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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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Armageddon - Orks, Orks, painted miniature, photo 1 of 9

Armageddon - Orks

Orks40kJuly 2026 · 14 models
Start to finishHow I paint an OrkHow I painted this one, stage by stage, with a photo at each step.
FinishMuted, dusty Goffs
PrimaryBlacks with muted blues
ContrastSubtle blue checks, bronze weapons
TechniqueLayered skin, freehand checks and hazard spirals

What went where

BASE
PrimeMatte Black
SKIN
RecipeOrk Flesh
LIPS
RecipeLips
SCARS
BaseBurgundy
EdgeTan Flesh
LEATHER
RecipeBrown Leather
CHEST LEATHER / BOOTS
BaseBlack Brown
EdgeDark Golden Brown
HighlightLight Umber
BANNERS
BaseCorvus Black
Subtle HighlightsCorvus Black + Ice Yellow
CHECKS / TRIANGLES
BaseCoal Black
AlternateField Blue
HighlightSteel Grey
GAS CAN / AXE
BaseBlack Red
Scratch EdgeMephiston Red
HAZARDS
BaseBlack with Deck Tan spiral
LayerImperial Fist (Contrast)
SKULLS / TEETH
BaseBone
WashAgrax Earthshade
WEAPONS
BaseBronze
WashAgrax Earthshade
HighlightLight Bronze
BLACK BITS
BaseCoal Black
EdgeEshin Grey
EdgeMechanicus Standard Grey
DotBold Titanium White
RED BITS
BaseKhorne Red
HighlightMephiston Red
VARNISH
BaseTamiya Extra Matte - there is no substitute

Recipes used

3 recipes, 18 steps
Brown LeatherLeather · 6 steps
  1. 1
    basecoatRhinox HideCitadel
    Base all leather·Artis Opus Series S 1
  2. 2
    basecoatAbaddon BlackCitadel+Lahmian MediumCitadel 1:2
    Shade all leather recesses·Artis Opus Series S 1
  3. 3
    highlightDoombull BrownCitadel
    Chunky·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    highlightSkrag BrownCitadel
    Scratchy damage highlight·Artis Opus Series S 1
  5. 5
    edgeXV-88 (Deep Ochre)Citadel
    Shaky - edge and scratch·Artis Opus Series S 00
  6. 6
    highlightUshabti BoneCitadel
    Dot highlight sparingly·Artis Opus Series S 00

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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

The recipe on its own pagePrint a bench card

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
    Fingernail 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

The recipe on its own pagePrint a bench card

Paints

Warm BrownPro AcrylBurnt SiennaPro Acryl⇆Advanced Flesh TonePro AcrylFlesh WashPro Acryl⇆Black BrownPro Acryl⇆Dark Golden BrownPro Acryl⇆Light UmberPro Acryl⇆BronzePro Acryl⇆Light BronzePro Acryl⇆Black WashPro Acryl⇆Coal BlackPro Acryl⇆Wizard's Butt #1Pro AcrylDark Neutral GreyPro Acryl⇆Dark Warm GreyPro Acryl⇆Bright Warm GreyPro AcrylBurnt Umber PigmentVallejoEarth Texture PasteVallejoBonePro AcrylCorvus BlackCitadel⇆Payne's GreyPro AcrylField Blue (70.964)Vallejo⇆Black Red (70.859)Vallejo⇆Agrax EarthshadeCitadel⇆Nuln OilCitadel⇆LeadbelcherCitadel⇆Imperial FistCitadel⇆Deck Tan (70.986)Vallejo⇆Khorne RedCitadel⇆Mephiston RedCitadel⇆Ice Yellow (70.858)Vallejo⇆Steel Grey (72.102)VallejoExtra Matte VarnishTamiya

More Orks

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Beast Snagga Boyz, Orks, painted miniature10 photos

Beast Snagga Boyz

Orks · 40kSep 2026 · 5 modelsSpace Ork Dreadnought, Orks, painted miniature3 photos

Space Ork Dreadnought

Orks · 40kJul 2026Wazdakka Gutsmek, Orks, painted miniature7 photos

Wazdakka Gutsmek

Orks · 40kMay 2026Squig Rider, Orks, painted miniature3 photos

Squig Rider

Orks · 40kMar 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: 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