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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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55 painted schemes 274 photos 44 recipes 162 paint matches

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

Fresh off the bench

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

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Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard, Blood Angels, painted miniature6 photos

Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026Dreadnought, Blood Angels, painted miniature9 photos

Dreadnought

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.

Paint Schemes

How I painted each model: the exact paints, the order they went on, and the finish they gave.

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Black Weapons, weapon painting recipe

Black Weapons

Weapon5 steps · on 17 schemes
Goto scheme for simple black weapons
Print a bench card
Start to finishHow I paint a Space MarineThis recipe comes up at Basecoats, Shade and Layers and edge highlights.

Paints

Coal BlackPro Acryl⇆Mechanicus Standard GreyCitadel⇆Wolf Grey (72.047)Vallejo⇆LeadbelcherCitadel⇆Nuln OilCitadel⇆

Steps

5 steps, on a primed model unless a step says otherwise
  1. 1
    basecoatCoal BlackPro Acryl
    Base weapon·Artis Opus Series S 3
  2. 2
    edgeMechanicus Standard GreyCitadel
    Edge all panels·Artis Opus Series S 1
  3. 3
    highlightWolf Grey (72.047)Vallejo
    Dot highlights·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    basecoatLeadbelcherCitadel
    Barrels, clips·Vallejo Detail 2
  5. 5
    washNuln OilCitadel
    Barrels, clips·Vallejo Detail 2

On 17 finished schemes

Ultramarines 4th Company, Ultramarines, painted miniature8 photos

Ultramarines 4th Company

Ultramarines · 40kFeb 2026 · 64 modelsGhazghkull Thraka, Orks, painted miniature3 photos

Ghazghkull Thraka

Orks · 40kNov 2025Maulers, Goliath, painted miniature3 photos

Maulers

Goliath · NecromundaFeb 2026Kommandos, Orks, painted miniature9 photos

Kommandos

Orks · Kill TeamJun 2025 · 12 modelsDreadnought, Blood Angels, painted miniature3 photos

Dreadnought

Blood Angels · 40kNov 2025Commissar, Astra Militarum, painted miniature4 photos

Commissar

Astra Militarum · 40kApr 2026Death Riders, Astra Militarum, painted miniature5 photos

Death Riders

Astra Militarum · 40kMay 2026 · 4 modelsBeast Snagga Boyz, Orks, painted miniature10 photos

Beast Snagga Boyz

Orks · 40kSep 2026 · 5 modelsDeath Korps Artillery, Astra Militarum, painted miniature4 photos

Death Korps Artillery

Astra Militarum · 40kApr 2026Commissar Yarrick, Astra Militarum, painted miniature3 photos

Commissar Yarrick

Astra Militarum · 40kAug 2026Cadien Shock Troops, Astra Militarum, painted miniature4 photos

Cadien Shock Troops

Astra Militarum · 40kAug 2026 · 6 modelsImperial Knights - Knight Questoris, Free Blade, painted miniature7 photos

Imperial Knights - Knight Questoris

Free Blade · OtherAug 2026Catachan Jungle Fighters, Astra Militarum, painted miniature5 photos

Catachan Jungle Fighters

Astra Militarum · 40kSep 2026 · 3 modelsDeath Company, Blood Angels, painted miniature3 photos

Death Company

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

Chaplain

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026Dreadnought, Blood Angels, painted miniature9 photos

Dreadnought

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

Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026

More recipes like this

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Red Weapons, weapon painting recipe

Red Weapons

WeaponMy goto colours for bolters and whatnot6 steps · on 11 schemesPlasma Glow, weapon painting recipe

Plasma Glow

WeaponGreen plasma glow4 steps · on 3 schemesSquat Weapons, weapon painting recipe

Squat Weapons

Weapon · SquatsAll my squat weapons follow this one scheme7 steps · on 3 schemesBrown Leather, leather painting recipe

Brown Leather

LeatherQuick n easy leathers6 steps · on 19 schemes

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 108 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