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1490 DOOM: Kateline Van Der Meer, Assassin Captain

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    15 Jul 2026
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How I painted this stunning character from "The Outpost at Meerbridge" starter set for 1490 DOOM.

Red Dress and Robe

  1. Basecoat with Word Bearers Red .
  2. Soft shade recesses with 1:1 Word Bearers Red and Incubi Darkness .
  3. Shade deep recesses with 1:1 Word Bearers Red and Black .
  4. Apply highlights of 1:1 Word Bearers Red and Squig Orange .
  5. Now add fine highlights of Squig Orange .
  6. Finish with very small/specular highlights of Ungor Flesh .

Cream Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Ushabti Bone .
  2. Add some general shading with glazes of 1:1 Ushabti Bone and Steel Legion Drab .
  3. Mix some Rhinox Hide into the above paint, then further define the shading in deep recesses.
  4. Edge highlight with Screaming Skull .
  5. Selectively highlight with 1:1 Screaming Skull and White .

Skin

  1. Basecoat with Kislev Flesh .
  2. Mix some Doombull Brown intot eh Kislev Flesh and glaze in someshading.
  3. Increase the amount of Doombull Brown in the mix and shade the deepest recesses.
  4. Mix some White into the Kislev Flesh and highlight the skin.
  5. Increase the amount of White in the mix for further highlights, pushing them as far as you need.

Black Hair

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Pick out hair strands with a 1:1 mix of Abaddon Black and Kantor Blue .
  3. Mix some Kabalite Green into the previous mix and selectively highlight curved edges.
  4. Now mix in some Fenrisian Grey and pick out an even smaller area.

Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Highlight with Doombull Brown .
  3. Highlight more selectively with XV-88 .
  4. Finish with a few specular Screaming Skull highlights.

Black Tube

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Glaze some Stegadon Scale Green over the raised areas.
  3. Mix a little Deepkin Flesh into your Stegadon Scale Green and highlight the tube more selectively.
  4. Increase the amount of Deepkin Flesh in the nix and finish with some very small highlights.

Bandages

  1. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
  2. Shade between the wrapping with thinned Rhinox Hide and a thin brush.
  3. Glaze raised areas with Karak Stone , dragging your brush towards the centre.
  4. Edge highlight wrappings with Ushabti Bone .
  5. More selectively highlight with Screaming Skull .

Gold Details

  1. Basecoat with Retributor Armour .
  2. Wash with Reikland Fleshshade .
  3. Gradually mix Silver RLM01 Metallic into your Retributor Armour and highlight.
  4. Finish with specular Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.

Blades

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Shade with glazes of Gryph-charger Grey . I mixed in a little :black and glazed a smaller area on the second pass.
  3. Highlight with Ironbreaker .
  4. Finish with some small Silver RLM01 Metallic highlights.

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Citadel Painting System 23
Base 9
  • Abaddon Black
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Kantor Blue
  • Leadbelcher
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Stegadon Scale Green
  • XV-88
Shade 1
  • Reikland Fleshshade
Layer 12
  • Deepkin Flesh
  • Doombull Brown
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Ironbreaker
  • Kabalite Green
  • Karak Stone
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Squig Orange
  • Ungor Flesh
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Word Bearers Red
Contrast 1
  • Gryph-charger Grey
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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