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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.
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Flesh Tearers - Terminators, Blood Angels, painted miniature, photo 1 of 5

Flesh Tearers - Terminators

Blood Angels40kOctober 2026
FinishDark, grimm, dusty, imposing
PrimaryDeep reds with razor thin hot orange highlight
ContrastRed bits
TechniqueSeveral thin layers for armour highlights

What went where

BASE
PrimeMatte Black
RED ARMOUR
RecipeFlesh Tearers Armour - Pro Acryl Version but the highlights are razor thin on the edges
BLACK ARMOUR / BOLTER
BaseCharcoal
EdgeEshin Grey
EdgeMechanicus Standard Grey
DotDawnstone Grey
PURITY SEALS
RecipePurity Seal
EYES
BaseWarpstone Green
HighlightMoot Green
SWORD
BaseCoal Black
EdgeBlends of Blue Grey
GOLD
RecipeGold

Recipes used

3 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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Black Weapons (updated 2026)Weapon · 7 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatCoal BlackPro Acryl
    Base weapon·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    edgeEshin GreyCitadel
    Chunky edge·Artis Opus Series S 1
  3. 3
    edgeMechanicus Standard GreyCitadel
    Edge all panels·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    edgeDawnstoneCitadel
    Extreme upper corners·Artis Opus Series S 1
  5. 5
    highlightAdminstratum GreyCitadel
    Dot highlights·Artis Opus Series S 1
  6. 6
    basecoatLeadbelcherCitadel
    Barrels, clips·Vallejo Detail 2
  7. 7
    washNuln OilCitadel
    Barrels, clips·Vallejo Detail 2

The recipe on its own pagePrint a bench card

Flesh Tearers Armour - Pro Acryl VersionArmour · 6 steps
  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

The recipe on its own pagePrint a bench card

Paints

Coal BlackPro Acryl⇆Eshin GreyCitadel⇆Mechanicus Standard GreyCitadel⇆DawnstoneCitadel⇆Adminstratum GreyCitadelBlack Red (70.859)Vallejo⇆Bold Pyrrole RedPro Acryl⇆Orange RedPro Acryl⇆Burnt RedPro Acryl⇆Retributor ArmourCitadel⇆Reikland FleshshadeCitadel⇆Nuln OilCitadel⇆Agrax EarthshadeCitadel⇆Dark Grey BluePro AcrylGrey BluePro Acryl⇆Screamers PinkCitadelPink HorrorCitadel⇆Karak StoneCitadel⇆

More Blood Angels

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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

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 112 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