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1490 DOOM: The Outpost at Meerbridge

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    15 Jul 2026
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I have stuck to covering the terrain pieces only in this guide. If you are interested in how I painted the individual miniatures, resource cache or the "Doom Pile", these will have their own guides available. How I approached painting the terrain and accessories included in this starter set.

Scaffolding Towers

  1. First, I primed the inside of the towers with Matt Black , then sprayed the outside using Hyrax Brown when they were dry. I sprayed pretty heavily at both points to ensure good coverage. A little of the Hyrax Brown will hit the Matt Black area, but this is fine and will add some very subtle variety in shade.
  2. Now paint over the outside with a layer of Rhinox Hide . I would recommend getting the tops and bottom edges of the planks too, leaving just the inside coverred in the Matt Black primer.
  3. Heavily drybrush with Mournfang Brown . The aim is to get a variety of shades on the flat planks, but leave the cracks in the initital dark brown. I would advise going heavier on edges, crners and where planks meet.
  4. Drybrush again with Karak Stone . On this pass, try to hit all of the hard edges, like a quick and dirty edge highlight. I would also recommend picking out the edges of the thick splits in the planks on the top.
  5. Drybrush lighting with Ushabti Bone . Use a small brush and just hit corners and areas that would catch the light more.
  6. Glaze the wood with 2:1 Lahmian Medium and Reikland Fleshshade . This step it optional, but it is to add some richness into the wood and unify the dry brushing.
  7. Pick out the nails with Burnt Iron or a dark metail of your choice.
  8. Mix some Silver RLM01 Metallic into your Burnt Iron and highlight more selectively.

Ladder

  1. Prime with Hyrax Brown and then basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Drybrush with Doombull Brown .
  3. Light drybrush of Gorthor Brown .
  4. Selectively edge highlight with Baneblade Brown .

Rookie Brushes

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Citadel Painting System 9
Base 2
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rhinox Hide
Shade 1
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 5
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Doombull Brown
  • Gorthor Brown
  • Karak Stone
  • Ushabti Bone
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Colour Forge
Base 2
  • Hyrax Brown
  • Matt Black
Vallejo Metal Color
Base 1
  • 77.721 Burnt Iron
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
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