Age of Sigmar: Introductory Set
Skaven · 25 models · 2 kits
5× Stormcast Eternals Liberators · 20× Skaven Clanrats
House Cawdor Paint Scheme
A full House Cawdor 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.
Start this scheme
We can't price a box for House Cawdor in your market today, so here are boxes to start from — and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
Age of Sigmar: Starter Set
Skaven · 35 models · 4 kits
1× Lord-Veritant · 1× Gryph-crow · 3× Prosecutors · 5× Liberators · 1× Grey Seer · 1× Warlock Engineer · 3× Rat Ogors · 20× Clanrats
from €77.00· compare 3 shops· priced 28 Aug
Kill Team: Starter Set
Death Guard · 14 models
7× Angels of Death Kill Team operatives · 7× Plague Marine Kill Team operatives
from €81.00· compare 3 shops· priced 28 Aug
Warhammer 40,000: Starter Set
Orks · 46 models · 9 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
Horus Heresy: Saturnine Starter Set
Legiones Astartes · 50 models · 5 kits
1× Saturnine Praetor · 1× Centurion in MKII power armour · 1× Saturnine Dreadnought · 1× Araknae Quad Accelerator Platform · 6× Saturnine Terminators · 40× Legionaries in MKII power armour
20% off RRPFlesh-eater Courts: Charnel Watch - Spearhead
Flesh-eater Courts · 17 models · 4 kits
1× Abhorrant Gorewarden · 3× Crypt Horrors · 3× Crypt Flayers · 10× Royal Beastflayers (a Flaymaster, 7 Beastflayers and 2 Offal Hounds)
from €80.24· compare 2 shops· priced 28 Aug
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€216.67at Loaded Dice · eBay· priced 28 AugCovers 10 of 14 colours in this scheme
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from €44.00· compare 2 shops· priced 28 AugCovers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
+38
from €172.50· compare 2 shops· priced 28 AugCovers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
Covers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
€42.00at Battle Bear · eBay· priced 28 Aug
Covers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
€29.75at Monument Hobbies EU· priced 3 Sep
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Base coat
Shade
Layer
Highlight
Edge highlight
Additional details
Trim
Weapons
Leather
Skin
Lenses
Basing
Layered rags
Redemptionist crimson
Lantern flame
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Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
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2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
★ Our pick for shade
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3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
Discontinued
Iyanden Darksun
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for layer
Exact Match
Sahara Yellow
Scale75
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Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
★ Our pick for highlight
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Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
Inner Light
Army Painter
★ Our pick for edge highlight
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Details & accent colours
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.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
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Duraluminium
Vallejo
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Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
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Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
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Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
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Caucasian Skintone
Kimera Kolors
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
Caledor Sky
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
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Royal Blue
Army Painter
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Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
Discontinued
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for basing — earth
Very Close
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
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Layered rags
A Cawdor model is more cloth than body - shift each strip of sackcloth a shade either side of the ochre so the layers separate.
★ Our pick for layered rags
Exact Match
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Khemri Brown
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Redemptionist crimson
Hoods, tabards and book covers in deep red - the one saturated colour on an otherwise filthy figure.
Gemstone Red
Army Painter
★ Our pick for redemptionist crimson
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Lantern flame
Lamps, censers and candle stubs - warm yellow blended to white at the wick, glazed onto whatever the lamp hangs over.
★ Our pick for lantern flame
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Exact Match
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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
Tallarn Sand
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetPapyrus Dip
Green Stuff World
No price tracked yetIyanden Darksun
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetBuff
Vallejo
No price tracked yetInner Light
Army Painter
No price tracked yetGrey Knights Steel
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetIron Wolf
Army Painter
Owlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetCaledor Sky
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetIJA Khaki Brown
Vallejo
No price tracked yetGemstone Red
Army Painter
No price tracked yetNatural Wood Grain
Vallejo
No price tracked yet
Every House Cawdor kit and box, priced
Prices compared across the shops that stock them — boxes ranked by cost per model.
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