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
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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We can't price a box for Ironhead Squat Prospectors 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
Vallejo Model Air - Basic Box Set
71 paints
£191.99
£239.99-20%
+59
from £191.99· compare 2 shops· priced 3 JulCovers 10 of 13 colours in this scheme
Vallejo Model Color - American Colonial Set
16 paints
£38.39
£47.99-20%
+4
from £38.39· compare 2 shops· priced 3 Jul
Covers 8 of 13 colours in this scheme
Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set
50 paints
£143.99
£160.15-10%
+38
from £143.99· compare 3 shops· priced 2 SepCovers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme
Covers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme
Vallejo Model Air - WWII British Aircraft RAF/FAA Set
16 paints
£38.39
£47.99-20%
+4
from £38.39· compare 2 shops· priced 3 JulCovers 7 of 13 colours in this scheme
Vallejo Model Air - Basic Colours & Airbrush Set
29 paints
£191.99
£239.99-20%
+17
from £191.99· compare 2 shops· priced 3 JulCovers 7 of 13 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
Dark plate & rebreathers
Mine grime
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
Very Close
Exact Match
CloseDiscontinued
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
★ Our pick for shade
Close
Misted Yellow Dip
Green Stuff World
Similar
Similar
Super Wash Mid Brown
Coat d'Arms
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
★ Our pick for layer
Exact MatchDiscontinued
Exact Match
Very Close
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
★ Our pick for highlight
Exact Match
Exact Match
Very Close
Close
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Very Close
Golden Cream
Green Stuff World
Close
Close
Ss Camo Top Lights
Scale75
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
Very Close
Very Close
Very Close
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.
Teclis Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Very Close
Very Close
Bavarian Cornflower Blue
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Close
Close
Rogue Hobbies Ultramarine
Monument
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
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.
★ Our pick for dark plate & rebreathers
Exact Match
Very Close
Close
Blackroot Grey
Green Stuff World
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.
★ Our pick for mine grime
Exact Match
Gobi Brown
Scale75
Very Close
Dark Beige
Green Stuff World
Very CloseDiscontinued
Graveyard Earth
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.
Buy It as a Box
Paint sets that cover this recipe - a set is usually cheaper than buying pots one by one.
Vallejo Model Air - Basic Box Set
71 paints
£191.99
£239.99-20%
+59
from £191.99· compare 2 shops· priced 3 JulCovers 10 of 13 paints in this scheme (77%) — base coat, layer, highlight, edge highlight and more.
Or cover 92% of the recipe with 2 boxes (£227.05 total):
Vallejo Model Air - Basic Box Set
71 paints
£191.99
£239.99-20%
+59
from £191.99· compare 2 shops· priced 3 Jul
Army Painter Speedpaint Metallics Set 2.0
10 paints
£34.99
£38.95-10%
from £34.99· compare 3 shops· priced 28 Aug
Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
13 paints in this scheme
Price this recipe
13 paintsfree UK delivery over £20
- Iyanden Yellow£4.04
- Desert Ochre£2.80
- Inner Light£2.88
- Grey Knights Steel£4.04
- Bestigor Flesh£2.34
- Teclis Blue£2.34
- IJA Khaki Brown£2.36
- not stocked: Transparent Yellow, Harvest Yellow, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Graveyard Earth, Sombre Grey
postage per seller
- Iyanden YellowModel Workshop£4.39
- Desert OchreMerlin's Miniatures£3.50
- Transparent YellowJadlam£2.99
- Inner LightMerlin's Miniatures£2.99
- Grey Knights SteelModel Workshop£2.54
- Sombre GreyJadlam£2.49
- IJA Khaki BrownModel Workshop£2.66
- not stocked: Harvest Yellow, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Teclis Blue, Graveyard Earth
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
Add 3 to Amazon basket- Grey Knights Steelsee price
- Bestigor Fleshsee price
- IJA Khaki Brownsee price
- not stocked: Iyanden Yellow, Desert Ochre, Transparent Yellow, Harvest Yellow, Inner Light, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Teclis Blue, Graveyard Earth, Sombre Grey
totals excl. delivery · affiliate links
Iyanden Yellow
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£4.04at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugTransparent Yellow
Vallejo
£2.99at Jadlam · eBay· priced 28 AugHarvest Yellow
Vallejo
No price tracked yetInner Light
Army Painter
£2.88at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugIron Wolf
Army Painter
No price tracked yetOwlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugTeclis Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetSombre Grey
Vallejo
£2.49at Jadlam · eBay· priced 28 AugIJA Khaki Brown
Vallejo
£2.36at Wayland Games· priced 28 Aug
Every Ironhead Squat Prospectors kit and box, priced
Prices compared across the shops that stock them — boxes ranked by cost per model.
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