THE COMPLETE PAINT
REFERENCE GUIDE
Cross-brand colour equivalents, faction colour schemes, layering recipes, skin tones, basing guides, and more — all in one place.
Fundamentals
Essential principles every miniature painter should know.
PAINT EQUIVALENTS
Cross-brand colour matching across major miniature paint manufacturers.
PAINT RECIPES
Step-by-step colour combinations for armour, metallics, cloth, and effects.
PAINTING MATERIALS
How to paint metals, stone, wood, leather, gems, and more.
SKIN TONES
Recipes for human, xenos, daemon, and undead skin.
BASING GUIDE
Terrain and base recipes for every environment.
SPACE MARINES
Chapter painting guides for the Adeptus Astartes.
CHAOS MARINES
Traitor Legion painting guides.
FORCES OF THE IMPERIUM
Astra Militarum, Mechanicus, Custodes, Sororitas.
XENOS FACTIONS
Aeldari, Orks, Tyranids, Necrons, T'au, and more.
GRAND ALLIANCE ORDER
Stormcast, Lumineth, Sylvaneth, Deepkin, and allies.
GRAND ALLIANCE CHAOS
Dark Gods, Skaven, and their mortal followers.
GRAND ALLIANCE DEATH
Vampires, ghosts, ghouls, and the legions of bone.
GRAND ALLIANCE DESTRUCTION
Orruks, Grots, Ogors, and Gargants.
WASHES & CONTRASTS
Cross-brand wash equivalents and Contrast / Speed Paint comparisons.
IMAGE REFERENCES
Where to find painted examples, tutorials, and inspiration.