Dystopian Wars - Enlightened

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    17 Sep 2025
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This reciple is taken from somewhat incomplete notes. Most models don't need most of these steps but I wanted to make it easy to tell guns at a glance so there are a lot of options for that. Most of this was done with an airbrush but some notes may be a little off on brush vs airbrush.

Hulls

  1. Prime Black
  2. Airbrush Rough Iron
  3. Gloss varnish
  4. Wash with Red Brown Filter (Filter for Wood)
  5. Drybrush Bronze

Wood

  1. Base coat Bold Titanium White
  2. Paint Gore-grunta Fur

Water

  1. Base coat Elfic Blue
  2. Paint Leviadon Blue
  3. Highlight Sunrise Blue
  4. Highlight Bold Titanium White

Portholes

  1. Paint Verdigris
  2. Highlight Bold Titanium White

Heat exhausts

  1. Base coat Hot Orange
  2. Highlight Fluorescent Orange

Hand painted power generators

  1. Base coat Magic Blue
  2. Highlight Fluorescent Blue

Airbrushed power generators

  1. Airbrush Sapphire Gem
  2. Highlight Crystal Blue
  3. Highlight Ionic Blue

Particle Weapons - Red

  1. Airbrush Dragon Red
  2. Airbrush Wyrmling Red
  3. Airbrush white ink

Aetheric Weapons - Green

  1. Airbrush Ruinous Spell
  2. Airbrush Wizards Orb
  3. Airbrush Potion Green

Pulse Weapons - Blue

  1. Airbrush Hydra Turquoise
  2. Airbrush Phantasmal Blue
  3. Airbrush 50:50 Phantasmal Blue & white ink

Purple Guns

  1. Airbrush? Alien Purple
  2. Airbrush white ink
  3. Airbrush Violet Volt
  4. White dot

Yellow Guns

  1. Airbrush Meteor Rock
  2. Airbrush Moon Dust

"That gun with a lot of holes"

  1. Airbrush Incursion Orange
  2. Airbrush Daemonic Yellow

"AI Stuff"

  1. Airbrush Greenskin
  2. Airbrush white ink
  3. Airbrush Gauss Green

Whales

  1. Basecoat Charcoal
  2. Highlight Neutral Grey
  3. Use black wash

Finishing Steps

  1. Matte varnish
AK Interactive
Filter 1
  • AK262 Red Brown Filter (Filter for Wood)
Citadel Painting System
Contrast 2
  • Gore-grunta Fur
  • Leviadon Blue
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl 4
Base 1
  • 001 Bold Titanium White
Metallic 1
  • 032 Bronze
Prime 1
  • PRIME 002 Black
Fluorescent 1
  • F02 Fluorescent Orange
The Army Painter Warpaints Air 19
Base 4
  • Incursion Orange
  • Meteor Rock
  • Ruinous Spell
  • Sapphire Gem
Mid 8
  • Alien Purple
  • Crystal Blue
  • Daemonic Yellow
  • Dragon Red
  • Greenskin
  • Hydra Turquoise
  • Moon Dust
  • Wizards Orb
High 4
  • Ionic Blue
  • Phantasmal Blue
  • Potion Green
  • Wyrmling Red
Metallics 1
  • Rough Iron
Fluorescent 2
  • Gauss Green
  • Violet Volt
Vallejo Game Color 8
Base 7
  • 72.009 Hot Orange
  • 72.021 Magic Blue
  • 72.050 Neutral Grey
  • 72.096 Verdigris
  • 72.117 Elfic Blue
  • 72.118 Sunrise Blue
  • 72.155 Charcoal
Fluo 1
  • 72.160 Fluorescent Blue
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