WIP Tutorial

Termagants

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    16 Jul 2025
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Flesh

  1. Prime with Wraithbone
  2. [TO TEST] Base the flesh with Pallid Wych Flesh
  3. Paint all the flesh with 3:1 Lahmian Medium : Carroburg Crimson
  4. Dry brush the flesh with Wraithbone
  5. Paint all split skin/joints/holes with Volupus Pink
  6. Use White Scar to highlight skin, mostly on the edge of the head and on around skin splits

Claw & Hooves

  1. Use Abaddon Black to cover all claws
  2. Glaze on a transition 2/3 from the tips of the claws with Khorne Red
  3. Use Evil Sunz Scarlet to do some edge highlighting
  4. Add some more hightlight with Wild Rider Red but cover less than the previous highlight
  5. You can use a final point to highlight corner with Troll Slayer Orange

Carapace

  1. Use 1:1 Leviathan Purple : Shyish Purple on all carapace
  2. Use Druchii Violet to cover all carapace
  3. Use Xereus Purple to highlight plates on carapace. Create lines that goes from the middle of the plate to the next one
  4. Paint over those lines with Genestealer Purple but cover a smaller amount than the previous step
  5. Use Slaanesh Grey to dry brush the carapace

Head

  1. Use Nuln Oil for the interior of the mouth and over the teeths
  2. Use Volupus Pink for the tongue
  3. Highlight teeths with Wraithbone
  4. Use White Scar to make sure eyes are as white as possible
  5. Use Flash Gitz Yellow to paint on the eyes, you can cover a bit more than the eyes to give a glowing effect
  6. Add a point of Troll Slayer Orange in the middle of the eyes

Weapons

  1. Start by painting the interal flesh (tubes connected to the weapons) woth Carroburg Crimson . Highlight the interal flesh with some Kislev Flesh and do some doting on the internal flesh with some Pallid Wych Flesh
  2. Paint the carapace and the claws on the weapon with some Abaddon Black . Add contrast on the carapace with line of Xereus Purple then son thinner lines of Genestealer Purpler . Finish with some dots of Slaanesh Grey
  3. For the actual weapon, base coat it with some Guilliman Flesh , then use Volupus Pink for the split skin. Use Carroburg Crimson on the 3 end of the weap but don't fully cover it. On the far end, use Khorne Red to finish the gradient.
  4. For the eyes, first use some White Scar to make sure both eyes are white. Then add somme Flash Gitz Yellow to paint the eyes, you can cover a bit more than the eyes to add a glowing effet. Finally colors the eyes with Troll Slayer Orange
Citadel Painting System 22
Base 3
  • Abaddon Black
  • Khorne Red
  • Wraithbone
Shade 3
  • Carroburg Crimson
  • Druchii Violet
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 10
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Flash Gitz Yellow
  • Genestealer Purple
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Slaanesh Grey
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • White Scar
  • Wild Rider Red
  • Xereus Purple
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Spray 1
  • Wraithbone
Contrast 4
  • Guilliman Flesh
  • Leviathan Purple
  • Shyish Purple
  • Volupus Pink
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