50 paints
Covers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme
Ironhead Squat Prospectors Paint Scheme
A full Ironhead Squat Prospectors 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 13 pots. Each card says how many of this scheme's colours it holds.
7 paints
Covers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme
8 paints
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme
6 paints
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 6 of 13 colours in this scheme
Or cover 100% of this scheme with 3 paint sets, €197.58 together: Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set + AK Interactive 3rd Genacrylic Yellow Essential Colors Set (AK11615) + Warpaints Fanatic Metallics Paint Set
General starter boxes
All boxesWe can't price a Ironhead Squat Prospectors box in your market today, so these are general starter boxes, and each card says so.
Not Ironhead Squat Prospectors — general starterHouse Escher · 71 models
8× House Escher Miniatures · 8× Goliath Bruiser Miniatures · 1× Zone Mortalis: Factoria Pipe Terrain · 54× Condition and Status Markers
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
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- Base coatFilthy BrownVallejo · Game ColorView paint
- ShadeNazdreg YellowCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960215View paint
- LayerTransparent YellowVallejo · Model ColorView paint
- HighlightInner LightArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3102PView paint
- Edge highlightInner LightArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic WP3102PView 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
- Dark plate & rebreathersJohn Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad GreyArmy Painter · Warpaints FanaticView paint
- Mine grimeUS Field DrabVallejo · Model Color 70.873View 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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Nazdreg Yellow
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960215
from€5.90· 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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Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
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Expert Acrylics Arylide Yellow Deep
Monument · Monument Expert Acrylics
€7.32at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
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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
from€2.88· compare 5 shops· priced 16 Sep
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
from€2.88· compare 7 shops· priced 16 Sep
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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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Adepticon Magnesium
Monument · Monument Pro Signature Series MPA-S42
€5.22at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
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Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
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Flameon Dark Green Brown
Monument · Monument Pro Signature Series MPA-S25
€5.22at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
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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
from€3.28· compare 6 shops· priced 13 Sep
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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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Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine
Monument · Monument Pro Signature Series MPA-S35
€5.22at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 12 Aug
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
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Dark plate & rebreathers
Everything under the hi-vis is gunmetal grey - the yellow is a harness worn over a working rig, not the armour itself.
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Mine grime
Dust the boots, knees and drill heads with earth brown and stipple it up the shins. A clean prospector has not been down the hole.
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12 paints in this scheme
Price this recipe
12 paintspostage per seller
- not stocked: John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey
7 of 8 priced · EU (Denmark): parcels from 45.95 kr, free over 975 kr — their postage is quoted in kroner even where the product price is shown in euros
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Transparent Yellow, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey
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- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Transparent Yellow, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, English Uniform, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey, US Field Drab
EU (Spain): ships from Spain, free over €200 — carriage varies with the weight of the parcel and they publish no country table
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Nazdreg Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Inner Light, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Nazdreg Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Necron Compound, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Teclis Blue, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Nazdreg Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Necron Compound, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Teclis Blue, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey
EU marketplace: postage set by each dealer (no single € threshold); free pickup at the selling shop
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Nazdreg Yellow, Inner Light, Necron Compound, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Teclis Blue, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey
EU (France): from €5.90 to a French pick-up point, €7.36 ex VAT to Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, dearer further out — free to collection points over €350 in France and €450 in those four
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Nazdreg Yellow, Transparent Yellow, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Bestigor Flesh, English Uniform, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey, US Field Drab
EU: ships to Germany & Austria only — €6.95 DE (free over €150), €11.40 AT
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Nazdreg Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Inner Light, Necron Compound, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Bestigor Flesh, Teclis Blue, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey
EU (Netherlands): €6.45 by DHL within the Netherlands, free over €100; €9.75 to Belgium and Germany, free over €125; dearer further out, and only to the countries they list
- not stocked: Filthy Brown, Nazdreg Yellow, Transparent Yellow, Inner Light, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Bestigor Flesh, English Uniform, John Blanche Masterclass: Ironclad Grey, US Field Drab
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Nazdreg Yellow
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Contrast 99189960215
from€5.90· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
Necron Compound
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048
from€2.88· compare 7 shops· priced 16 Sep
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243
from€3.28· compare 6 shops· priced 13 Sep
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