The Army Painter: Speedpaint: Mummified Grime

One Coat. Instant Depth.

Mummified Grime is a warm, desaturated earth tone from The Army Painter's Speedpaint range — a colour built for speed painters and anyone who wants striking results without a lengthy workflow. Speedpaints are a single-application solution that combines base coating and shading in one step: the paint flows across raised surfaces while pooling naturally into recesses, creating instant shadow and depth without a separate wash. The result is a model that reads as finished and characterful straight off the brush, with no additional shading step required.

Where It Fits Your Hobby

Mummified Grime earns its name — this is a go-to colour for anything weathered, ancient, or dusty. Bone, bandaged wrappings, aged leather, undead flesh, desert-weathered armour, dried mud, and cracked stone all fall naturally within its range. It works equally well as a primary colour for undead or desert-themed models and as a tonal accent layer over lighter areas. Speedpaints are beginner-friendly by design — one coat over a white or light grey primer is all it takes to get a table-ready result. Experienced painters can push the colour further by drybrushing a lighter highlight over the dried Speedpaint to lift edges and add definition. A single pot covers a solid batch of infantry models, making it a practical choice for painting whole units in a single session.

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