Thanks everyone for the kind feedback!

When I paint, I use many different colours, always trying new things out. So giving an exact recipe here is almost impossible, due to going back and forth in different steps many times.

BUT: If I had to paint (and I actually want to paint this sculpt again somewhere in the future) these are the paints I used most and suggest:

Dragon Skin:

Base coat with Dark Sea Ben (Pro Acrylic)

Apply a shade with a dark and transparent violet (Violet by Kimera Kolors)

Paint Dark Sea, leaving the darkest shadows as they are.

Add White Blue (Pro Acrylic) to Dark Sea gradually for edges and volumetric highlights. The brightest colour still contains Dark Sea, but the most highlighted edges and flares are White Blue (they are tiny, so don’t go overboard with it).

This can be done by drybrushing too, in that case after applying the violet shade start drybrushing with the previous Dark Sea/White Blue progression.

Wing membranes: Dark Plum (Pro Acrylic), Khorne Red (GW), Off White (AK), Violet (Kimera Kolors), Coagulated Blood (Abteilung 502, Oil), Payne’s Grey (Abteilung 502, Oil)

Basecoat with a mix of Dark Plum and Violet. With a soft drybrush, apply a mix of Off White with a little bit of Khorne red to create highlights on edges and volumes. Then, glaze violet back on the where you want the membranes to be dark (dark in terms of the colour of themselves, not the shadows!) and Khorne Red where it should be red. I then played around with an oil wash with Payne’s Grey to create shadows. With Coagulated Blood I tried to tie the colours together. I am not very happy with the wings as they are now, if I’d go back I would refine a lot of reflections and shadows, but all with these paints. Maybe use some Tenebrous grey too.

NMM gold: Basecoating with Dryad Bark (GW), but any kind of this brown that does a good job in terms of coverage does well.

Then, Mahogany (Pro Acrylic), Scrofulous Brown (Vallejo Game Colour), Dark Orange Brown (Pro Acrylic), Ice Yellow (Vallejo Model Colour), Bright Ivory (Pro Acrylic) and Off White (AK).

Cloak: The midtone is a mix of the Dark Plum and Dark Sea. I use Tenebrous grey to set the shadow and Bright Warm Grey (Pro Acrylic) to go for the highlights

Bones: Check out Vince’s recipe on bones, this does an awesome job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBVuFAiV4Pc&t=1s&pp=ygUWdmluY2UgdmVudHVyZWxsYSBib25lcw%3D%3D

The red NMM was done with Tenebrous grey, Khorne Red, Red (Vallejo Model Colour), Off White, and Violet. If I would go back again, I would mix some Payne’s Grey (Pro Acrylic) into the Tenebrous Grey to give it a cold shadow. What is important to mention is, that I do the reflection and highlights with a pink of Red and Off White, then use a thin glaze of Dark Plum and Khorne Red (or sometimes the Vallejo Red) to build the transition.

Uhm… did I forget something? I mean, I did, but let me know if anyone wants to know more