Fire and soot: charcoal plates cracked open to show lava glowing beneath.
Tip: Paint the glow from yellow in the middle of each crack to orange at the edges, then put a little orange on the nearby plates as reflected light.
Below is each colour in the scheme with the closest paint in every major brand. Metal colours are matched to metallic paints, the rest to opaque paints. ΔE is how far the paint is from the target colour: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. These are worked out from swatch estimates, so check the real paints before you start.
| Colour | Citadel | Army Painter | Vallejo | Pro Acryl | AK Interactive | Two Thin Coats | Scale75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MainCharred armour | Gnarlwood (T1)Tone Pro · ΔE 4 | Dark Olive (WP4023P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 2 | NATO Black (71.251)Model Air · ΔE 3 | Dark Neutral Grey (044)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 7 | Soft Black (AK17050)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 2 | Doom Death BlackTriads: shadows · ΔE 6 | Art Black (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 1 |
| SecondLava | Jokaero OrangeColour: Base · ΔE 4 | Lava OrangeWarpaints Air · ΔE 3 | Orange Fire (72.008)Game Color · ΔE 3 | Pyrrole Orange (E006)Expert Acrylics · ΔE 7 | Clear Orange (AK11218)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 3 | Solar FlareBrights · ΔE 17 | Permanent Orange (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 11 |
| AccentHot embers | Hawkshroud Yellow (T3)Tone Pro · ΔE 4 | Meteor RockWarpaints Air · ΔE 6 | Deep Yellow (70.915)Model Color · ΔE 8 | Golden Yellow (006)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 3 | Deep Yellow (AK11045)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 5 | Serpent Eye YellowTriads: shadows · ΔE 14 | Intense Yellow (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9 |
| MetalBlackened iron | Iron WarriorsColour: Base · ΔE 10 | Gun MetalWarpaints Air · ΔE 2 | Obsidian Black (77.180 Airbrush)True Metallic Metal · ΔE 3 | Dark Silver (030)Metallics · ΔE 20 | Gun Metal (AK11212)3rd Gen Metallic · ΔE 5 | Sir Coates SilverMetallics · ΔE 11 | Thrash Metal (SC64)Metal n' Alchemy · ΔE 8 |
| HighlightAsh | Dataslate Grey (T5)Tone Pro · ΔE 3 | Ash GreyWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 5 | Light Grey (70.990)Model Color · ΔE 5 | Bright Brown Grey (AMP-021)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 7 | Aggressor Grey FS 36251 (AK11885)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 3 | Carcharodon GreyTriads: midtones · ΔE 6 | Rainy Gray (SC60)Scalecolor · ΔE 2 |
| BaseBasalt | Gnarlwood (T1)Tone Pro · ΔE 5 | Ironclad Grey (Vol. 1)John Blanche Vol. 1-4 · ΔE 4 | Armour Brown (71.041)Model Air · ΔE 3 | Dark Neutral Grey (044)Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 3 | Soft Black (AK17050)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 6 | Doom Death BlackTriads: shadows · ΔE 3 | Eclipse Grey (SC16)Scalecolor · ΔE 3 |