Martian Ironearth does the clever bit for you: brush it on, walk away, and it cracks itself into a dry, rust-red riverbed as it dries. It's the express route to parched red worlds and drought-stricken battlefields, giving you dramatic cracked-earth texture with zero sculpting. Spread it thicker for deeper fissures, thinner for fine cracks — the effect is in your hands.
At a glance
- Type: Citadel Technical crackle paint
- Finish: textured, cracked-earth effect
- Colour: rust red
- Pot size: 24ml
- Water-based acrylic formula
Best for
- Red-planet and drought-stricken bases
- Thicker coats for big cracks, thinner for fine ones
- Applies straight over most basecoats
One coat and a bit of patience does what used to take greenstuff and a steady hand.
Cracked rust-red bases in one coat. Pick out the cracks with a drybrush, then browse the rest of our Citadel technical paints.