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Here are some Colour Recipes for Horus Heresy Mechanicum from Gallery: Skaven. Please take note that this is a simple colour scheme, not covering multiple overlapping layers and blends in between, that lead to the final product. It is supposed to be used as guideline not a step-by-step.
BROWN base:
Charred Brown (Val a), *
Earth (Val a), *
Barbarian Skin (Val), drbr
Strong Tone (AP), *
Flayed One Flesh (GW), l&p
METAL:
Tinny Tin (Val a),
Hammered Copper (Val), flbr
Shining Silver (AP), stpl
Strong Tone AP, *
Mix: Nott’s Hobbies Verdigris 2:1 Nott’s Hobbies Grime
True Copper (AP), drbr, scratches
GREEN clothes:
Mix: Burnt Moss (AP) 1:1 Gunner Camo (ap), speedpaint
Strong Tone AP, *
Angel Green (Val), flbr, l&p
Lizard Green (Val XP), bl
Camouflage Green (Val), l&p
SKIN:
Tan (Val),
Cadian Fleshtone (GW), flbr
Strong Tone (AP), *
Cadian Fleshtone (GW), flbr, gl, l&p
Pale Flesh (Val), p
GREEN OSL:
Verdigris (Val), bl
Bile Green (al a), *
Verdigris (Val), bflbr, l&p
Green Ink (Val), thinned bl
BASES:
Panzer Dark Grey (Val),
Stonewall Grey (Val), drbr
Grey RLM02 (Val a), * filter
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Nurgle’s Rot (GW), effect
Sepia Ink (Val), bl
l&p – lines and points,
p – points,
bl – blend,
gl – glaze,
drbr – drybrush,
flbr – flatbrush,
stpl – stippling,
*Airbrushed (with multiple layers and mixes)
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