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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 332

Citadel Toolbox: Citadel Paints, Part Two

August 2007·p. 61

THE SHORT VERSION

The second three-step chart applies dark, middle and highlight colours to metals, wood, skin and bone. Its metallic examples vary the initial shadow and final brightness, while the flesh section includes human, green and more unusual tones. A complete Empire soldier shows how these combinations work together across hair, equipment, clothing and base, offering a practical reference for a coherent gaming miniature.

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Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Tin BitzBoltgun MetalChainmailMithril SilverShining GoldBurnished GoldBrazen BrassDwarf BronzeSnakebite LeatherBubonic BrownBleached BoneScorched BrownDark FleshVermin BrownCharadon GraniteGraveyard EarthKommando KhakiTanned FleshDwarf FleshElf FleshTallarn FleshSkull WhiteOrkhide ShadeGoblin GreenCamo GreenGretchin GreenRotting FleshScaly GreenHawk TurquoiseIce BlueKhemri BrownTausept OchreBestial BrownMechrite RedBlood RedBlazing OrangeNecron AbyssMordian BlueUltramarines BlueCalthan BrownDesert Yellow

Only explicitly named Citadel paints and mediums are indexed; unnamed colours and third-party products are not guessed.

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Layering & highlighting Painting metal Painting skin & faces Painting techniques

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Painting Morannon Orcs

Mark Jones creates a coherent warband by giving every Orc the same worn armour and limiting the skin palette to four related treatments. Dark metallic bases and a brown-black wash establish rust before lighter metal picks out the plates. Variations in green or brown flesh prevent uniformity, while a repeated red Eye of Sauron on the shields makes the varied figures read as a single organised force.

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InterviewWD 332 · pp. 76–81

Painting Masters: Darren Latham

Darren describes progressing from store painting expert to ’Eavy Metal through practice, planning and attention to contrast. His collection demonstrates restrained conversions, elaborate freehand and carefully placed spot colours, from Dark Angels and Eldar to a huge Avatar painted from its brightest inner areas outwards. He also discusses non-metallic metal as an advanced, deliberately stylised technique, presenting it as an optional artistic challenge rather than a necessary standard.

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PaintingWD 332 · pp. 84–87

Painting Workshop: Best Results with Drybrushing

The workshop develops drybrushing beyond an introductory texture effect by combining it with layering, washes and detail work. Patient, nearly dry passes suit a tank’s large surfaces, while the Rat Ogre’s fur is completed before cleaner skin and cloth stages. An Ent demonstrates heavily textured bark and foliage, with methods readily transferable to trees or scenery. The choice of when to drybrush matters as much as the brushwork itself.

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