Kingdom Death, Sorted By Monster & Armour Type

Every mini appears to have their own style.  I suppose being upside down marks them out as different to other armour sets.  As such, there’s no core colour to write a guide for at this time.  As more information comes and more models get released this section might get updated, refiled, or deleted.

Below, in order:

Pariah set: Male with Bow
Pariah set: Male with Dagger
Pariah set: Female with Spear
Pariah set: Female with Katana

Dark Elf flesh (Nocturna malefic flesh set)

Base VMC 74.014 Cold Flesh
Shade VMC 74.010 Frozen Flesh
High 74.015 Pale fhesh
peak high 74.016 White Flesh

Default survivor flesh

Base: Reaper MSP 09044 Tanned Skin
Deep Shade: VMC 70.826
Mid shade: Reaper MSP 09043 Tanned Shadow
High 1: with base
High 2: Reaper MSP 09045 Tanned Highlight
Tongues: Paint as flesh, then wash with GW Carroburg Crimson

Guts

Base P3 Khardic Flesh
Drybrush P3 Run Flesh
Wash GW Carroburg Crimson, with touchers of GW Drucii Violet in places and over some lengths
Gloss varnish to make look wet
Can be glzed / washed with GW Blood for the Blood God at the end, after varnishing

Bone

Base P3 Jack Bone
Wash GW Seraphim Sepia
Wash Handcraft Tabletop Terrain Wash 267.01 Dunkelschatten
Drybrush P3 Menoth White Base
Drybrush P3 Menoth White Highlight

Gums

Base: Reaper MSP 09044 Tanned Skin
Wash GW Carroburg Crimson
Drybush P3 Midlund Flesh

Teeth

Base P3 Menoth White Base
Wash GW Agrax Earthshade
Reclaim with base
High P3 Menoth White Highlight

Lantern Glow

8.25: VGC 72.037 Filthy Brown where the lanterns would shine (I used MP 88 Golden Brown)
9.40 VMC 72.008 Orange Fire UPDATE 14/6/24 Killennium: Drybrush closer to the light source

Lanterns

15.54: Vallejo Hot Orange solid base all over
16.54: Scale75 Sol Yellow to centre areas only. I used P3 Cygnus Yellow
MP Miniature Paints 64 Lemon Yellow
17.47: White hotspot in middle
black frames
light drybrush P3 Pig Iron

Cloth

Base 4 White : 1 Reaper MSP 09024 Amethyst Purple
Wash: Similar ratio as above, but mix Amythist Purple with VMC 74.014 Cold Flesh
High 1: 5 White : 1 Reaper MSP 09024 Amethyst Purple + medium
High 2+ add more white
Drybrush white

Hair

Base Reaper MSP 09148 Ghoul Skin
Wash GW Athonian Camoshade mixed 2:1 with Jans Magimix
Drybrush base
drybrush base mixed with VMC 70.918 Ivory

Spikes

Base MRP-F059 Brown-Grey
High1 Brown Grey and MRP-F060 Dust Grey
High2 MRP-F060 Dust Grey
High3 MRP-F060 Dust Grey and MRP-063 Bone White
High4 MRP-063 Bone White
High5 MRP-063 Bone White and White
High6 White
Shade around base only: 2: MRP-F059 Brown-Grey and black as a wash/glaze

Silver strands

Base VMC 72.063 Chainmail silver (Try a little darker next time. Too close to chrome)
High VMC 77.707 Chrome
Reapply Chrome after varnishing

Fur
Base Rreaper MSP 29828 Woodland Brown
Drybrush A.Mig-0620 Dark Sand
Targeted peak highlight Reaper MSP 29825 Tusk Ivory
Wash Reaper MSP 09254 Brown Wash(3) mixed 3:2 with water(2)

Fur to flesh
As above then…
Drybrush P3 Khardic Flesh
Peak highlight drybrush P3 Midlund Flesh

Innards: See Vallejo Non Death Chaos paint set
Base VMC 72.035 Dead Flesh
2x glaize with 2:1:2 Vallejo 72.086 Red Ink: Vallejo 72.091 Sepia Ink: water

Human flesh
Base: Reaper MSP 09044 Tanned Skin
Deep Shade: VMC 70.826
Mid shade: Reaper MSP 09043 Tanned Shadow
High 1: with base
High 2: Reaper MSP 09045 Tanned Highlight
Tongues: Paint as flesh, then wash with GW Carroburg Crimson

Ribs
Base P3 Jack Bone
Drybrush P3 Menoth White Base
Drybrush P3 Menoth White Highlight

Skulls
Base P3 Jack Bone
Wash GW Seraphim Sepia
Wash Handcraft Tabletop Terrain Wash Dunkelshcatten 267.01
Drybrush P3 Menoth White Base
Drybrush P3 Menoth White Highlight

Stone Faces
Base P3 Trollblood Highlight
Light overbrush/heavy drybrush: GW Karak Stone
Heavy-Medium drybrush: GW Screaming Skull
Drybrush: P3 Menoth White Highlight
Dust Vallejo Pigments 73111 Green Earth then immediately airbrush varnish those areas

Horns
Zenithal preshade
Allowed the fur base to extend up them about 1/3rd
Thornwood green wash (x1-2? Hold model upside down while it dries)
1 wash jans magimix
drybrush 2:1 Mouldy Ochre: Menoth White base – Trying VMC 70.847 Dark Sand
drybrush of cryx bane highlight
Light drybrush morrow white
Wash Handcraft Tabletop Terrain Wash 267.03 Algenmoos

Hooves
Base: P3 Cryx Bane Base
Highlight lines of thinned P3 Hammerfal Khaki up from ground (NOTE for next time: Go bolder)
Wash: Jans magimix

Rope
Base VMC 70.884 Stone Grey
Wash Handcraft Tabletop Terrain Wash Dunkelshcatten 267.01
Drybrush P3 Sickly Skin

Teeth
Base P3 Menoth White Base
Wash GW Agrax Earthshade
Reclaim with base
High P3 Menoth White Highlight

Lantern Glow
8.25: VGC 72.037 Filthy Brown where the lanterns would shine (I used MP 88 Golden Brown)
9.40 VMC 72.008 Orange Fire UPDATE 14/6/24 Killennium: Drybrush closer to the light source

Lanterns
15.54: Vallejo Hot Orange solid base all over
16.54: Scale75 Sol Yellow to center areas only. I used P3 Cygnus Yellow
MP Miniature Paints 64 Lemon Yellow
17.47: White hotspot in middle
black frames
light drybrush P3 Pig Iron

Bronze Verdigris
Base Darkstar Blackened Bronze
Drybrush Darkstar Bronze
Wash chainmail with Secret Weapon Sewer Water
Coat everything except chainmail with GW Nihilakh Oxide
Gently drybrush Darkstar Bronze

Dark Leather
Base VMC70.302 Panzer Aces Dark Rust
Drybrush A.Mig-0620 Dark Sand
Wash GW Nuln Oil

Mid Leather
Base VMC 70.983 Flat Earth
Drybrush A.Mig-0620 Dark Sand
Wash GW Agrax Earthshade
Drybrush A.Mig-0620 Dark Sand

Worked wood
Base VMC 70.310 Panzer Aces Old Wood
Wash GW Agrax Earthshade thinned with a little water and medium
Drybrush P3 Menoth White Base

Blades etc
Base VMC 77.712 Steel
Wash VMW 76.519 Olive Green
Highlight VMC 77.712 Steel + VMC 77.707 Chrome
Highlight VMC 77.707 Chrome

Studs etc
P3 Cold Steel

Below, in order:

Pinup Male Screaming God Armour (Pinups of Death 5): Male Fist and Tooth Fighter
Pinup Screaming God Armour (Pinups of Death 5): Female with Club
Valkyrie (Survivors of Death 2): Female with Spear

The Pariah (pics 1 & 2 above) is a male White Speaker who has gone rogue and stolen a red cloak on his way out of town.  The Red Witches have been sent to hunt him down.  In the upcoming Inverted Mountain campaign we will have to fight the Pariah while we are all hanging on the ceiling.  He is the first upside down model I have painted, but there will be more.  He has magnets in his base, and he sticks to a metal sheet at the top on my display cabinet, allowing him to actually hang upside down.  It also saves on shelf space!

The Red Witches (pics 3-5 above) are currently on my painting desk and should be finished this weekend.  As far as I can tell, the Red Witches are the police force of the White Speaker Cult, and so share a lot of their paint scheme.  They all get a shiny new red cloak though, which is the basis of the inventively named Black and Red armour set, which lets people teleport swap locations.

Pic 6 is the Red Witch Inititates, who are 1hp minion models the Red Witches can teleport swap with during the fight.

This post will be expanded as I get more painted.  I’ve got 3 Red Witches, 5 acolytes, and 5 survivors to be built, painted, and added below, with who knows what yet to be released.

Hairy Brushed Red Cloaks (Pariah & Witches)
Base: Khador Red Base
Shade: Sanguine Base
Reclaim with Khador Red Base
High: KRB with KR Highlight 50/50
High: KR Highlight
High: KR Highlight with a little menoth white highlight
glaze Vallejo red ink with a little medium and Water+

Airbrushed Red Cloaks (Initiates)
Base: Sanguine Base
High: Khador Red Base – Use more layers than you think.  Restore vibrancy
High: KRB with KR Highlight 50/50
High: KR Highlight
Brushwork:
Targetted wash with Sanguine Base
High: KRB with KR Highlight 50/50
High: KR Highlight with a little menoth white highlight
glaze Vallejo red ink with a little medium and Water+

Gold
(Undercoat brown.  It takes many layers to go over the red otherwise)
Base Darkstar royal gold
wash GW Druchii violet
high Darkstar Braid Gold
High2 Darkstar Pale Gold
High3 Darkstar Pale Gold + a little vallejo metal colour Chrome 77.707

Black Suits
Base VMA 71.054 Dark Grey Blue
Drybrush Menoth White Base
Wash GW Nuln Oil

Black Shoes
GW Contrast Templar Black

Leather
VMC 70.983 Flat Earth
Drybrush A.Mig-0620 Dark Sand
Wash GW Agrax Earthshade

White
See White Lion

Black Metal
Base VMC 70.994 Dark Grey
Drybrush P3 Pig Iron
Wash GW Nuln Oil

Below, in order:

Red Witches Core Set: Female with Bow
Red Witches Core Set: Female with Sword
Red Witches Core Set: Male with Bow
Red Witches Core Set: Male with Sword
Dark Paladin (Survivors of Death 2): Female with Sword?  Dagger?  Sickle/Scythe?  What is that?

Two characters wearing Crusader Armour have been introduced in the Nukealope Vignette.  There are no rules to gain this through the main game yet so we don’t know which unreleased monster lets you make it.  I’ll come back and edit this whole post once I know more.

For anyone following along and just seeing this update: I’ve added a whole bunch of extra pics to most entries too, if you’re interested.  Or just head over to my main project and check out the last few posts to see them all in one place.

Burgandy Cloth – See Phoenix guide

Metal

Base Vallejo 77.712 Steel
Red Inlay: Mission Models MMP-148 Pearl Red
Burgandy inlay: Liquitex Muted Violet Ink mixed with medium and water+
Highlight 1: 2:1 Steel: Vallejo 77.707 Chrome
Highlight 2: 1:2 Steel: Vallejo 77.707 Chrome
Highlight 3: Vallejo 77.707 Chrome

Red Banner

Undercoat GW Korne Red (Khimera has bad coverage)
Base 3:2 Kimera Red Oxide: Kimera Orange (Maybe try upping the red?)
Shade 1: Red Oxide and Medium. This comes out very transpsrent so be light with the medium
High 1: 1 red oxide:3 orange
High 2: Orange
High 3: 2 Orange: 1 white
High 4: 2 Orange: 2 white
High 5: 1 Orange: 2 white

Below, in order:

Ashbloom (Nukealope Vignette): Female with Spear
Ashroot (Nukealope Vignette): Male with Spear

Terrain comes as card tiles in the box, but I’ve made some upgrades.

Here’s my notes on painting the ground/stone:

Base: P3 Trollblood Highlight (can also use Mission Models MMW-006 Transparent Dust, or 4:1 or 5:1 msp ghoul skin : AP Banshee Brown)

Light overbrush/heavy drybrush: GW Karak Stone

Heavy-Medium drybrush: GW Screaming Skull or P3 Jack Bone

Drybrush: P3 Menoth White Highlight

Finally, I took an old soft drybrush and rubbed lots of Vallejo Pigments 73.111 Green Earth in to everything, tapped off the excess, and then airbrush varnished everything immediately. (I tried a different pigment first on one tile and didn’t like it. For some reason it didn’t fade as much as the green I put over it)

The pigment is almost completely gone, but has some effect. I really need a way to make it stay as a powder/dust when I varnish. I’ve never quite got the hang of pigments.

Below, in order:

3d printed terrain from a freely available STL pack.  I ran out of resin, but one day I’ll print more.
Dead body: Its the “Murder Victim” sculpt from the Gamblers Chest.
Statue, front and back.  A failed 3d print on an odd base I had lying around.
Tall Grass.  I made a full set of these.  It’s a bit of an abstraction, as the whole tile should be tall grass, but then where do you put the models?
Acanthus herbs.

Some models don’t belong in the game or the lore, and defy grouping in to categories.  I’ll add them all here as I paint them.

Below, in order:

Nightmare Adam (Gamblers Chest)
Scifi Aya (Gamblers Chest)
Father and Son (Gamblers Chest)
Gourmet Hunter Anna & Milkshake (Gamblers Chest)
The Damsel (Lion Knight box)
The Fool (Lion Knight box)
The Ruler (Lion Knight box)
The Villain (Lion Knight box)

They exist in the lore and in plastic, but not currently in game.  I keep seeing sculpts I think are such characters.

Below, in order:

Romantic Adventurer (Gamblers Chest): Male with dagger and scythe