Kyle's completed Salamanders MkVI Marine - looking down the barrel.

Black primer throughout. Black primer making the base medium olive green armour color read darker.

Vallejo Medium Olive as the main armour colour - a deep, earthy green that reads as the Salamanders' dark green without the harsh blue-green of some Citadel alternatives. Shoulders and other black armour portions painted with Vallejo Model Color Black.

The object source lighting is the defining technique of this build. Fluorescent Orange heavily thinned and airbrushed onto the inner legs, top of the knee armour, and belt/torso area - all the surfaces that would catch the heat and light radiating from the flamer barrel before it fires. Applied gradually, building the glow from the weapon outward. The fluorescent pigment ensures the orange reads as emissive rather than just painted-on colour.

Under shot - OSL glow on the inner legs and torso

Low side profile - inner flamer and shoulder studs

The flamer muzzle is glazed with progressively thinned Nuln Oil and Drakenhof Nightshade to create a black-to-blue gradient - the blue reading as superheated metal at the point where the flame exits. The promethium canister body is Camouflage Green for a toxic, chemical look. The canister skull is Gory Red. Decorative bits and fuel hose on the weapon are Liberator Gold.

Corax White line down the centre of each lens, then Fluorescent Orange glazed over - tying the eye lenses to the flamer OSL glow and making the whole model feel unified around its light source. Helmet sensor painted Gory Red.

Chainmail Silver on all steel metallic areas, washed with Nuln Oil. Liberator Gold on the bonding studs, backpack trim, and decorative weapon detail - a warm gold that reads distinctly Salamanders and ties back to the chapter's Nocturne heritage.

Heavy Charcoal on all soft armour joints, washed with Nuln Oil to keep them dark and recessive.

All leather elements in AK Dark Brown, washed with Agrax Earthshade to deepen the recesses and unify the tone.

The base is built in three distinct zones that tell the story of the flamer in action. AK Sandy Desert Paste as the texture throughout, then Fluorescent Orange airbrushed across the entire base as a glowing underlayer before anything else goes on top.

The charred area behind the marine - where the flamer has already fired - is worked up from Abaddon Black mixed progressively with increasing amounts of Corax White, building toward an off-white ash tone. The transition from black to near-white mimics real combustion: deep char at the hottest point, fading to pale ash at the edges.

The front unscorched area, where the marine is about to fire, uses Hot Orange mixed with Moon Yellow to create a warm gradient - implying the ground is already starting to heat up and be slowly consumed before the flamer even reaches it. Together the two zones pull the eye from back to front and put the flamer right at the centre of the narrative.

Birds-eye rear - ground colour transition, studs and backpack

Birds-eye front - ground transition and flamer detail

Vallejo Mecha Satin to finish - preserving the depth of the dark green without flattening it under matt. The satin also lets the OSL glow areas retain their warmth rather than being dulled by a heavy matte coat.

All paints used in this guide are in stock at Wheels & Wings Hobbies in Toronto, available online with Canada-wide shipping. Warhammer 40,000 Armageddon launches June 20, 2026.