RAY LAROSE|MINIATURES
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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.
What the technique words mean
- 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.
Orruk Warclans
🔗FinishHeavy battle-worn, blood-splattered, and chipped armor
PrimaryDeep black-grey armor with vibrant purple accent plates
ContrastSickly green ork skin, bone trophies, and a rust-streaked cleaver
TechniqueStippled edge highlighting, sponged chipping, and blood splatter effects
BASE
PrimeMatte Black
SKIN
RecipeOrk Flesh
LIPS
RecipeLips
SKULLS / TEETH
BaseBone
WashAgrax
BLACK BITS
RecipeBlack Armour
PURPLE ARMOUR
BaseDark Purple
EdgeRoyal Purple
HEAD
BaseRakarth Flesh
WashReikland Fleshshade
BloodSee below
BLOOD
RecipeBlood Splatter
HighlightPurple
PANTS
BaseBlack Brown
EdgeDark Golden Brown
CHAINS / AXE
BaseLeadbelcher
WashNuln Oil
EdgeStormhost Silver
RecipeBlack Armour
- 1basecoatCoal BlackPro AcrylBase all that jazzHarder & Steenbeck Airbrush ULTRA 2024 Medium
- 2stippleIce Yellow (70.858)Vallejo + Coal BlackPro Acryl (1:2)Stipple with torn spongeBeaky Make-up Sponge Medium
- 3edgeIce Yellow (70.858)Vallejo + Coal BlackPro Acryl (1:1)Add more yellow to the black for scratches and chipped in edgesArtis Opus Series S 1
- 4highlightIce Yellow (70.858)Vallejo + Coal BlackPro Acryl (2:1)If you want to dot highlight the corners (optional)Artis Opus Series S 1
RecipeBlood Splatter
- 1washBlood for the Blood GodCitadel + Lahmian MediumCitadel (2:1)Mix with mediumArtis Opus Series S 5
RecipeLips
- 1basecoatBugman’s GlowCitadelBase with this colourArtis Opus Series S 1
- 2highlightTuskgor FurCitadel20% of lips in this colourArtis Opus Series S 1
- 3highlightIce Yellow (70.858)Vallejo + Tuskgor FurCitadel (1:2)Blend to lip cracksArtis Opus Series S 00
RecipeOrk Flesh
- 1basecoatDark Green (72.028)VallejoBase all skinArtis Opus Series S 3
- 2layerCayman Green (72.067)Vallejo80% of upward facing fleshArtis Opus Series S 3
- 3layerLime Green (70.827)Vallejo40% of Cayman layerArtis Opus Series S 3
- 4highlightYellow Green (70.954)Vallejo10% of Lime layerArtis Opus Series S 3
- 5glazeTuskgor FurCitadel1 part paint to 4 parts thinnerArtis Opus Series S 3
- 6basecoatIncubi DarknessCitadelFingernails BaseArtis Opus Series S 00
- 7highlightWolf GreyTwo Thin Coats + Incubi DarknessCitadel (1:2)Fingernail highlightsArtis Opus Series S 00
- 8highlightWolf GreyTwo Thin Coats + Incubi DarknessCitadel (2:1)Fingernail bright highlightArtis Opus Series S 00
- 9highlightWolf GreyTwo Thin CoatsFingernail dot highlightArtis Opus Series S 00
Other Paints
Agrax EarthshadeCitadelLeadbelcherCitadelNuln OilCitadelStormhost SilverCitadelBlack BrownPro AcrylBonePro AcrylBright Neutral GreyPro AcrylDark Golden BrownPro AcrylDark PurplePro AcrylDark Warm GreyPro AcrylMahoganyPro AcrylNeutral GreyPro AcrylPurplePro AcrylRoyal PurplePro AcrylWarm GreyPro AcrylRakarth FleshCitadelReikland FleshshadeCitadel
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.
What the technique words mean
- 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.
| Paint | Brand | Type | Hue | Used in |
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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.
How close the match is: near identical usable avoid
| Citadel | Vallejo | Pro Acryl | Two Thin Coats |
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