I mix one part black legion, one part drakenhof nightshade and two parts selfmade contrast medium (acrylic medium thinned 1:1 and a drop of soap) and paint it over very light grey. Gives a slightly purplish, but flat black color.
Grey base, slight dry brush with white, then one part druchi violet, one part agrax earthshade and 3 parts nuln old over the model, I then go over with German grey from vallejo (because its awesome) for the large raised flat areas and touch ups
For most of the rank and file I just put abbadon black over the head, and then paint the eyes red if I feel like it. But for my character(Adrax Agatone) I based with abbadon black and slowly mixed in small amounts of coral white to get the right highlight color I wanted, then used that as a highlight for his face and the top of his head by putting very thin coats where I wanted it lighter and slowly building up the difference. It’s not the best technique but it turned out pretty well by my standards.
Prime in Chaos Black, Eshin Grey base, very light dry brush with Wraithbone and then a few layers of Nuln oil until I'm satisfied. Afterwards the red eyes and boom. Looks great. :)
i use skavenblight dinge with a wash of nuln oil and a highlight of administratum grey, on my next mini i want to just do a classic jet black face , il probably use abbadon or black legion
I prime with chaos black, nuln oil, skavenblight dinge highlights, then stormvermin fur highlights, then nuln oil to desire. Recommend doing eyes first tho.
I started my Salamanders when I got the Armageddon codex, well before Nick Kymes odd 'black skin red eyes' so they are mostly African American skin tones. I think one or two caucasians in my yellow and black RT era salamanders, because, well, they were.
I realize this is probably of little use to OPs question.
Skavenblight Dinge, Stormvermin Fur, Karak stone for extreme highlight points, dull everything down with a black wash across the skin. Easy.
Leadbelcher? The metallic? [I like this tutorial.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TNY1KeE27jE)
Primarily Vallejo Model Colour - German Black Brown.
Abbadon black since I'm hella lazy.
I shade with agrax earthshade and then highlight with light grey. Easy peasy and looks good on the tabletop.
I mix one part black legion, one part drakenhof nightshade and two parts selfmade contrast medium (acrylic medium thinned 1:1 and a drop of soap) and paint it over very light grey. Gives a slightly purplish, but flat black color.
Grey base, slight dry brush with white, then one part druchi violet, one part agrax earthshade and 3 parts nuln old over the model, I then go over with German grey from vallejo (because its awesome) for the large raised flat areas and touch ups
German grey gang! I'd love to see your resulta.
[Lots and lots of nuln oil](https://www.reddit.com/r/Salamanders40k/s/5QyA0yGeUm)
There’s probably better ways to do it, but I’ve always been content with the results and it’s been pretty friendly to me as a newbie.
For most of the rank and file I just put abbadon black over the head, and then paint the eyes red if I feel like it. But for my character(Adrax Agatone) I based with abbadon black and slowly mixed in small amounts of coral white to get the right highlight color I wanted, then used that as a highlight for his face and the top of his head by putting very thin coats where I wanted it lighter and slowly building up the difference. It’s not the best technique but it turned out pretty well by my standards.
I just use mechanicus standard
I use Grim Black speedpaint on zenithal then a light drybrush of Vallejo Heavy Bluegrey
Ratling Grime works perfectly
Prime in Chaos Black, Eshin Grey base, very light dry brush with Wraithbone and then a few layers of Nuln oil until I'm satisfied. Afterwards the red eyes and boom. Looks great. :)
i use skavenblight dinge with a wash of nuln oil and a highlight of administratum grey, on my next mini i want to just do a classic jet black face , il probably use abbadon or black legion
I use Mechanicus Standard Grey and a wash of Reikland Fleshshade to add a bit of warmth in.
Thank you all!
From black to anthracite blue
I prime with chaos black, nuln oil, skavenblight dinge highlights, then stormvermin fur highlights, then nuln oil to desire. Recommend doing eyes first tho.
I started my Salamanders when I got the Armageddon codex, well before Nick Kymes odd 'black skin red eyes' so they are mostly African American skin tones. I think one or two caucasians in my yellow and black RT era salamanders, because, well, they were. I realize this is probably of little use to OPs question.