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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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Blood Angels - Table Ready, armour painting recipe

Blood Angels - Table Ready

ArmourBlood Angels6 steps · on 1 scheme
This is the red armour recipe for table ready Blood Angels / Flesh Tearers. Note: Different from the way I do my modern Tearers in the noir scheme.
Print a bench card
Start to finishHow I paint a Space MarineThis recipe comes up at Basecoats, Shade and Layers and edge highlights.

Paints

Mephiston RedCitadel⇆Khorne RedCitadel⇆Lahmian MediumCitadel⇆Evil Sunz ScarletCitadel⇆Wild Rider RedCitadel⇆Deep Orange IntenseAK InteractiveIce Yellow (70.858)Vallejo⇆

Steps

6 steps, on a primed model unless a step says otherwise
  1. 1
    basecoatMephiston RedCitadel
    Base·Squidmar Wight MKI Medium
  2. 2
    shadeKhorne RedCitadel+Lahmian MediumCitadel 1:1
    Recess·Artis Opus Series S 00
  3. 3
    edgeEvil Sunz ScarletCitadel
    Chunky Edge·Artis Opus Series S 1
  4. 4
    highlightWild Rider RedCitadel
    80% of upper edges·Artis Opus Series S 1
  5. 5
    highlightDeep Orange IntenseAK Interactive
    Extreme corners·Artis Opus Series S 1
  6. 6
    basecoatDeep Orange IntenseAK Interactive+Ice Yellow (70.858)Vallejo 1:1
    Dot highlights·Artis Opus Series S 1

On 1 finished scheme

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

Flesh Tearers - Bog Standard

Blood Angels · 40kOct 2026

More armour recipes

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Black Armour, armour painting recipe

Black Armour

ArmourUsed for armour and black vehicles, titans, etc4 steps · on 12 schemesRed Armour, armour painting recipe

Red Armour

ArmourPretty much the red weapon recipe5 steps · on 8 schemesDeath Korps Vehicle Armour, armour painting recipe

Death Korps Vehicle Armour

Armour · Death Korps of KriegQuick and easy grey formula for all my Death Korps weapons, vehicles, armour, etc5 steps · on 4 schemesFlesh Tearers Armour - Pro Acryl Version, armour painting recipe

Flesh Tearers Armour - Pro Acryl Version

Armour · Flesh TearersSame as the other, but swapped out paints6 steps · on 3 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