Recipes

Each will follow this format (or close enough): 

1. Base/shadow

2. Mid 

3. Highlight 

4. Spot highlight/edge highlight/chip highlight

5. Chipping

VMC= Vallejo Model Color

VGC= Vallejo Game Color

VPA= Vallejo Premium Airbrush

PA= ProAcryl

75= Scale75

Blood Angels Red Armor:

1. PA Burnt Red + VMC Black

2. PA Burnt Red

3. PA Burnt Red + ProAcryl Burnt Orange

4. PA Burnt Orange

5. VMC Black + VPA Sepia

Charnel Guard Maroon Armor:

1. PA Mahogany

2. PA Mahogany + PA Burnt Sienna

3. PA Burnt Sienna

4. PA Burnt Orange

5. VMC Black

Charnel Guard Bronze Armor/Trim/Emblems:

1. PA Dark Bronze

2. PA Bronze

3. PA Light Bronze

4. VMC Silver

5. VMC Verdigris in the cracks if I'm feeling spicy

Charnel Guard Black Armor:

1. VMC Black

2. VMC Black Grey

3. PA Neutral Grey

4. PA Bright Neutral Grey

Charnel Guard Bone Armor/Trim/Emblems:

1. VPA Sienna + VMC Bone White

2. VPA Sienna + MoreVMC Bone White

3. VPA Sienna + Even More VMC Bone White

4. VMC Bone White

5. Chip with blacks/greys if ceramite(armor panels), with VPA Metallic Black if metal(Weapons, Packs, etc.)

Gold Trim:

1. 75 Decayed Metal

2. VPA Gold

3. VGC Polished Gold

4. VMC Silver

Leather:

1. VPA Sepia

2. Vpa Sepia + VMC Bone White

3. VMC Bone White

Steel/gun:

1. VPA Metallic Black

2. VPA Steel

3. VMC Silver

Black stuff:

5. VMC Black

6. VMC Black Grey

7. PA Neutral Grey

8. PA Bright Neutral Grey

I'm meticulous with all this shading, highlighting, chipping.... Then I ruin it all by doing a very heavy oil wash over everything.  I use a mix of Abteilung 502 bitume/black, and cover the entire model, then wipe away what I want to see with a makeup sponge.