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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.

Paint Schemes

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

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Brown Leather, leather painting recipe

Brown Leather

Leather6 steps · on 19 schemes
Quick and easy leathers
Print a bench card
Start to finishHow I paint an OrkThis recipe comes up at Basecoats and Layers and edge highlights.

Paints

Rhinox HideCitadel⇆Abaddon BlackCitadel⇆Lahmian MediumCitadel⇆Doombull BrownCitadel⇆Skrag BrownCitadel⇆XV-88 (Deep Ochre)Citadel⇆Ushabti BoneCitadel⇆

Steps

6 steps, on a primed model unless a step says otherwise
  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

Notes

Modified after seeing this on WarhammerTV's Armageddon Ork Boyz video (June 2026). Updated photo to come.

On 19 finished schemes

Ganger, Goliath, painted miniature4 photos

Ganger

Goliath · NecromundaMar 2026 · 5 modelsDeath Korps of Krieg Infantry + Command Squad, Astra Militarum, painted miniature10 photos

Death Korps of Krieg Infantry + Command Squad

Astra Militarum · 40kMar 2026 · 23 modelsHounds of Morka, Space Wolves, painted miniature3 photos

Hounds of Morka

Space Wolves · 40kMar 2026 · 5 modelsSquig Rider, Orks, painted miniature3 photos

Squig Rider

Orks · 40kMar 2026Gouged Eye (Blood Bowl), Orks, painted miniature10 photos

Gouged Eye (Blood Bowl)

Orks · Blood BowlSep 2025 · 14 modelsKommandos, Orks, painted miniature9 photos

Kommandos

Orks · Kill TeamJun 2025 · 12 modelsKronus Hegemony Black Scheme, Squats, painted miniature3 photos

Kronus Hegemony Black Scheme

Squats · NecromundaFeb 2026Commissar, Astra Militarum, painted miniature4 photos

Commissar

Astra Militarum · 40kApr 2026Untamed Troll, Orks, painted miniature3 photos

Untamed Troll

Orks · Blood BowlDec 2025Death Riders, Astra Militarum, painted miniature5 photos

Death Riders

Astra Militarum · 40kMay 2026 · 4 modelsNoise Marines, Emperor's Children, painted miniature4 photos

Noise Marines

Emperor's Children · 40kMay 2026 · 2 modelsWazdakka Gutsmek, Orks, painted miniature7 photos

Wazdakka Gutsmek

Orks · 40kMay 2026Beast 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 2026Armageddon - Orks, Orks, painted miniature9 photos

Armageddon - Orks

Orks · 40kJul 2026 · 14 modelsCommissar Yarrick, Astra Militarum, painted miniature3 photos

Commissar Yarrick

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

Cadian Shock Troops

Astra Militarum · 40kAug 2026 · 6 modelsLion El'Jonson, Dark Angels, painted miniature10 photos

Lion El'Jonson

Dark AngelsOct 2026Chaplain, Blood Angels, painted miniature7 photos

Chaplain

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026

More recipes like this

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Brown Leather - Alternate Version, leather painting recipe

Brown Leather - Alternate Version

LeatherA deeper, rustic brown to work alongside my standard brown. Think leather vest vs leather belt3 steps · on 3 schemesRed Leather, leather painting recipe

Red Leather

LeatherUsually used on battle axe grips, etc.3 steps · on 1 schemeBlack Weapons, weapon painting recipe

Black Weapons

WeaponGo-to recipe for simple black weapons. Updated in 20267 steps · on 20 schemesBlack Armour, armour painting recipe

Black Armour

ArmourUsed for armour and black vehicles, titans, etc. Improved in 20265 steps · on 15 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 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