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The paints and steps behind each finished model, and the recipes I come back to.

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55 painted schemes 274 photos 44 recipes 162 paint matches

Flesh Tearers Dreadnought, Blood Angels, painted miniature Flesh Tearers Dreadnought Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard, Blood Angels, painted miniature Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard Chaplain, Blood Angels, painted miniature Chaplain

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The newest finished schemes, each with every paint and step.

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Flesh Tearers Dreadnought, Blood Angels, painted miniature9 photos

Flesh Tearers Dreadnought

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard, Blood Angels, painted miniature6 photos

Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026Chaplain, Blood Angels, painted miniature7 photos

Chaplain

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026Death Company, Blood Angels, painted miniature3 photos

Death Company

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026

Find your army

Paint schemes for Warhammer 40k, Blood Bowl, Age of Sigmar and Necromunda and more. Pick a game or an army to see how I painted it.

Warhammer 40k29 Blood Bowl6 Age of Sigmar5 Necromunda5 Horus Heresy3 Kill Team2 One Page Rules1 Other4
Orks11 Blood Angels10 Astra Militarum9 Squats4 Orruks3 Gloomspite Gitz2 Free Blade2 Iron Warriors2 Goliath2 Dark Angels1

Learn a part

Miniature painting recipes for one part at a time, like armour, flesh and weapon, each a short list of steps you can follow at the desk.

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Armour14 recipes Flesh11 recipes Weapon4 recipes Leather3 recipes Metal3 recipes Cloth2 recipes

Switching paint brands?

162 Citadel colours matched to Vallejo, Pro Acryl and Two Thin Coats, by eye, with how close each match really is. Search any name from any brand.

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Abaddon Black Citadel VallejoBlack (72.051) Pro AcrylCharcoal Black Two Thin CoatsDoom Death Black Mephiston Red Citadel VallejoGory Red (72.011) Pro AcrylRed Two Thin CoatsSanguine Scarlet Retributor Armour Citadel VallejoPolished Gold (72.055) Pro AcrylRich Gold Two Thin CoatsDragon's Gold

New to painting? Start here

Four short recipes, in this order. Each one adds a single new skill.

Gold, metal painting recipe1

Gold

4 stepsThe basecoat, wash, highlight sequence most metal is built on. Ultramarine Armour, armour painting recipe2

Ultramarine Armour

4 stepsThe same idea with an edge highlight, which is what makes armour read as armour. Rust, metal painting recipe3

Rust

3 stepsStippling and drybrushing, and hard to get wrong. Ork Flesh, flesh painting recipe4

Ork Flesh

9 stepsThe whole ladder: a basecoat, two layers, a highlight, then glazes to blend it together.
How I paint a Space Marine, the finished model Start to finish How I paint a Space Marine 10 stages, from the box to the table, with a photo at each step and the paints and recipes for each.
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Orruk Warclans, Orruks, painted miniature, photo 1 of 4

Orruk Warclans

OrruksAoSOctober 2026
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

What went where

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

Recipes used

4 recipes, 18 steps
Black Armour (improved 2026)Armour · 5 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatCoal BlackPro Acryl
    Base all that jazz·Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush ULTRA 2024 Medium
  2. 2
    edgeEshin GreyCitadel
    Chunky edge·Squidmar Wight MKI Small
  3. 3
    edgeMechanicus Standard GreyCitadel
    Thin edge·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    highlightDawnstoneCitadel
    Extreme top edges·Artis Opus Series D Small
  5. 5
    highlightAdminstratum GreyCitadel
    Dot highlight·Artis Opus Series S 1

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Blood SplatterBlood · 1 step
  1. 1
    washBlood for the Blood GodCitadel+Lahmian MediumCitadel 2:1
    Mix with medium·Artis Opus Series S 5

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LipsFlesh · 3 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatBugman’s GlowCitadel
    Base with this colour·Artis Opus Series S 1
  2. 2
    highlightTuskgor FurCitadel
    20% of lips in this colour·Artis Opus Series S 1
  3. 3
    highlightIce Yellow (70.858)Vallejo+Tuskgor FurCitadel 1:2
    Blend to lip cracks·Artis Opus Series S 00

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Ork FleshFlesh · 9 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatDark Green (72.028)Vallejo
    Base all skin·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    layerCayman Green (72.067)Vallejo
    80% of upward facing flesh·Artis Opus Series S 3
  3. 3
    layerLime Green (70.827)Vallejo
    40% of Cayman layer·Artis Opus Series S 3
  4. 4
    highlightYellow Green (70.954)Vallejo
    10% of Lime layer·Artis Opus Series S 3
  5. 5
    glazeTuskgor FurCitadel
    1 part paint to 4 parts thinner·Artis Opus Series S 3
  6. 6
    basecoatIncubi DarknessCitadel
    Fingernails Base·Artis Opus Series S 00
  7. 7
    highlightWolf GreyTwo Thin Coats+Incubi DarknessCitadel 1:2
    Fingernail highlights·Artis Opus Series S 00
  8. 8
    highlightWolf GreyTwo Thin Coats+Incubi DarknessCitadel 2:1
    Fingernail bright highlight·Artis Opus Series S 00
  9. 9
    highlightWolf GreyTwo Thin Coats
    Fingernail dot highlight·Artis Opus Series S 00

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Paints

Agrax EarthshadeCitadel⇆Blood for the Blood GodCitadel⇆Incubi DarknessCitadel⇆LeadbelcherCitadel⇆Nuln OilCitadel⇆Stormhost SilverCitadel⇆Black BrownPro Acryl⇆BonePro AcrylBright Neutral GreyPro Acryl⇆Coal BlackPro Acryl⇆Dark Golden BrownPro Acryl⇆Dark PurplePro Acryl⇆Dark Warm GreyPro Acryl⇆MahoganyPro Acryl⇆Neutral GreyPro Acryl⇆PurplePro Acryl⇆Royal PurplePro AcrylWarm GreyPro Acryl⇆Rakarth FleshCitadel⇆Reikland FleshshadeCitadel⇆

More AoS schemes

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Ardboy Big Boss, Orruks, painted miniature4 photos

Ardboy Big Boss

Orruks · AoSSep 2026Orruk Warclans Megaboss, Orruks, painted miniature4 photos

Orruk Warclans Megaboss

Orruks · AoSAug 2026Dankhold Troggoth, Gloomspite Gitz, painted miniature7 photos

Dankhold Troggoth

Gloomspite Gitz · AoSOct 2026Gobbapalooza, Gloomspite Gitz, painted miniature4 photos

Gobbapalooza

Gloomspite Gitz · AoSOct 2026

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.

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: 9 of the 111 colours used in the recipes here have no row yet. Mostly Vallejo and Citadel. A blank means not mapped, not that no equivalent exists.

How close the match is: near identical usable avoid
4 how many of my recipes and schemes use it - tap one to see them

CitadelVallejoPro AcrylTwo Thin Coats