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I did a poll a couple weeks ago asking people's opinion about which colors to paint my orks.

I ended going with 4 colors, which I will alternate between... Goblin Green, Snot Green, Catachan Green and Orkhide shade... here's the results:

Goblin Green Boyz:



Yes, I know, I did a gross mistake on the eyes of the guy in the back, but it's fixed now ops:

Snot Green Boyz:



Catachan Boyz:



Orkhide Shade Boyz:



The one on the left is the 'original' black ork I painted, which used dark angel green instead of orkhide shade... I like the orkhide a lot better, feels like the highlight gel better with it.

Well done, sir. WAAGGGHHH!!! Your skill with the camera is a joy to behold as well.

I think I prefer the second one down, the firs looks too bright, and I dont imagine orks having really dark skin. Lovely painting!
I rarely put very much detail at all into horde armies.

Would you mind if i request a side-by-side comparison shot with 1 of each?

That is; could I get a shot of Goblin, snot, catachan, and orkhide all in 1 photo? i think it would make a nice tone-scale.

I have been doing all of the wife's orks in Vallejo's Scorpy green(nearly neon in tone) over a Caimen green base.

Also i would like to second the appreciation of your camera skills.

nice painting , now how bout drilling some holes in the barrels of the guns haha

Nice painting and nice pictures. I would have to go with the Catachan Green Boyz.

uscmbuzz wrote:nice painting , now how bout drilling some holes in the barrels of the guns haha

That's actually on my to do list... what tool do you use for it tho? I'm still a novice hobbyist.

Kommissar Kel wrote: Would you mind if i request a side-by-side comparison shot with 1 of each?

I have this one:



Saddly, when that was taken, I hadn't made any Catachan Ork yet (I made one after somebody suggested it on another forum and I loved the result). Also, the black one was made using dark angel green + badab black instead of orkhide shade + asurman blue... I think my new black ork look much better. My white box is in the garage now, so I'm not taking any new pics for a little bit.

Here's a pic of the whole family tho:



If you go from left to right, the 'fist row' is actually Snot Green (He's a bit behind), Goblin Green, Orkhide Shade and Catachan.

I really like the different shade of green... it helps give them even more character.