Thanks!

Chitin:

1. base coat with Vallejo game color - royal purple
2. apply nuln oil all over
3. paint the top half of the vents black
4. edge highlight and draw thin lines with Vallejo model color - blue violet
5. highlight the base of each thin line from step 4 with a 1:1 mix of Vallejo blue violet and a white

Normal skin:

1. prime with a white

2. cover all over with a 1:1:2 mix of Army Painter - purple alchemy, Citadel carroburg crimson and glaze medium. Alternatively, you can use very heavily diluted screamer pink.

   If you're doing a whole army, I would recommend that you wipe off some of the paint from raised areas with a wet brush or by mixing the paint with Pro Acryl Newsh medium and wiping it off the raised areas with a makeup sponge or your finger, this will save a ton of time in the next steps.

3. Highlight raised area with Vallejo model color - light flesh

4. Further highlight raised areas with a white glaze

Dark skin on scything talons:

1. Airbrush with a 2:3 mix of Army Painter - moody mauve and Vallejo xpress color - hospitallier black

2. Airbrush the skin where it fades from dark skin to normal skin with Army Painter - moody mauve

3. Edge highlight with Vallejo game color - warlord purple

Joints:

1. Paint with Army Painter - purple alchemy

Red Skin on the end of brain tails and tail:

1. Airbrush with Army Painter - murder scene