The Codex of Application

Recipes

Engineered finishing systems — documented layer sequences for reproducing specific finishes.

Each recipe is a laboratory procedure: primer, base, color layers, and final clear, with mixing, application, and drying guidance. Use Buy This Recipe to add every required Deuteron product to your bag in one step.

Recipe 003

The Velvet Shade

01

Rich shadow depth on organic surfaces — ideal for cloth, leather, and biological textures; photorealistic shadow volumes.

Substrate / Preparation

Flows into recesses and self-levels when thinned heavily.

Base
SERIES 01 base coat — 1:1 dilution as primer wash
Layer 01
SERIES 01 mid-tone — Full strength on raised surfaces
Layer 02
Shade wash — 3:1 thinner-to-paint
Layer 03
Highlight — Dry-brushed final pass
Coat Count
4
Required Deuteron Products
Recipe 002

The Chameleon Ritual

02

Full spectral range of Multi-Chroma interference pigments — color that shifts from cold blue to burning copper in a single rotation.

Substrate / Preparation

Mirror-polished silver base is essential to the shift behavior.

Base
Mirror-polished silver base coat — essential
Layer 01
Multi-Chroma — Minimum 4 ultra-thin transparent layers
Build slowly; do not varnish
Finish
None — varnish kills the shift
Coat Count
4
Required Deuteron Products
Recipe 001

The Obsidian Protocol

03

Light-absorbing darkness with razor-sharp edge definition on scale armor plating.

Substrate / Preparation

Prepared obsidian / smooth substrate with a high-gloss black primer foundation.

Base
High-Gloss Black Primer — 3 coats, 24h cure
Layer 01
SERIES 01 Formula — 2 passes (wet-on-wet)
Thin 15% with reducer; single smooth passes, do not overbrush
Finish
Satin varnish — applied after 48h cure
Drying / Flash
Primer: 24h minimum cure before color. Seal: 48h after final coat.
Coat Count
5
Required Deuteron Products
Deuteron Customs

The Athenian Laboratory · Est. in Obsidian

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