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So, I'm trying to find a good colour scheme for my upcoming Ork Boyz. My attempt to make them pale failed, so I'm thinking about some warmer skin tones:

Either a Cadian Fleshtone basecoat followed by a few Reikland washes,
A basecoat of Bugmans Glow with highlights of Cafian Fleshtone
Or Rakarth Flesh with tons of washes. Any other ideas?

What are you meaning by "pale" in terms of Orks?

Faces have lots of colour in.

The trick isn't the starting base colour or the highlights, as skin comes in many tones, it is getting the variation in colours in the right places.

The way I like to do faces is base coat (say cadian flesh) then add some purple wash (druchii violet) to the temple and eye socket areas.

Next dry brush the model's face with a bone colour, I tend to use terminates stone. If you want an aged effect add some thin, slightly wiggly lines in this colour to the fore head.

To give the face a healthy glow mix a tiny spot of red into the base coat and, very thinly, apply it to the raised areas of the cheeks, and if you want lips... if you do the lips make sure the difference in tone is slight and you applying the paint thinly! If you want a gaunt look instead apply a little purple wash under the cheek bones.

Final stage is to add a layer of wash all over the face to add some nice colour gradients and tie all your colours together. For a warmer finish use reikland fleshshade, for a grottier look you can use aggrax earthshade.

I find this process produces some really nice results and doesn't require any fine skills.