The Army Painter: Effect - Oil Stains

Oil Stains is a slick, grimy black‑brown tone that captures the look of fresh machine grease, engine drippings, and industrial filth. It’s darker and more mechanical than Dry Rust, wetter and more petroleum‑rich than Dark Stone, and sits perfectly in that “this engine hasn’t been cleaned since the last apocalypse” zone.

Why Painters Reach for It

• Smooth Fanatic coverage ideal for machinery grime, engine leaks, greasy armor joints, and industrial terrain

• Black‑brown petroleum tone perfect for tanks, walkers, generators, pipes, mech joints, and grimdark tech

• Excellent shadow layer beneath metallics, rust tones, or weathering powders

• Matte finish that still reads as wet once paired with gloss varnish or streaking mediums

Painter’s Vibe

Oil Stains brings that “the machine runs, but it leaks… everywhere” energy — perfect for grimdark vehicles, industrial terrain, chaos war engines, and any miniature that thrives in greasy, mechanical filth.