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I am curious what you ork painters use to highlight your ork skin...I use goblin green for my main skin color but am not sure what color will be good to highlight goblin green with.

I use camo green

it really depends what shade you want, for a more vibrant cartoony look I use 1. knarloc green 2. goblin green 3. snot green 4. thrakka green wash for a slightly more drab "realistic" look I use 1. orkhide shade 2. knarloc green 3. goblin green 4. thrakka green wash
that being said, you should definitely experiment and decide which scheme you like the best.

Not talking about schemes, I like 1. orkhide shade 2. goblin green. End
I am looking for a good highlight...I will try camo green.

I prime white, wash the skin with a watered down dark angels green, and then finish with a black wash. shades itself.

I use Scorpion Green to highlight Goblin Green. In the example below, I used Snot Green base washed with old Orc Flesh Wash, then Goblin Green with a final highlight of Scorpion.

1. Snot Green/ Regal blue
2. Snot Green
3. Snot Green/ Goblin Green
4. Goblin Green
5. Goblin Green/ Skull White

No washes

Here's what it produced.

Well It depends on what your looking for.
If you want them to look like mine.....

I use Vellejo game colors. Goblin green over black primer. Ink with old school Ork flesh wash. ( dark green ink is what that is ) Then a broad recovering with goblin green leaving dark in the recesses. Then I start mixing goblin green with scropy green ( about 50/50 ) add to broad high lights. Then start adding livery green into the mix as much as you want it to get brighter. Keep it thin and stay on the high parts of the model as you add the livery green. Pure livery on the highest upper most spots. I dont, but if you want to get even lighter you could start adding bleach bone to the final highlights.

Camo Green over a washed Gnarloc Green

1. Orkhide Shade
2. Knarloc Green
3. Thraka Green Wash
4. Goblin Green
5. Rotten Flesh highlight

Alternatively, try mixing in yellow with the green. Yellow makes a great way to highlight green without losing color saturation.

Great looking camo on those orcs MiscDebris. I went for cheesie style of camo. I am going to have to kick it up a notch I see.

You can paint the skin dark angels green, followed by a drybrushing with goblin green. If you want you can then add rotting flesh to the goblin green for a second, lighter drybrush. This
is how Adrian Wood used to paint his orks ( old codex ). Personally I think that you can mix skin-colours in your army. I´ve got an Ork-army for apocalypse, and I tried different techniques.

LBursley wrote:1. Snot Green/ Regal blue
2. Snot Green
3. Snot Green/ Goblin Green
4. Goblin Green
5. Goblin Green/ Skull White

No washes

Here's what it produced.

I think this looks great. Very good idea.

here's an example of breakin' the rules and still gettin' a nice result...

i used:
dark angels green
d.a. green/snot green mix
snot green
snot green/ skull white mix



everyone says never lighten paint with white, and never darken with black...
i do both, and it works just fine...
rules are made to be broken!!!

cheers
jah

Nah, those aren't rules. Lightening and darkening with white and black is fine, however adding pure white or black to any mix alters the ratio of pigment with actual color in them in the final mix, thus it tends to flatten the shade work and make it look a bit less vibrant. However, if you're doing a bunch.

I do like the method above using regal blue mixed in with snot green. What the cooler blue undercoat gives the green on top a more warmer feel without having to add yellow.

All of this is more advanced color theory, and if you're just painting to get it on the table it's not really needed.

I like using white to mix with the final highlight. Black, I tend to stay away from for shading personally. It's too damaging to the color I add it to and to blend it I end up having to make a bunch of mixes to build up to the base color. I might have a funky method for painting though

If you just want to paint you guys for the table quickly, I agree with using one of the dry brushing recipes above.

Good luck! And come show us pictures when you finally break the brushes out!