1490 DOOM: Doom Hunter

1490 DOOM: Doom Hunter

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    09 Aug 2026
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Brass Helmet

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Retributor Armour and Silver RLM01 Metallic .
  2. Glaze some general shading with Gore-grunta Fur .
  3. Shade the deepest recesses with Cygor Brown .
  4. Mix some more Silver RLM01 Metallic into your base colour and apply highlights.
  5. Finish with some very small highlights of pure Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Warm Leather Top

  1. Basecoat with Skrag Brown .
  2. Shade with some thin Doombull Brown .
  3. Shade deep recesses and where it meets other materials with 1:1 Abaddon Black and Word Bearers Red .
  4. Highlight with 1:1 Skrag Brown and Ungor Flesh .
  5. Selectively highlight with Ungor Flesh .
  6. Finish with very small Ushabti Bone highlights.

Beige Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Karak Stone .
  2. Add general shading with some thinned Steel Legion Drab .
  3. Shade deep recesses with thin lines of Rhinox Hide .
  4. Highlight with 1:1 Karak Stone and White .
  5. Finish with a few very small highlights of White .

Dark Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Shade the recesses with some thin Abaddon Black .
  3. Add chunky highlights of Doombull Brown .
  4. Add fine highlights of Mournfang Brown .
  5. Selectively highlight with XV-88 .
  6. Mix some White into the XV-88 and finish with specular highlights.

Bandages

  1. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
  2. Basecoat with Steel Legion Drab .
  3. Glaze raised areas with Karak Stone , dragging your brush towards the most exposed part, to help build highlights..
  4. Edge highlight wrappings with Ushabti Bone .
  5. More selectively highlight with Screaming Skull .
  6. Mix some :white into your Screaming Skull and highlight a little smaller.

Wood

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Dryad Bark & Mournfang Brown .
  2. Run some thin Dryad Bark into deep recesses.
  3. Apply chunky highlights with a 1:1 mix of the base colour & Karak Stone .
  4. Now apply fine highlights with Karak Stone .
  5. Finish with selective highlights of 1:1 Karak Stone & Wraithbone .

Breathing Tube

  1. Basecoat with Black .
  2. Highlight with Incubi Darkness .
  3. Mix Deepkin Flesh into your Incubi Darkness gradually, highlighting more selectively each time.

Steel

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil . Adding glazes of Agrax Earthshade towards deep recesses, and where more interest is needed.
  3. Highlight with Ironbreaker .
  4. Finish with selective highlights of Silver RLM01 Metallic .

Bow String and Laces

  1. Basecoat with Rakarth Flesh .
  2. Glaze/wash with Agrax Earthshade .
  3. Mix increasing amount of White into your Rakarth Flesh and highlight. I would recommend doing this in several stages to make the transition smooth.
  4. Finish with specular White highlights.

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Citadel Painting System 24
Base 11
  • Abaddon Black
  • Dryad Bark
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Retributor Armour
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Wraithbone
  • XV-88
Shade 2
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 9
  • Deepkin Flesh
  • Doombull Brown
  • Ironbreaker
  • Karak Stone
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skrag Brown
  • Ungor Flesh
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Word Bearers Red
Contrast 2
  • Cygor Brown
  • Gore-grunta Fur
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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