50 paints
Covers 9 of 12 colours in this scheme
Salamanders Paint Scheme
A full Salamanders 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.
Your scheme
Only paints we can link you to a shop for. Pick a brand to build the whole recipe from one range.
Paint sets that cover this scheme
All paint setsOne box of paints instead of 12 pots. Each card says how many of this scheme's colours it holds.
4 paints
Covers 4 of 12 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 4 of 12 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 3 of 12 colours in this scheme
4 paints
Covers 3 of 12 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 3 of 12 colours in this scheme
Or cover 92% of this scheme with 2 paint sets, A$385.99 together: Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set + Warpaints Fanatic Metallics Paint Set
General starter boxes
All boxesWe can't price a Salamanders box in your market today, so these are general starter boxes, and each card says so.
Not Salamanders — general starterOrks · 12 models · 4 kits
1× Space Marines Lieutenant · 5× Intercessors · 1× Ork Nob · 5× Ork Boyz
Not Salamanders — general starterDeath Guard · 14 models
7× Angels of Death Kill Team operatives · 7× Plague Marine Kill Team operatives
Not Salamanders — general starterOrks · 46 models · 10 kits
1× Captain with Relic Shield · 1× Librarian · 5× Intercessors · 5× Vanguard Veterans with Jump Packs · 1× Land Speeder · 1× Warboss · 1× Weirdboy · 20× Ork Boyz · 10× Gretchin · 1× Wartrakk · 4× Large Manufactorum Ruins · 4× Small Manufactorum Ruins · 1× Shock Array · 1× Capacitor Stack · 2× Rockcrete Barricades · 1× Generator Shrine · 2× Galvanic Pylons
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Tap a colour to change its paint.
- Base coatForest GreenVallejo · Arte Deco≈ Closest paint we sellView paint
- ShadeGreen ToneArmy Painter · Quickshade Washes SetView paint
- LayerSplinter Blotches IVallejo · Panzer AcesView paint
- HighlightSkarsnik GreenCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951324View paint
- Edge highlightGauss Blaster GreenCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951374View 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
- SkinSplinter Blotches IIVallejo · Panzer AcesView paint
- LensesWarlock PurpleArmy Painter · WarpaintsView paint
- BasingEnglish UniformVallejo · Model Color 70.921View paint
- Flame & lensesBright OrangeVallejo · Model Color 70.851View paint
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Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
Closest paint we sell — not an exact match for this colour
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★ Our pick for base coat
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Greenskin
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
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Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
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Dark Angels Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960106
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Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
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Exact Match
Greenskin
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
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Warpstone Glow
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951321
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Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
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Skarsnik Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951324
fromA$5.45· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
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Gauss Blaster Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951374
fromA$5.50· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
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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.
Suggested
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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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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Emperor's Children
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951366
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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
Flame & lenses
Eyes, flamers and heraldry - the chapter signature orange flame.
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Troll Slayer Orange
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951301
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Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
12 paints in this scheme
Price this recipe
12 paintspostage per seller
- not stocked: Splinter Blotches I, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Splinter Blotches II
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
- not stocked: Forest Green, Green Tone, Splinter Blotches I, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Splinter Blotches II, Warlock Purple, English Uniform, Bright Orange
- not stocked: Forest Green, Green Tone, Splinter Blotches I, Skarsnik Green, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Splinter Blotches II, Warlock Purple, English Uniform, Bright Orange
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Skarsnik Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951324
fromA$5.45· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
Gauss Blaster Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951374
fromA$5.50· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
Necron Compound
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048
fromA$5.50· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
Every Salamanders kit and box, priced
Prices compared across the shops that stock them — boxes ranked by cost per model.
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Common questions
Is there a full list of Salamanders paint schemes?
This page has the generated recipe for the classic Salamanders scheme — armour ramp, metals, skin and basing, matched across 35+ paint ranges — plus every other Warhammer 40,000 faction's paint schemes below, or set your own colour in the full generator.