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Pestigor 2

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    17 May 2026
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  1. Prime with Grey
  2. Flesh:
    1. Wet Blend to base flesh with Rakarth Flesh and Gargoyle Grey (using Gargoyle Grey for disseased areas)
    2. Shade flesh with Targor Rageshade and Mortarion Grime
    3. 1st Highlight Diseased Flesh with Grotesque Green
    4. 2nd Highlight Diseased Flesh with Gargoyle Grey
    5. 1st Highlight Flesh with Rakarth Flesh
    6: 2nd Highlight Flesh with Pallid Wych Flesh
  3. Loincloth:
    1. Base with Woodland Camo
    2. Shade with Athonian Camoshade
    3. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    4: 1st Highlight with Camouflage Green
    5. 2nd Highlight with Necrotic Flesh
    6. Wash with Athonian Camoshade to blend transitions
  4. Wooden areas e.g. Shield, Weapon Shaft:
    1. Base wooden areas (shield, weapon shaft etc) with Dryad Bark
    2. Shade wooden areas (shield, weapon shaft etc) with Nuln Oil
    3. Highlight wooden areas (shield, weapon shaft etc) with Gorthor Brown
  5. Headscarf:
    1. Base with Naggaroth Night
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. 1st Glaze Highlight with Xereus Purple
    4. 2nd Glaze Highlight / Edge Highlight with Slaanesh Grey
  6. Horn and Hooves:
    1. Base with Dryad Bark
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. 1st Highlight with Steel Legion Drab
    4. 2nd Highlight with Karak Stone
  7. Fur:
    1. Base with a 2:1 mixture of Mournfang Brown
    2. Shade fur with Nuln Oil
    3. Highlight fur with Mournfang Brown
    4. Highlight fur with Deathclaw Brown
  8. Skulls (including Pestigor's Face):
    1. Base with Zandri Dust
    2. Shade with Seraphim Sepia
    2. Highlight with Screaming Skull
  9. Pestigor's Teeth:
    1. Base with Morghast Bone
    2. Shade with Seraphim Sepia
    3. Highlight with Screaming Skull
    4. 2nd Highlight with Wraithbone
  10. Belts:
    1. Base with Corvus Black
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. 1st Highlight with Skavenblight Dinge
    4. 2nd Highlight with Stormvermin Fur
  11. Wrist Wraps and Secondary Weapon Handle:
    1. Base with Thondia Brown
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. 1st Highlight with Doombull Brown
    4. 2nd Highlight with Tuskgor Fur
  12. Dead Head:
    1. Base with Necrotic Flesh
    2. Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. 1st Highlight with Necrotic Flesh
    4. 2nd Highlight with Grotesque Green
    5. Glaze Lips with 1 : 1 : 2 Abaddon Black : Naggaroth Night : Lahmian Medium
    6. Highlight Teeth with Morghast Bone
    7. Shade Mouth Cavity with Agrax Earthshade
    8. Shade inside of Lower Lip with Berserker Bloodshade
  13. Hair on Dead Head:
    1. Base with Mechanicus Standard Grey
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. 1st Highlight with Dawnstone
    4. 2nd Highlight with Grey Seer
  14. Steel areas (Weapons and Shield Trim:
    1. Base with Leadbelcher
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3: Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    5: Drybrush with Leadbelcher
    6: Light Drybrush with Stormhost Silver
  15. Bronze areas (Pauldron and Shield Boss):
    1. Base with Balthasar Gold
    2: Shade with Agrax Earthshade
    3. Drybrush or Edge Highlight with Sycorax Bronze
  16. Armour Embellishments (Green Discs):
    1. Base with Leadbelcher
    2. Shade with Nuln Oil
    3. Drybrush with Leadbelcher
    4. Light Drybrush with Stormhost Silver
    5. Layer with Mantis Warriors Green

Dean

DSArcy

Re-joined the hobby in 2026 after a 20 year break. Trying to get back to grips with old techniques and pick up some of the new ones that have emerged since my departure from the hobby.

Citadel Painting System 37
Base 14
  • Abaddon Black
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Corvus Black
  • Dryad Bark
  • Grey Seer
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Morghast Bone
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Naggaroth Night
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Wraithbone
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 7
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Athonian Camoshade
  • Berserker Bloodshade
  • Mortarion Grime
  • Nuln Oil
  • Seraphim Sepia
  • Targor Rageshade
Layer 13
  • Dawnstone
  • Deathclaw Brown
  • Doombull Brown
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Karak Stone
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Slaanesh Grey
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Sycorax Bronze
  • Xereus Purple
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Air 1
  • Tuskgor Fur
Contrast 1
  • Mantis Warriors Green
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Acrylic 5
  • Camouflage Green
  • Gargoyle Grey
  • Grotesque Green
  • Necrotic Flesh
  • Woodland Camo
Vallejo Surface Primer
Base 1
  • 70.601 Grey
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