First Minis In Over a Decade

Primed my first minis recently. It's a handful of Reaper minis and Hordes mini I originally bought to use as a D&D mini. I decided to start with these to get back into painting and get comfortable again before tackling my various armies.

Citadel Paint Hex Codes

In using the Palettes app, I needed hex codes to put the Citadel paint range into it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the hex codes for the new paint range. So I got them myself. I used the Palettes app's picture function to do it. I downloaded the images of the paint off the GW website and sampled the pixels of the color splash on the image. As a result, it may not be perfect, but it's close enough to be able to use them if you need to find an approximate match. They're broken into their various ranges (base, layer, dry, etc) but don't include metals, glazes or shades.

BASE

Name	Color	Hex
Ceramite White		FFFFFF
Averland Sunset		FCB825
Jokaero Orange		EE3823
Mephiston Red		991115
Khorne Red		6A0002
Naggaroth Night		3E3355
Daemonette Hide		696685
Kantor Blue		002051
Macragge Blue		0D407F
Caledor Sky		396F9E
Stegadon Scale Green		074864
Incubi Darkness		0B4849
Caliban Green		00401E
Waaagh! Flesh		20552B
Castellan Green		304921
Death World Forest		5D6732
Zandri Dust		9E915C
Steel Legion Drab		5F5134
Bugman's Glow		845045
Ratskin Flesh		AE6B4E
Mournfang Brown		650A09
XV-88		72481E
Rhinox Hide		493335
Dryad Bark		34312C
Mechanicus Standard Grey		3D4B4E
Celestra Grey		90A8A8
Abaddon Black		231F20
Rakarth Flesh		A29E92
The Fang		436276
Screamer Pink		7C1645

LAYER

Name	Color	Hex
White Scar		FFFFFF
Yriel Yellow		FFDB01
Flash Gitz Yellow		FEF200
Troll Slayer Orange		F46C2E
Fire Dragon Bright		F58651
Evil Suns Scarlet		C21920
Wild Rider Red		EB2E28
Wazdakka Red		8C0A0C
Squig Orange		A94F44
Xereus Purple		471F5E
Genestealer Purple		7761AA
Warpfiend Grey		6C6A75
Slaanesh Grey		8E8C97
Alaitoc Blue		295788
Hoeth Blue		4C7FB4
Altdorf Guard Blue		1F56A8
Calgar Blue		4273B8
Teclis Blue		317FC1
Lothern Blue		33A2CF
Sotek Green		0C6A74
Temple Guard Blue		329B8D
Kabalite Green		028D66
Sybarite Green		30A66C
Warpstone Glow		1E7332
Moot Green		52B246
Warboss Green		3E7F5D
Skarsnik Green		5F936F
Loren Forest		51702D
Straken Green		628026
Nurgling Green		849B63
Elysian Green		758E3A
Ogryn Camo		9EA94B
Ushtabi Bone		BCBC80
Screaming Skull		D4D3A3
Tallarn Sand		A67610
Karak Stone		BB9662
Cadian Fleshtone		C87958
Kislev Flesh		D6A876
Bestigor Flesh		D28B57
Ungor Flesh		D7A767
Skrag Brown		904A0F
Deathclaw Brown		B36853
Tau Light Ochre		BF6E1D
Balor Brown		8B5910
Zamesi Desert		DCA026
Doombull Brown		5D000A
Tuskgor Fur		883736
Gorthor Brown		654641
Baneblade Brown		927F6E
Dawnstone		70756E
Administratum Grey		949B94
Eshin Grey		4A4F53
Dark Reaper		3C5051
Thunderhawk Blue		417175
Skavenblight Dinge		48413B
Stormvermin Fur		736C66
Ulthuan Grey		C7E0DA
Pallid Wych Flesh		CDCEBE
Russ Grey		547588
Fenrisian Grey		709CB7
Pink Horror		91305D
Emporer's Children		B94278

DRY

Name	Color	Hex
Praxeti White		FFFFFF
Hexos Palesun		FEF200
Kindleflame		F69E86
Lucius Lilac		B69FCB
Etherium Blue		A1B9D1
Skink Blue		59C1CE
Hellion Green		83C3A9
Underhive Ash		BFBD80
Eldar Flesh		EDC184
Tyrant Skull		CEC687
Terminatus Stone		C7BBD3
Longbeard Grey		DFDEC9
Chnageling Pink		F4AFCE

EDGE

Name	Color	Hex
Gauss Blaster Green		84C2A9
Baharroth Blue		59C1CE
Dorn Yellow		FFF683
Fulgrim Pink		F4AFCC
Flayed One Flesh		CDC586
Krieg Khaki		BFBD82
Blue Horror		A2BAD2
Lugganath Orange		F89E86

Blood and Power Weapons

Found a couple links with worthwhile tutorials on doing blood and power weapons. In the blood tutorial, they use a glue called UHU to make the blood thick. I did some digging and found it on Amazon. I definitly think there's some things I could use these techniques on.

Handy App: Pallettes

So I found this nice little iPad app called Palettes. I'm always afraid of forgetting what colors I am using in a paint scheme for an army, so this lets me create color palettes to remember them. It has other handy features too like pulling all colors from a web address or importing a picture and choosing a color from a specific pixel. I input all the colors from the Citadel paint line into the app so i can then compare to find the closest color. I did this recently with a Tartan swatch (MacKenzie if you must know) since the Trollbloods wear Tartans. In a future post I will put down the hex codes for the Citadel colors.

The only thing the app is lacking is the ability to put a custom name to a color. The author of the app says that it's on his to do list for future updates, so I hope it comes soon.

What to start with...

I have so many minis right now, I am unsure what to start with. It's actually a little intimidating, after being "out of the game" for so long, to get back into painting minis. In the lead up to this new chapter in my tabletop life, I have amassed quite a few minis from different game systems. More Necrons to add to my 40K army from years ago, an army of Trollbloods from Hordes, minis from Malifaux, and not to mention the countless Reaper minis that I have sitting in bags that I never got around to doing anything with.

I'm thinking of starting with some Reaper minis just to get the hang of things before I tackle my armies which I want to look good on the table. After all, every gamer knows that a painted army performs better on the table!