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Hi guys, I've been trying to work on my Deffskull/Blood axe orks for quite a while, but I'm really stumped on how to go about weathering it effectively. Yellow and red are fairly straightforward and easier to do, but blue runs the risk of just making the model even darker. I would really appreciate some feedback, and links/pictures of examples of weathered blue armor. I typically see the brown/black mix stipple, highlighted with a lighter armor color.

Also, how would I go about painting paint that has been rubbed off? In the nature of Orks, it's quite unlikely that they apply primer or anything standard when it comes to manufacturing things and instead just slap the paint on. Would I simply add metallic scratches/highlights instead of the black/brown and highlight mix?

The old paint chipping advice I recall is to paint little chips in black, and then use a metal color over that, leaving a little black showing around the edges. I'd do that, then do the weathering/dust/dirt/what have you.

Rust color would go with blue really well... blue and oranje are complemental colors.. so the reinforce one and another. Further more you could do also some engine grease like spots on joints and mechanical parts... and you could also add some dust color to the base and ultra dry brushing it on the bottom part of the feet and legs to simulate they didn't just walk right out of the factory

Key to weathering is to moderate the spots you choose unless you want to simulate a really really ancient door.

Good luck. Cheers.

Thats some nice looking orcs there fella !

I think browns and oranges in the recesses will go well with blue. I'd consider learning to weather with oils if you can be bothered, for me it always gives better results much easier that acrylic weathering.

I got a lot of really good tips from the more "serious" military modelling sites and magazines/youtube.
Google is your friend !

Good Luck !

Use a lighter blue around areas prone to wear like corners, edges and joints, to paint on scratches and nicks, then use a metal colour over that to show where paint has been chipped away. You could also prime with grey, and apply the blue in patches to give it that ratty look, although this only works with an airbrush

I'd second the rust idea, especially if you go with the metallic>Ryza Rust drybrush> Typhus Corrosion wash, that really does work!


Also, sponge-weathering in a bright silver on the most chip-prone areas would look good. If you want to be more technical about it, paint the areas to be chipped in a highlight blue, then black out the outlines for the chips, then fill that with metallic. This can be very time consuming, but gives a decent peeling-paint look.

I mix blue with yellow-ish brown (snakebite), and then blue with darker brown (scorched) and use them as washes and glazes on the lower part of each armour plate.

Then I add sponge weathering. Result is something like that :