The Book of Jeff

This is really a shorthand reference for me. I am finding myself referencing old painting articles and laboriously typing out the same colour mixes. So here is a glossary of the regularly used paint schemes so that I can refer to them as "The Usual Way"! I will add to this glossary as more techniques present themselves!


Jeff Rust:

1) Basecoat: Dark Flesh
2) Heavy Stipple: Vermin Brown
3) Stipple: Macharius Solar Orange
4) Drybrush: Boltgun Metal
5) Wash: Badab Black or Devlan Mud
The degree of "rustiness" is controlled by stages 4 and 5. A lighter drybrush of Boltgun Metal will achieve a rustier vehicle (at stage 3 it looks completely rusted). Replacing Black with Brown in the wash stage will also achieve a more ramshackle appearance.

Blood Angel Red

1) Basecoat: 2:2:1 Mechrite Red : Blood Red : Dark Flesh
2) Lining in:  2:1:1 Blood Red : Dark Flesh : Black 
(all of the shadows and panel lines on a normal figure; skip for tanks)
3) First Highlight: 2:1 Blood Red : Dark Flesh
4) Second Highlight: Blood Red
5) Coarse Edge Highlight: Blazing Orange
6) Edge Highlight: 2:1 Blazing Orange : Vomit Brown
7) Wash: Baal Red
(for tanks make it a thin filter of Baal Red avoiding any pooling)
8) Final Edge Highlight: 2:1 Blazing Orange : Vomit Brown
(around helmets and other prominant locations).
Obviously for tanks and similar you ignore stage 2 and use progressively lighter drybrushing to achieve stages 3-6. Ignore stage 8 as it will achieve precious little.


1) Basecoat: Tallarn Flesh
2) Shade with a wash of Ogryn Flesh
3) First Highlight: Tallarn Flesh
4) Second Highlight: 2:1 Tallarn Flesh : Bleached Bone
5) Third Highlight: 1:1 Tallarn Flesh : Bleached Bone
6) Final Highlight: 1:2 Tallarn Flesh : Bleached Bone
7) Lips get a coat of Tanned Flesh (OOP, use a 2:1 mix of Tallarn Flesh and Red Gore)

More advanced skin

1) Basecoat: Tallarn Flesh
2) Shade with a wash of Ogryn Flesh
3) Shade eye sockets and centre face with thinned Devlan Mud
4) First Highlight: Tallarn Flesh
5) Second Highlight: 2:1 Tallarn Flesh : Bleached Bone
6) Third Highlight: 1:1 Tallarn Flesh : Bleached Bone
7) Glaze with Ogryn Flesh
8) Fourth highlight: 2:1 Tallarn Flesh: Bleached Bone
9) Fifth highlight 1:1 Tallarn Flesh: Bleached Bone
10) Final Highlight: 1:2 Tallarn Flesh : Bleached Bone
11) Lower lip gets a coat of Tanned Flesh (OOP, use a 2:1 mix of Tallarn Flesh and Red Gore)
12) Highlight lip with Tanned Flesh and bleached bone.

Ultramarines Blue

1) Basecoat Mordian Blue.
2) Shade panel lines with Asurman Blue.
3) Block in armour plates with Mordian Blue again.
4) First highlight 1:1 Mordian Blue and Ultramarines Blue.
5) Second highlight Ultramarines Blue.
6) First crude edge highlight 1:1 Ultramarines Blue and Space Wolves Grey.
7) Edge highlight of Space Wolves Grey.
8) Glaze with Asurman Blue.
9) Edge highlight Space Wolves Grey.

Cygnar Blue

1) Basecoat Necron Abyss
2) Block in with Regal Blue
3) First highlight 2:1 Regal Blue and Enchanted Blue
4) Second highlight 1:1 Regal Blue and Enchanted Blue
5) Crude Edge highlight Enchanted Blue
6) Edge highlight 2:1 Enchanted Blue and Space Wolves Grey
7) Wash with Asurman Blue

Cygnar Leather

1) Basecoat Scorched Brown
2) Wash with Badab Black
3) First Highlight Scorched Brown
4) Second Highlight 2:1 Scorched Brown and Vomit Brown
5) Third Highlight 1:1 Scorched Brown and Vomit Brown
6) Crude edge highlight 2:1 previous mix and Bleached Bone
7) Edge highlight 1:1 stage 5 mix and Bleached Bone

Cygnar Khaki

1) Basecoat Vallejo English Uniform
2) Wash with thinned Devlan Mud
3) First Highlight English Uniform
4) Second Highlight 2:1 English Uniform and Kommando Khaki
5) Third Highlight 1:1 English Uniform and Kommando Khaki
6) Edge Highlight 1:2 English Uniform and Kommando Khaki