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How to paint Skaven

Every Skaven unit, and the colour schemes and paint lists other painters have published for them.

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Skaven colour palette

The paints a Skaven force is built from, by area and by role — base, shade, layer and highlight. A starting point for every unit below.

Every paint below links to its equivalents in other brands.

Skaven signature colours

Beginner · 3 areas

Matted grey-brown fur under tattered warpstone-green robes, the uniform of a horde that trusts numbers over discipline.

Fur

Robes

Base

Units

Arch-Warlock Allies Bringer of the Word Allies Clawleader Allies Clawlord Allies Deathmaster Allies Fangleader Allies Grey Seer Allies Master Moulder Allies Nightleader Allies Plague Priest Allies Skritch Spiteclaw Allies Warlock Bombardier Allies Warlock Engineer Allies Doom-Flayer Fighters Giant Rat Fighters Gutter Runner Fighters Night Runner Fighters Krrk the Almost-trusted Fighters Packmaster Fighters Skryre Acolyte Fighters Warp-Grinder Fighters Warplock Jezzail Fighters Warpfire Thrower Fighters Clanrat Fighters Plague Monk Fighters The Festering Skaven Fighters The Hungering Skaven Fighters The Lurking Skaven Fighters Rat Ogor Fighters Stormvermin Fighters Stormfiend Fighters

Track this project from sprue to finished

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