50 paints
Covers 10 of 14 colours in this scheme
Ash Waste Nomads Paint Scheme
A full Ash Waste Nomads paint scheme, generated and ready to test: the armour ramp from basecoat to edge highlight plus metals, skin, lenses and basing — every colour matched to real paints from Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and 35+ more ranges, with live prices. Use it as a planner, tweak any colour, or take it into the full generator.
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Paint sets that cover this scheme
All paint setsOne box of paints instead of 14 pots. Each card says how many of this scheme's colours it holds.
16 paints
Covers 9 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
8 paints
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
8 paints
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
Or cover 100% of this scheme with 3 paint sets, A$475.98 together: Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set + Warpaints Fanatic Metallics Paint Set + Vallejo Model Color - Earthtones Set
General starter boxes
All boxesWe can't price a Ash Waste Nomads box in your market today, so these are general starter boxes, and each card says so.
Not Ash Waste Nomads — general starterSkaven · 25 models · 2 kits
5× Stormcast Eternals Liberators · 20× Skaven Clanrats
Not Ash Waste Nomads — general starterOrks · 12 models · 4 kits
1× Space Marines Lieutenant · 5× Intercessors · 1× Ork Nob · 5× Ork Boyz
Not Ash Waste Nomads — general starterDeath Guard · 14 models
7× Angels of Death Kill Team operatives · 7× Plague Marine Kill Team operatives
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
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- Base coatDark YellowVallejo · Arte DecoView paint
- ShadeGaraghak's SewerCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960035View paint
- LayerDesert BrownVallejo · Model Color 70.767View paint
- HighlightDesert YellowScale75 · Warfront RangeView paint
- Edge highlightElfic FleshVallejo · Game Color 72.098View paint
Additional details
- TrimNecron CompoundCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048View paint
- WeaponsJohn Blanche Masterclass: Heavy MetalArmy Painter · Warpaints FanaticView paint
- LeatherBeasty BrownVallejo · Game Color 72.043View paint
- SkinBestigor FleshCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243View paint
- LensesTeclis BlueCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951315View paint
- BasingEnglish UniformVallejo · Model Color 70.921View paint
- Sun-bleached wrapsBone WhiteVallejo · Game Color 72.034View paint
- Nomad turquoiseHydra TurquoiseArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3038PView paint
- Ash dustGreat Hall GreyArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3009PView paint
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Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
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Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
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Garaghak's Sewer
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960035
fromA$10.26· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
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Karak Stone
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951333
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Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
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Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
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Flayed One Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951368
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Details & accent colours
Change scheme ↑Everything else on the model - metals, skin, leather, lenses, basing and this faction's signature accents.
Metal — trim
Trim and bare plate. Basecoat steel, wash dark, then edge bright silver.
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Necron Compound
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048
fromA$5.50· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Shining Silver
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
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Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
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Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
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Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243
fromA$5.45· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Barbarian Flesh
Army Painter · Warpaints
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Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
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Teclis Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951315
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Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
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XV-88
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950285
Sun-bleached wraps
Head-wraps and cloaks two or three shades paler than the ochre body - the storms fade everything out here.
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Nomad turquoise
Beads, sashes and harness cloth in dusty teal - the one cool colour, and the reason the gang reads as a culture rather than a sandstorm.
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Temple Guard Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951318
fromA$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
Ash dust
Drybrush pale grey up from the base over boots, hems and the underside of every wing - it ties rider, mount and base together.
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Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
14 paints in this scheme
Price this recipe
14 paintspostage per seller
- not stocked: Desert Yellow, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Teclis Blue
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
- not stocked: Desert Brown, Desert Yellow, Elfic Flesh, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, English Uniform, Bone White, Hydra Turquoise, Great Hall Grey
- not stocked: Dark Yellow, Desert Brown, Desert Yellow, Elfic Flesh, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Bestigor Flesh, English Uniform, Bone White, Hydra Turquoise, Great Hall Grey
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Garaghak's Sewer
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960035
fromA$10.26· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
Necron Compound
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048
fromA$5.50· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243
fromA$5.45· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
Teclis Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951315
Every Ash Waste Nomads kit and box, priced
Prices compared across the shops that stock them — boxes ranked by cost per model.
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