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User:legoburner

Since I created this system, I thought I might as well use it! I have piles and piles of scrappy paper all around my painting area, each one detailing the specifics of a colour scheme so that I can replicate it in the future. Since the dakka database is backed up on four different systems, I think it would be a safe bet for me to start moving stuff off the paper and onto here, so here it goes...


  1. Flames of War
    1. British Shermans
    2. British Tank Crew and Infantry
    3. British Hawker Typhoons
    4. German Tanks - SS Late War No Camo
    5. German Tank Crew - Late War
    6. German Vehicle Late War Camo
    7. German Waffen SS Infantry (Late War)
    8. Russian Armour (Late War)
  2. Warhammer 40,000
    1. Space Marines
    2. Tyranids
    3. Necrons
    4. Imperial Guard
  3. Misc
    1. Vallejo Black Highlights
    2. Army Painter Equiv

Flames of War

British Shermans

Tank Colour:

  1. Russian Uniform WW2 #94 base
  2. US Dark Green #95 wash
  3. Russian Green #94 highlight
  4. Russian Green #94 + Green Ochre #119 50/50 mix, drybrush
  5. Russian Green #94 + Green Ochre #119 30/70 mix, edging

Tracks:

  1. Boltgun Metal
  2. Devlan Mud Wash

Metal:

  1. Boltgun Metal
  2. Badab Black wash

Weathering:

  1. Devlan Mud Wash
  2. Flat Earth Drybrush
  3. Tamiya mud weathering stick
  4. Graveyard Earth drybrush
  5. Vallejo Smoke (70 water/30 smoke) for fuel spills

Metal Details:

  1. Black
  2. Gunmetal Grey #179
  3. Chainmail
  4. Badab Black wash

Wood Details:

  1. Black
  2. Beige Brown #135
  3. Vallejo Woodgrain Glaze #182

British Tank Crew and Infantry

Shoes, Berets, Black Hair:

  1. Black #169
  2. Black Grey #168
  3. Badab Black wash

Gaiters:

  1. Green Grey #101
  2. Sepia Wash
  3. Green Grey #101

Flesh:

  1. Medium Flesh Tone #021
  2. Sepia Wash
  3. Medium Flesh Tone #021
  4. Flat Flesh #018
  5. Ogryn Flesh wash (mouth and eye sockets)
  6. Devlan Mud wash (eye sockets)

Metal:

  1. Gunmetal Grey #179
  2. Chainmail highlights
  3. Badab Black wash

Uniform:

  1. English Uniform #141
  2. Sepia Wash
  3. English Uniform #141
  4. English Uniform #141 + Khaki #115 (50/50)

Pouches, Straps, Belts:

  1. Khaki #115
  2. Sepia Wash
  3. Khaki #115
  4. Khaki #115 + Pale Sand #007 (50/50)

Base:

  1. Flat Earth #143
  2. Green Ochre #119 drybrush
  3. 3mm flock
  4. short 2 colour autumn tufts

Gun/Pistol handles:

  1. Brown Beige #135

Brown Hair:

  1. Flat Earth #143
  2. Flat Earth #143 + Cork Brown #133

Backpacks / pouches / webbing / hessian on Infantry. mixture of:

  1. Green Grey #101
  2. Khaki #115
  3. Sepia Wash
  4. German Camo Beige #103
  5. Buff #120
  6. Green Ochre #119

British Hawker Typhoons

Preparation:

  1. Sand
  2. Varnish
  3. Prime black

Underside:

  1. Sky Grey #154

Top/Camo

  1. London Grey #161
  2. Bronze Green #098

Cockpit / Nose:

  1. Black #169

Rockets (rails as per underside):

  1. Black #169
  2. Bronze Green #098 / Blac #169 70:30
  3. Bronze Green #098
  4. Pale Sand #007 for ring around nose of each rocket

Rear stripe:

  1. Pale Sand #007 (multiple coats)

Invasion Stripes

  1. White #001, then
  2. Black #169

Yellow wing edges:

  1. Iyanden Darksun
  2. Flat Yellow #015

Exhausts:

  1. Black #169
  2. Brazen Brass

Apply transfers, paint over silvering

Entire aircraft then given a wash of devlan mud. All brush strokes must go front to back.

Finally, very thin, very light brushing of Black #169 done behind exhausts and machine guns.

German Tanks - SS Late War No Camo

Body:

  1. Black prime
  2. FoW Dark Yellow spray (leaving some black in edges)
  3. Gryphonne Sepia wash
  4. wetbrush Middlestone #118
  5. drybrush Dark Sand #123

Rocket

  1. Black
  2. German Cam Dark Green #097
  3. gradually mix in green ochre #119

Metal Details:

  1. Black
  2. Gunmetal Grey #179
  3. Badab Black wash
  4. Gunmetal Grey #179

Wood Details:

  1. Black
  2. Beige Brown #135
  3. Vallejo Woodgrain Glaze #182
  4. Beige Brown #135

Tracks:

  1. Black
  2. heavy drybrush Flat Brown #140
  3. light drybrush Cavalry Brown #137
  4. patchy light drybrush Gunmetal Grey #179
  5. Devlan mud wash

Weathering:

  1. Tamiya weathering master B soot

Chipped Paint

  1. Black
  2. Flat Brown #140 (thinned, thicker in centres)

German Tank Crew - Late War

Skin:

  1. Medium Fleshtone #021
  2. Gryphonne Sepia
  3. Medium Fleshtone #021
  4. Ogryn Flesh on lips
  5. Devlan Mud on eyes

Uniform:

  1. Black
  2. Black Grey #168
  3. Scarlet #026 on shoulder edges

German Vehicle Late War Camo

Body:

  1. Black prime (skip this step in future though if possible)
  2. FoW Dark Yellow spray
  3. Airbrush Vallejo Air 71022 Cam. Green
  4. Airbrush Vallejo Air 71038 Cam. Medium Brown
  5. Gryphonne Sepia wash
  6. light drybrush Middlestone #118
  7. very light drybrush Dark Sand #123

Metal Details:

  1. Black
  2. Gunmetal Grey #179
  3. Badab Black wash
  4. Gunmetal Grey #179

Wood Details:

  1. Black
  2. Beige Brown #135
  3. Vallejo Woodgrain Glaze #182
  4. Beige Brown #135

Tracks:

  1. Black
  2. heavy drybrush Flat Brown #140
  3. light drybrush Cavalry Brown #137
  4. patchy light drybrush Gunmetal Grey #179
  5. Devlan mud wash

Weathering:

  1. Tamiya weathering master B soot
  2. Mud = Flat Earth #143

Chipped Paint

  1. Black #169
  2. Flat Brown #140 (thinned, thicker in centres)

Wheels and black fabric

  1. Black #169
  2. Black Grey #168
  3. Dark Grey #166
  4. If too bright (eg on fabric), badab black wash

Headlights / Reflectors:

  1. Sky Grey #154
  2. Offwhite #004 in upper right and lower left corners, curved like painting a gem

Kill Rings

  1. Offwhite #004

Basing

  1. Scorched Brown

German Waffen SS Infantry (Late War)

trousers: German Fieldgrey (102) then Green Grey (101) OR: German Cam Orange Ochre (128) (pea dot) then Green Ochre (119)

shirts and helmets: German Cam Pale Brown (144) (oak leaf) then US Tan Earth (134) OR: German Cam Orange Ochre (128) (pea dot) then Green Ochre (119)

pea dot: German Fieldgrey (102) dots and splotches Green Ochre (119) dots inside splotches German Cam. Black Brown (150) dots German Cam. Bright Green (080) dots

Oak Leaf 1: Chocolate Brown (149) splotches Light Brown (129) inside most splotches

Oak Leaf 2: German Cam. Dark Green (097) splotches German Cam. Bright Green (080) inside most splotches


skin: flat flesh (018) devlan mud flat flesh (018)

bases: scorched brown flat earth

boots: Black German Grey OR Leather Brown (147) Flat Brown (140)

Anklets and pouches: Green Brown (114) Khaki (115)

Big bag on back: as pouches then: German Cam Beige (103)

Painted metal / gas canister: German Cam Dark Green (097) German Fieldgrey (102)

Guns: Wood: Beige Brown (wood parts) Metal: Gunmetal grey (179) / badab black wash Strap: black

Panzerfausts: Middlestone (118) Dark Sand (123)

Russian Armour (Late War)

  1. Army Painter russian spray
  2. devlan mud
  3. russian green 96
  4. luftwaffe cam green 86

Tracks:

  1. black
  2. german grey 167
  3. gunmetal grey 179
  4. devlan mud

Stowage:

  1. Green brown 114
  2. Khaki 115
  3. German Camo Beige 103
  4. Devlan Mud

OR

  1. German Fieldgrey WW2 102
  2. Green Grey 101
  3. Devlan Mud

Cabling/Rope:

  1. Chocolate Brown 149

Search Lights:

  1. Sky Grey 154
  2. Off White 004

Whole vehicle gets splotches of Scorched Brown and Graveyard Earth for weathering. Tamiya mud pen used on edges of fenders. Vallejo Smoke used on external fuel tanks for fuel drips.


Warhammer 40,000

Space Marines

Body:

  1. Codex Grey
  2. Codex Grey / Fortress Grey 50/50
  3. Fortress Grey (thinned)

Knee/arm joints:

  1. Codex Grey
  2. Badab Black wash (thinned)

Weapons / anything black:

  1. Chaos Black
  2. Black / Codex Grey 30/70
  3. Black / Codex Grey 50/50
  4. Black / Codex Grey 70/30

Metal:

  1. Boltgun Metal
  2. Badab Black Wash
  3. Boltgun Metal
  4. Chainmail
  5. Mithril Silver (on detailed areas)

Shoulder pads:

  1. Skull white
  2. Blood Red
  3. Blood Red / Blazing Orange (increasing mix of orange)
  4. Transfers (gloss varnish / transfer / oil based varnish / 50/50 matt + satin varnish)

Fabric:

  1. Kommando Khaki
  2. Bleached Bone / Skull White (increasing mix from 30/70 to 70/30)

Base:

  1. PVA, stones + sand
  2. Scorched Brown
  3. Bleached Bone drybrush
  4. Static grass put on in blobs

Eyes/Lenses:

  1. Scab Red
  2. Blood Red to edge
  3. Blazing orange to other edge
  4. Baal red wash
  5. Skull White dot - highly thinned (lenses only)
  6. Gloss varnish (lenses only)

Tyranids

Skin/flesh:

  1. Dheneb Stone
  2. Scab Red wash (mixed with water and washing up liquid 50 water:10 paint:1 washing up liquid)
  3. Bleached Bone drybrush

Carapace and Spikes:

  1. Vallejo Black #169
  2. Dark Angels Green (painted on, leaving some black)
  3. Catachan Green (painted as lines)
  4. Camo Green heavily thinned (painted as lines)
  5. Graveyard Earth heavily thinned (painted as lines)

Base:

  1. PVA, stones + sand
  2. Desert Yellow
  3. Bleached Bone

Teeth:

  1. Snakebite Leather
  2. Bleached Bone
  3. Bleached Bone / Skull white (50/50)

Tongue:

  1. Nauseating Blue
  2. Ultramarine Blue

Eyes:

  1. Codex Grey
  2. Fortress Grey

Talons:

  1. Chaos Black
  2. Black / Codex Grey 30/70
  3. Black / Codex Grey 50/50
  4. Black / Codex Grey 70/30

Necrons

Body:

  1. Boltgun Metal (spray)
  2. Black wash (originally chaos black thinned down - now use Badab Black)
  3. Boltgun Metal drybrush
  4. Chainmail drybrush

Shoulder Pads:

  1. Chaos Black
  2. Regal Blue (blended on characters, edged on troops)

Head:

  1. (as body, but paint on Chainmail instead of drybrush)
  2. Mithril Silver highlights

Weapon:

  1. Chaos Black
  2. Black / Codex Grey 30/70
  3. Black / Codex Grey 50/50
  4. Black / Codex Grey 70/30

Weapon green bits:

  1. Chaos Black
  2. Dark Angels Green
  3. Dark Angels Green / Scorpion Green blending lighter each time

Cables, Chest icon, Character heads:

  1. Shining Gold
  2. Burnished Gold

Note; will try adding a sepia wash to this in the future to see if it creates a nicer finish

Lenses:

  1. Chaos Black
  2. Chaos Black / Dark Angels Green - blending low
  3. Chaos Black / Goblin Green - blending high
  4. Skull white highly thinned for light dots
  5. Gloss varnish

Base:

  1. PVA, stones + sand - very thick layer, sculpted a little bit to add more texture
  2. Chaos Black
  3. Codex Grey drybrush
  4. Fortress Grey very light drybrush

Imperial Guard

Army painter black undercoat except where there is fabric.

Fabric:

  1. Spray army painter uniform grey (kind of like codex grey + fortress grey with a tiny hint of blue).
  2. badab black wash
  3. 50/50 fortress grey/codex grey highlight
  4. 30/70 fortress grey/water highlight (thin!)

Base:

  1. Vallejo Grey Pumice
  2. Spray black
  3. Adeptus Battlegrey drybrush
  4. Codex grey drybrush
  5. Blotchy fortress grey drybrush

Gun metal / Utilities metal:

  1. Boltgun Metal
  2. Badab black wash
  3. Boltgun Metal

Display metal (aquilas):

  1. Boltgun Metal
  2. Badab black wash
  3. Mithril Silver

Flesh:

  1. Tallarn Flesh
  2. Devlan mud wash
  3. Tallarn Flesh
  4. Elf flesh (heavily thinned) - might swap this out with other tones for variety
  5. Badab black wash around chaos/VMC black eyes, with VMC off white (004) for whites of eyes and VMC black for pupils
  6. Ogryn flesh 2-3 washes for mouth

Boots/Belt/Black bits:

  1. Chaos Black or undercoat
  2. Black / Codex Grey 50/50 heavily thinned
  3. Badab black wash (twice if needed)

Blue Armour/Gun:

  1. Necron Abyss
  2. 30/70 Necron Abyss / Regal Blue mix (fairly thin) highlight
  3. Previous mix + 25% Ultramarine Blue, thin highlight

Misc

Vallejo Black Highlights

  1. German Grey (167)
  2. Black Grey (168)
  3. Dark Grey (166)

Then for cold grey::

  1. Dark Bluegreen (164)

And warm grey:

  1. Grey Green (165)

Army Painter Equiv

Uniform Grey = VMC London Grey (161)

Late War German Armour = Middlestone (118)

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