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Here are some Colour Recipes for Horus Heresy Mechanicum from Gallery: Salamanders. 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.
GREEN armor:
Dark Green (Val a), *
Sick Green (Val a), *
Duck Egg Green (Val a), *
Light Livery Green (Val a), * bl
Green Tone (AP), * bl
BLACK shoulder guards:
Panzer Dark Grey (Val a),
Strong Tone (AP), wash
Ghost Grey (Val), flbr [on detail such as logo]
Dark Tone (AP), wash
BLACK vehicle plate:
Pancer Dark Grey (Val a), *
Cold Grey (Val a), *
Black Wash for Vehicles (Val), *
Weathering:
Charred Brown (Val a), *
Fire:
White (Val a), * stencil
Golden Yellow (Val a), *
Hot Orange (Val a), *
Red Tone (AP), * underline
Gold:
Rust (Val a),
Greedy Gold (AP), flbr
Strong Tone (AP), wash
Metal:
Rust (AP a),
Gun Metal (AP), flbr
Shining Metal (AP), flbr
Strong Tone Ink (AP),
Bases:
Dark Earth (AK Interactive), texture
Wasteland Tufts (The Army Painter)
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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