House Khymere

House Khymere

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    12 Apr 2024
  • Updated
    06 Aug 2024
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  1. Primed skeleton with Leadbelcher and armour plates with Chaos Black

Blacks

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black
  2. Highlights with Eshin Grey

Reds

  1. Basecoat with Khorne Red
  2. Recess shade with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlights with Wazdakka Red

Metallics

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil
  3. Highlights with Necron Compound

Bronze Trim

  1. Basecoat with Balthasar Gold
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Highlights with Gehenna's Gold

Miscellaneous

  1. Bronze (exhaust and meltagun): Warplock Bronze , wash Agrax Earthshade , layer Brass Scorpion , Runelord Brass
  2. Bone & skulls: Zandri Dust , wash Nuln Oil , Screaming Skull
  3. Cockpit window: Stormhost Silver , then Waystone Green
  4. Chest and eye glow: thinned Fire Dragon Bright

Weathering

  1. Soot on exhausts: stippled Abaddon Black like as if drybrushing
  2. Sponge chipping on armour with Wazdakka Red or Eshin Grey as appropriate
  3. Same with scratches, especially on decals
  4. Rust on metallics: thinned down Skrag Brown
  5. Verdigris on bronze: undiluted Nihilakh Oxide

Base

  1. Add thin layer of Astrogranite , leaving small craters for pools of blood
  2. Wash with Agrax Earthshade
  3. Drybrush with Tyrant Skull
  4. Add pools of blood with Blood For The Blood God in craters
  5. Paint rim black with Abaddon Black

Surface Finish

  1. Varnish everything with 1:1 mix of Contrast Medium : Ultra Matte Varnish
  2. Varnish metallic parts, lenses, screens, plasma glow with 3:1 mix of Glossy Varnish : Ultra Matte Varnish

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AK Interactive
Varnish 2
  • AK183 Ultra Matte Varnish
  • AK192 Glossy Varnish
Citadel Painting System 26
Base 6
  • Abaddon Black
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Warplock Bronze
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 2
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 9
  • Brass Scorpion
  • Eshin Grey
  • Fire Dragon Bright
  • Gehenna's Gold
  • Runelord Brass
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Wazdakka Red
Dry 2
  • Necron Compound
  • Tyrant Skull
Technical 4
  • Blood For The Blood God
  • Contrast Medium
  • Nihilakh Oxide
  • Waystone Green
Texture 1
  • Astrogranite
Spray 2
  • Chaos Black
  • Leadbelcher
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