using Kislev Flesh .
- Apply fine highlights of 1:1 Kislev Flesh and Flayed One Flesh .
- Selectively highlight with Flayed One Flesh .
- Mix a little White into the Flayed One Flesh , then apply small/specular highlights.
Dark Green Cloth
- Basecoat with Castellan Green .
- Shade recesses with thin Caliban Green .
- Apply highlights of Deathworld Forest .
- Now highlight again, with fine highlights of Death Guard Green .
- Selectively highlight with Krieg Khaki .
- Mix a little White into your Krieg Khaki and place specular highlights on corners.
I used this same recipe for the camo cloth, then added stripes with Morghast Bone and Black . If you feel the need, add a little White to the Morghast Bone and Deepkin Flesh to the Black , for additional highlights.
Green Armour Panel
- Basecoat with Castellan Green .
- Shade with some thinned 1:1 Castellan Green and Rhinox Hide .
- Add chunky highlights with a 2:1 mix of Loren Forest and Deathworld Forest .
- Apply fine edge highlights with pure Straken Green .
- Using Krieg Khaki , selectively highlight corners and curves.
- If you want to really accentuate corners mix your Krieg Khaki with an equal amount of White .
Light Green Cloth
- Basecoat with Deepkin Flesh .
- Mix a little Stormvermin Fur into your Deepkin Flesh , then glaze some shading into recesses.
- Enhance shading in the deepest recesses with small amounts of Stormvermin Fur .
- Mix White 1:1 with Deepkin Flesh and add highlights to upward facing and raised cloth.
- Finish with more selective White highlights.
Red Bandanna
- Basecoat with an equal parts mix of Khorne Red , Wazdakka Red and Evil Sunz Scarlet .
- Add soft shading to recesses with thinned Khorne Red .
- Shade the deepest folds with 1:1 Khorne Red and Abaddon Black .
- Add general highlighting with Evil Sunz Scarlet .
- Apply finer highlights with an equal parts mix of :Citadel/EvilSunzScarlet and Ungor Flesh .
- Increase the amount of Ungor Flesh in the above mix and selectively highlight.
- Finish with small highlights of Ungor Flesh .
Dark Brown Leather
- Finish with small highlights of Ungor Flesh .
- Glaze most of the leather with thinned Mournfang Brown . Use quite a small brush and drag towards edges in rough lines. This should create some extra texture.
- Add a chunky edge highlight of Skrag Brown to all edges.
- Highlight everything again, this time with a fine line of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone mixed 1:1. This is a good mix to throw in occasional fine lines as scratches too.
- With pure Ushabti Bone , selectively highlight corners and exposed edges of the leather. Put a dot of this colour where the additional scratched above meet edges too.
- Add a little pure white (like Dead White ) to your Ushabti Bone and add dot highlights to corners.
Black Weapon Casing
- Basecoat with Black .
- Chunky highlights with Dark Reaper .
- Fine edge highlights with Thunderhawk Blue .
- Selectively highlight with Fenrisian Grey .
- Finish with specular highlights of Blue Horror .
Black Leather
- Basecoat with Black .
- Chunky Highlights of Skavenblight Dinge .
- Fine highlights of 1:1 Skavenblight Dinge and Fenrisian Grey .
- Selective highlights of Fenrisian Grey .
- Mix a little White Scar into your Fenrisian Grey and add a few specular highlights, where light would really hit.
Scroll
- Basecoat with Rakarth Flesh .
- Glaze with Agrax Earthshade , towards recesses.
- Add chunky, scratchy highlights with 1:1 Rakarth Flesh and Pallid Wych Flesh .
- Edge highlight with Pallid Wych Flesh .
- Finish with small White highlights.
- For the text, would recommend using a mix of Black and Rhinox Hide .
Steel
- Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
- Wash with Nuln Oil .
- If you want to make the metal look a little weathered, I would recommend glazing some Agrax Earthshade over harder to get to places, prior to highlighting.
- Add highlights with Ironbreaker .
- Now selectively highlight with Vallejo Model Air Silver RLM01 Metallic .
Gold Details
- Basecoat with Retributor Armour , lightened with Silver RLM01 Metallic , until you are happy with the colour.
- Wash with Reikland Fleshshade .
- Re-establish the base colour, where needed, then increase the amount of Silver RLM01 Metallic in the mix and edge highlight.
- Finish with selective/specular highlights of pure Silver RLM01 Metallic . highlights
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