Age of Sigmar: Introductory Set
Skaven · 25 models · 2 kits
5× Stormcast Eternals Liberators · 20× Skaven Clanrats
from £38.25· compare 2 shops· priced 28 Aug
House Escher Paint Scheme
A full House Escher 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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We can't price a box for House Escher in your market today, so here are boxes to start from — and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
Warhammer 40,000: Introductory Set
Orks · 12 models · 4 kits
1× Space Marines Lieutenant · 5× Intercessors · 1× Ork Nob · 5× Ork Boyz
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 £62.55· 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 £67.05· compare 5 shops· priced 28 Aug
20% off RRPStarter Set - Band of Brothers (Third Edition)
United States · 2 kits
12× US Airborne (D-Day) Miniatures · 12× German Grenadiers Miniatures · 1× German Sd.Kfz 251/1 half-track · 1× US M3A1 half-track
20% off RRPGetting Started with Orks: Warhammer 40,000 - 11th Edition - English
Orks · 33 models · 5 kits
£114.40 of contents → £84.00 (save approx £30.40)
from £84.00· compare 3 shops· priced 4 Sep
AK Interactive Signature Set - WWII German Uniforms by Calvin Tan (AK11759)
18 paints
£44.55
£49.50-10%
+6
£44.55at Loaded Dice· priced 2 SepCovers 6 of 14 colours in this scheme
Flexible Triad PLUS+: Deep Greens Paint Set
7 paints
£17.46
£19.40-10%
from £17.46· compare 2 shops· priced 2 Sep
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
AK Interactive Signature Set - Anime Figures - Special Flesh & Skins by Keigo Murakami (AK11765)
18 paints
£44.55
£49.50-10%
+6
£44.55at Loaded Dice· priced 2 SepCovers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
+40
£186.73at Loaded Dice· priced 2 SepCovers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
Vallejo Model Air - Basic Box Set
71 paints
£191.99
£239.99-20%
+59
from £191.99· compare 2 shops· priced 3 JulCovers 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
Acid-bright hair
Chem-vials & neon
Black bodyglove
1
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
Close
Close
Close
Approximate
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
★ Our pick for layer
Very Close
Very Close
Very CloseDiscontinued
Close
Rogue Hobbies Bright Green
Monument
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
★ Our pick for highlight
Very Close
Orruk Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Very Close
Close
Close
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Close
Orruk Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Close
Close
Close
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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Heavy Metal
Scale75
Close
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
Similar
Close
Black Metal
Scale75
Similar
Similar
Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
Exact Match
Very Close
Very Close
Beasty Brown
Vallejo
Very Close
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
Very Close
Very Close
Elf Skin Tone
Vallejo
Very Close
Resurrection Flesh
Scale75
Very Close
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.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Very Close
CloseDiscontinued
Warlock Purple
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
Close
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
Gobi Brown
Scale75
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Very Close
Dark Beige
Green Stuff World
Acid-bright hair
The second focal point on every Escher model - neon green, cyan or magenta, laid over a white basecoat because these colours die over black.
★ Our pick for acid-bright hair
Very Close
One-coat Yellow-green
Warcolours
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
Close
Chem-vials & neon
Vials, blade edges and glowing trim in a clashing hot pink. One bright note per model, so it reads as chem-alchemy rather than confetti.
★ Our pick for chem-vials & neon
Very Close
Fluorescent Pink
Monument
CloseDiscontinued
Magenta Ink
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
Black bodyglove
The green panels sit on flat matt black - keep its highlights cold and thin so the acid green does all the shouting.
★ Our pick for black bodyglove
Very Close
Exact Match
Decay Black
Scale75
Very Close
Transparent Black
Monument
Exact Match
Obsidian Pigment Toner
Army Painter
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Buy It as a Box
Paint sets that cover this recipe - a set is usually cheaper than buying pots one by one.
AK Interactive Signature Set - WWII German Uniforms by Calvin Tan (AK11759)
18 paints
£44.55
£49.50-10%
+6
£44.55at Loaded Dice· priced 2 SepCovers 6 of 14 paints in this scheme (43%) — base coat, layer, leather & pouches, skin & flesh and more.
Or cover 79% of the recipe with 3 boxes (£347.31 for 2 of the 3 — the rest are priced in dollars):
AK Interactive Signature Set - WWII German Uniforms by Calvin Tan (AK11759)
18 paints
£44.55
£49.50-10%
+6
£44.55at Loaded Dice· priced 2 Sep
Speedpaint Complete Set 2.0
90 paints
£302.76
£336.40-10%
+78
from £302.76· compare 4 shops· priced 3 JulYour 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 paintsfree UK delivery over £20
- Niblet Green£2.34
- Ferocious Green£2.88
- Grey Knights Steel£4.04
- Bestigor Flesh£2.34
- Spellbound Fuchsia£2.88
- Lime Green£3.42
- Black Legion£4.04
- not stocked: Dark Green, Treant Green, Apple Green, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Graveyard Earth, Boysenberry Pink
postage per seller
- Ferocious GreenMerlin's Miniatures£2.99
- Grey Knights SteelModel Workshop£2.54
- Spellbound FuchsiaMerlin's Miniatures£2.99
- Black LegionModel Workshop£4.39
- not stocked: Niblet Green, Dark Green, Treant Green, Apple Green, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Graveyard Earth, Lime Green, Boysenberry Pink
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
Add 4 to Amazon basket- Niblet Greensee price
- Grey Knights Steelsee price
- Bestigor Fleshsee price
- Black Legionsee price
- not stocked: Dark Green, Treant Green, Ferocious Green, Apple Green, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Spellbound Fuchsia, Graveyard Earth, Lime Green, Boysenberry Pink
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Niblet Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugDark Green
Warcolours
No price tracked yetTreant Green
Army Painter
No price tracked yetFerocious Green
Army Painter
£2.88at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugApple Green
Vallejo
No price tracked yetIron Wolf
Army Painter
No price tracked yetOwlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugSpellbound Fuchsia
Army Painter
£2.88at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetLime Green
Scale75
£3.42at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugBoysenberry Pink
Vallejo
No price tracked yetBlack Legion
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£4.04at Wayland Games· priced 28 Aug
Every House Escher kit and box, priced
Prices compared across the shops that stock them — boxes ranked by cost per model.
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