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Vegeta (Super Saiyan)

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    24 Oct 2026
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Blue Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Kantor Blue .
  2. Shade with a thin mix if 1:1 Kantor Blue and Abaddon Black .
  3. Glaze the majority of the surface with 1:1 Kantor Blue and Caledor Sky . The aim is to cover most of the surface, pulling your brush towards where highlights will be built-up.
  4. Repeat with pure Caledor Sky , covering a smaller area, within the previous stages highlights.
  5. Add chunky highlights of Teclis Blue .
  6. Basecoat: Kantor Blue
    Shade: Kantor and Black
    Layer/glaze: Kantor Blue + Caledor Sky
    Layer/glaze: Caledor Sky
    Chunky highlight/glaze: Teclis Blue
    Highlight: Teclis blue + Dawnstone 1:1
    Highlight: Dawnstone
    weather bottom edges with Dryad Bark then Dawnstone

Skin

  1. Basecoat with Cadian Fleshtone .
  2. Mix Cadian Fleshtone and Doombull Brown 1:1, then carefully shade the skin. I thinned mine with Lahmian Medium to make it more subtle.
  3. Further define deep recesses with a small amount of Doombull Brown . I even mixed ina little Abaddon Black to shade the eye sockets.
  4. Highlight with Kislev Flesh .
  5. Highlight more selectively with 1:1 Kislev Flesh and White .
  6. Finish with specular White highlights, in just a few select areas.

For the eyes, I picked out the eyeballs with Ulthuan Grey . Finishing them with a Black dot.

Blonde Hair

  1. Basecoat: Balor Brown
    Soft Shade: XV-88
    Deep Shade: Doombull Brown
    Highlight: Averland Sunset
    Highlight: Averland Sunset & Dorn Yellow 1:1
    Highlight: Dorn Yellow

White Leather

  1. Basecoat with 1:2 Celestra Grey and White .
  2. Shade with thin :Citadel/AdministratumGrey.
  3. Shade recesses with Dawnstone .
  4. Definitely deep recesses with fine lines of Mechanicus Standard Grey .
  5. Highlight with pure White .

Gold Details

  1. Basecoat with Retributor Armour .

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Citadel Painting System 13
Base 6
  • Abaddon Black
  • Caledor Sky
  • Celestra Grey
  • Kantor Blue
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
  • Retributor Armour
Layer 6
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Dawnstone
  • Doombull Brown
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Teclis Blue
  • Ulthuan Grey
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Vallejo Model Color
Base 2
  • 70.950 Black
  • 70.951 White
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