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Notes from my painting desk

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

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56 painted schemes 280 photos 44 recipes 162 paint matches

Flesh Tearers - Terminators, Blood Angels, painted miniature Flesh Tearers - Terminators Orruk Warclans, Orruks, painted miniature Orruk Warclans Flesh Tearers Dreadnought, Blood Angels, painted miniature Flesh Tearers Dreadnought

Fresh off the bench

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

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Flesh Tearers - Terminators, Blood Angels, painted miniature5 photos

Flesh Tearers - Terminators

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026Orruk Warclans, Orruks, painted miniature5 photos

Orruk Warclans

Orruks · AoSOct 2026Flesh 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 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 40k30 Blood Bowl6 Age of Sigmar5 Necromunda5 Horus Heresy3 Kill Team2 One Page Rules1 Other4
Blood Angels11 Orks11 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. How I paint an Ork, the finished model Start to finish How I paint an Ork 11 stages, from the box to the table, with a photo at each step and the paints and recipes for each.
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Gruntled Greens, Humans, painted miniature, photo 1 of 8

Gruntled Greens

HumansBlood BowlSeptember 2026 · 7 models
FinishHeavily chipped and well used
PrimaryMuted green armour, grey trousers
ContrastBright white striping
TechniqueVaried skin tones across the team

What went where

BASE
PrimeBlack
SKIN
RecipeBasic White Flesh
RecipeDark Skin
NoteVary the tones with different shades - Black Brown, Dark Golden Brown, Light Umber, Warm Flesh, Olive Flesh and all the in-between blends
GREENS (Armour)
BaseDark Camo Green
EdgeDark Camo Green + Warm Grey mix 1:1
UNDER ARMOUR / SOCKS
BaseDark Yellow Green
TROUSERS
BaseWarm Grey
METALS
BaseLeadbelcher
WashNuln Oil
STRIPES
BaseBold Titanium White
BASE
RecipeBlood Bowl Bases
DECALS
BaseMicro Set
Melt InMicro Sol
VARNISH
BaseTamiya Extra Matte - there is no substitute

Recipes used

4 recipes, 16 steps
Basic White FleshFlesh · 4 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatElf Skin Tone (72.004)Vallejo
    Base all skin·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    layerBarbarian Skin (72.071)Vallejo
    Deep shadows·Artis Opus Series S 3
  3. 3
    highlightSunny Skin Tone (70.845)Vallejo
    Blend in highlights·Artis Opus Series S 3
  4. 4
    layerElfic Flesh (72.098)Vallejo
    Final bright highlights·Artis Opus Series S 3

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Blood Bowl BasesBase · 5 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatBlackVallejo
    Primer over sand·Harder & Steenbeck Airbrush ULTRA 2024 Medium
  2. 2
    highlightGoblin Green (72.030)Vallejo
    Light touch·Artis Opus Series D Medium
  3. 3
    highlightMoon Yellow (72.005)Vallejo
    Even lighter touch·Artis Opus Series D Medium
  4. 4
    basecoatBold Titanium WhitePro Acryl
    White stripe
  5. 5
    layerSC00 (Matte Black)Scale75
    Rim the base

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Brown Leather - Alternate VersionLeather · 3 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatBlack BrownPro Acryl
    Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    edgeDark Golden BrownPro Acryl
    Artis Opus Series S 1
  3. 3
    highlightLight UmberPro Acryl
    Artis Opus Series S 1

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Dark SkinFlesh · 4 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatDark Flesh Tone (72.044)Vallejo
    Base all flesh·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    layerCharred Brown (72.045)Vallejo
    Deepen the shadows·Artis Opus Series S 1
  3. 3
    highlightTan (72.066)Vallejo
    Lighten the highlights·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    highlightBugman’s GlowCitadel
    Brightest highlights into the pink tones·Artis Opus Series S 1

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Paints

Coal BlackPro Acryl⇆Eshin GreyCitadel⇆Warm GreyPro Acryl⇆Dark Camo GreenPro Acryl⇆IvoryPro Acryl⇆Dark Yellow GreenPro AcrylDark Golden BrownPro Acryl⇆Doombull BrownCitadel⇆Nuln OilCitadel⇆Agrax EarthshadeCitadel⇆Bold Titanium WhitePro Acryl⇆Goblin Green (72.030)Vallejo⇆Moon Yellow (72.005)Vallejo⇆Dark UmberPro Acryl⇆Black BrownPro Acryl⇆Light UmberPro Acryl⇆Warm FleshPro AcrylOlive FleshPro AcrylExtra Matte VarnishTamiyaMicro Set 101MicroscaleMicro Sol 102Microscale

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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: 8 of the 112 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
4 how many of my recipes and schemes use it - tap one to see them

CitadelVallejoPro AcrylTwo Thin Coats