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Gold 4 steps The basecoat, wash, highlight sequence most metal is built on. Ultramarine Armour 4 steps The same idea with an edge highlight, which is what makes armour read as armour. Rust 3 steps Stippling and drybrushing, and hard to get wrong. Ork Flesh 9 steps The whole ladder: a basecoat, two layers, a highlight, then glazes to blend it together.

Every miniature I have painted, with the paints and the steps to paint it again.

Paint Schemes

How I painted each model: the exact paints, the order they went on, and the finish they gave.

Before you start, and what the technique words mean
Thin your paint
Almost everything here goes on thinner than it comes out of the pot. Neat paint dries thick and fills in the detail you paid for. Add water a drop at a time on a palette until it runs somewhere between milk and heavy cream, depending on the brand, then build the colour up in two or three coats rather than one.
Start on a primed model
Unless a step says otherwise, every recipe here begins on a model that has already been primed - paint will not sit properly on bare plastic. Black unless the scheme says otherwise, which is what most of these were painted over.
The same words mean two things
Wash, shade and layer are both things you do and names Citadel puts on pots. The badge on a step is the action. The Type column in the paint list is which range the pot came from. A step badged "layer" is often painted with a Base paint, and that is not a mistake.
basecoat
The first solid colour over primer. Two thin coats beat one thick one.
highlight
A lighter colour on the parts that would catch the light.
layer
A slightly lighter colour over part of the coat below, leaving its edges showing.
wash
Thin, watery paint that runs into the recesses and shades the whole area at once.
edge
A highlight along a sharp edge only, painted with the side of the brush.
shade
Darker paint placed deliberately in the shadows rather than left to flow.
glaze
Heavily thinned paint over dry paint, to tint it and soften the join between two colours.
stipple
Dabbed on with the tip of the brush for a broken, rough, mottled surface.
drybrush
Almost-dry paint dragged across raised texture so it catches only the high points.
blend
Two colours worked into each other while both are wet, so there is no visible line.
special
Anything that is not one of the above. The step note says what it is.

Armageddon - Flesh Tearers

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Blood Angels40kOctober 2026
FinishVery dark with splashes of light
PrimaryDeep reds with hot orange highlight
ContrastFlashes of purple
TechniqueSeveral layers for armour highlights
BASE
PrimeMatte Black
RED ARMOUR
RecipeFlesh Tearers Armour - Pro Acryl Version
BLACK ARMOUR / BOLTER / BACKPACK
BaseCharcoal
EdgeEshin Grey
EdgeMechanicus Standard Grey
DotWolf Grey
CAPE
BaseCoal Black
LayerDark to Bright warm greys (Pro Acryl)
FLESH
BaseRakarth Flesh
WashReikland Fleshshade
ROPES
BaseDark Purple
HighlightPurple
HighlightPlum
PURITY SEALS
RecipePurity Seal
DICK TARP
BaseCorvus Black
EdgeWarm Grey
EYES
BaseWolf Grey
WashStriking Scorpion Contrast
SWORD
BaseDark Silver
EdgeBlends of Purple
SHIELD
BaseCoal Black
EdgeEshin Grey
HighlightMechanicus Standard Grey
BannerWarm Grey
EdgeBright Warm Grey
GOLD
RecipeGold
RecipeFlesh Tearers Armour - Pro Acryl Version
  1. 1
    basecoatBurnt RedPro Acryl + Coal BlackPro Acryl (2:3)
    Deep base·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    layerBurnt RedPro Acryl
    Blend upwards·Artis Opus Series S 3
  3. 3
    glazeBurnt RedPro Acryl + Bold Pyrrole RedPro Acryl (1:1)
    Glaze layers·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    layerBold Pyrrole RedPro Acryl
    Blend up with previous mix·Artis Opus Series S 1
  5. 5
    glazeOrange RedPro Acryl + Bold Pyrrole RedPro Acryl (1:1)
    Glaze layers·Artis Opus Series S 1
  6. 6
    highlightOrange RedPro Acryl
    Blend up with previous mix·Artis Opus Series S 1
RecipeGold
  1. 1
    basecoatRetributor ArmourCitadel
    Base gold·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    washReikland FleshshadeCitadel
    Light wash·Artis Opus Series S 3
  3. 3
    highlightRetributor ArmourCitadel
    Bring back the edges·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    basecoatSilver (72.052)Vallejo
    Dot highlights·Artis Opus Series S 1
RecipePurity Seal
  1. 1
    basecoatWraithboneCitadel
    Base all of seal parchment·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    basecoatScreamers PinkCitadel
    Base seal·Artis Opus Series S 3
  3. 3
    highlightPink HorrorCitadel
    Subtle highlight on seal·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    washReikland FleshshadeCitadel
    Wash seal and parchment·Vallejo Pro Modeler 2
  5. 5
    edgeWraithboneCitadel
    Re-establish some highlights
Other Paints
BurgundyPro AcrylDark PurplePro Acryl⇆PurplePro Acryl⇆BonePro AcrylBright Neutral GreyPro Acryl⇆Neutral GreyPro Acryl⇆Dark Warm GreyPro Acryl⇆Bright GoldPro Acryl⇆Dark SilverPro AcrylRich GoldPro Acryl⇆CopperPro Acryl⇆Faded PlumPro Acryl⇆PlumPro AcrylRakarth FleshCitadel⇆Eshin GreyCitadel⇆Mechanicus Standard GreyCitadel⇆Bright Warm GreyPro AcrylAgrax EarthshadeCitadel⇆Corvus BlackCitadel⇆

Recipes

Methods I reuse across models - skin, metal, armour, cloth and the rest. Each step is one named paint, one technique and a note. Unless a step says otherwise, every recipe here starts on a primed model - the scheme that uses it usually says which colour.

Before you start, and what the technique words mean
Thin your paint
Almost everything here goes on thinner than it comes out of the pot. Neat paint dries thick and fills in the detail you paid for. Add water a drop at a time on a palette until it runs somewhere between milk and heavy cream, depending on the brand, then build the colour up in two or three coats rather than one.
Start on a primed model
Unless a step says otherwise, every recipe here begins on a model that has already been primed - paint will not sit properly on bare plastic. Black unless the scheme says otherwise, which is what most of these were painted over.
The same words mean two things
Wash, shade and layer are both things you do and names Citadel puts on pots. The badge on a step is the action. The Type column in the paint list is which range the pot came from. A step badged "layer" is often painted with a Base paint, and that is not a mistake.
basecoat
The first solid colour over primer. Two thin coats beat one thick one.
highlight
A lighter colour on the parts that would catch the light.
layer
A slightly lighter colour over part of the coat below, leaving its edges showing.
wash
Thin, watery paint that runs into the recesses and shades the whole area at once.
edge
A highlight along a sharp edge only, painted with the side of the brush.
shade
Darker paint placed deliberately in the shadows rather than left to flow.
glaze
Heavily thinned paint over dry paint, to tint it and soften the join between two colours.
stipple
Dabbed on with the tip of the brush for a broken, rough, mottled surface.
drybrush
Almost-dry paint dragged across raised texture so it catches only the high points.
blend
Two colours worked into each other while both are wet, so there is no visible line.
special
Anything that is not one of the above. The step note says what it is.

Paint Inventory

The paints I actually own - every pot on my shelf, not a catalogue of what exists. This is what the schemes and recipes are painted with.

PaintBrandTypeHueUsed in

Paint Conversion Chart

Citadel colours matched to their closest Vallejo, Pro Acryl and Two Thin Coats equivalents, by eye, over time. Nothing here is a measured colour match - the dots say how close each one really is.

Still filling this in: 8 of the 108 colours used in the recipes here have no row yet. Mostly Vallejo. A blank means not mapped, not that no equivalent exists.

How close the match is: near identical usable avoid

CitadelVallejoPro AcrylTwo Thin Coats