1490 Doom: Saboteur

1490 Doom: Saboteur

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How I painted my copy of the official 'Saboteur' model for the new game 1490 Doom.

Black Leather

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Apply general highlights of Stegadon Scale Green .
  3. Fine edge highlight everything, using Thunderhawk Blue .
  4. Selectively highlight corners and curves with Fenrisian Grey .
  5. Mix some White into your Fenrisian Grey then add a few specular highlights to corners.

Visor

  1. Basecoat with Khorne Red .
  2. Paint the majority of the visor with Evil Sunz Scarlet , leaving a little uncovered at the top and bottom, and roughly a quarter on each side. This is best applied as a couple of thin glazes, pulling your brush towards the centre.
  3. Repeat a few times, mixing Ice Yellow into the Evil Sunz Scarlet . I covered roughly half, then increased the amount again, covering roughly a quarter.
  4. Finish with a small highlight of pure Ice Yellow in the centre.

Black Armour and Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Now with Eshin Grey , apply a chunky highlight down the most exposed parts, covering less area that the previous stage.
  3. Add fine highlights using Dawnstone .
  4. Selectively highlight with Administratum Grey .
  5. Add a little White to the Administratum Grey and add a couple of specular highlights, where needed.

Arm Bindings

  1. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
  2. Shade between the wrapping with thinned Rhinox Hide and a thin brush.
  3. Glaze raised areas with Karak Stone , dragging your brush upwards.
  4. Edge highlight wrappings with Ushabti Bone .
  5. More selectively highlight with Screaming Skull .
  6. Mix some :white into your Screaming Skull and highlight a little smaller.

Skin

  1. Basecoat with Cadian Fleshtone .
  2. Wash with 2:1 Reikland Fleshshade and Contrast Medium .
  3. Selectively highlight with Kislev Flesh .
  4. Finish with specular highlights of Pallid Wych Flesh .

Dirty Steel

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Wash with Basilicanum Grey .
  3. Wash again, but with Agrax Earthshade this time.
  4. Re-establish the basecoat with a drybrush of :Citadel/Leadbelcher.
  5. Add rust into recesses, with a generous shade of thin Skrag Brown .
  6. Enhance this in a few places with thin Balor Brown .Mix some Silver RLM01 Metallic into your Leadbelcher and pick out hard edges.
  7. With pure Silver RLM01 Metallic , edge highlight the tip and place a few specular highlights on corners.

Dark Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Take some thinned Mournfang Brown and apply a heavy glaze over the tube. Work in rough lines, always pulling your brush towards the apex of the tube.
  3. Now with Skrag Brown , apply a chunky highlight down the most exposed part of the tube, covering less area that the previous stage.
  4. Mix 1:1 Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone and repeat the above, but make it a finer highlight.
  5. Selectively highlight with Ushabti Bone .
  6. Add a little White to the Ushabti Bone and add a couple of specular highlights, where needed.

Wood

  1. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
  3. Edge highlight/overbrush with Baneblade Brown .
  4. More selectively edge highlight with Karak Stone .
  5. Finish with small highlights of Karak Stone and White .

Steel

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil .
  3. Glaze some Agrax Earthshade where you want metal to look dirtier.
  4. Highlight with some Ironbreaker .
  5. With pure Silver RLM01 Metallic , edge highlight the tip and place a few specular highlights on corners.

Brass/Bronze

  1. Basecoat with Antique Gold or whatever brass/bronze paint you prefer.
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade .
  3. Add some Silver RLM01 Metallic to your basecoat, then edge highlight.
  4. Finish with a few very small Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.

Grey Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Stormvermin Fur .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil .
  3. Edge highlight with a 1:1 mix of Stormvermin Fur and Administratum Grey .
  4. Finish with selective highlights of Administratum Grey and a little White .

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Citadel Painting System 28
Base 6
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Stegadon Scale Green
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 17
  • Administratum Grey
  • Balor Brown
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dawnstone
  • Eshin Grey
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Ushabti Bone
Technical 1
  • Contrast Medium
Contrast 1
  • Basilicanum Grey
Darkstar
Molten Metal 1
  • Antique Gold
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 3
  • 70.858 Ice Yellow
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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