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I don't know, just tired of the green all the time. I like how Bloodtrolls in Hordes are blue. I am wondering if full gang (brood, squad?) of orks painted blue would work or not?

I am getting back into 40K, and only have the 4th edition codex of orks. I can't remember if there was fluff for different colour orks and what it means. Do I stick with the green like everyone else? Should I try different colours? Do different colours mean different things?

My wife likes works but since I have to make and paint them and tired of all green, just wondering if there is other alternatives.

I think you absolutely should! Start we a very deep blue basecoat on the skin and slowly lighten up until you like what you see.

Just pick a different shade of green.

Anything else is hair-a-see.

Davor wrote:
I don't know, just tired of the green all the time. I like how Bloodtrolls in Hordes are blue. I am wondering if full gang (brood, squad?) of orks painted blue would work or not?

I am getting back into 40K, and only have the 4th edition codex of orks. I can't remember if there was fluff for different colour orks and what it means. Do I stick with the green like everyone else? Should I try different colours? Do different colours mean different things?

My wife likes works but since I have to make and paint them and tired of all green, just wondering if there is other alternatives.

Like the green myself but go for what suits you! If you want blue orks then go for it! Brown? Feel free!

Officially there is only green orks in 40k. HOWEVER there are different clans that have different colours as clan colours. Maybe you remembered those?

Dethskulls happen to have blue and as it lucks out they tend to paint blue to their skin to bring in luck...You COULD paint your orks and call them dethskulls that have done very thorough skinpainting

Or as a compromise leave bits of green visible to illustrate it's warpaint, not their natural skin colour.

That way you could have blue looking orks AND be still true to fluff Nobody says there's no dethskulls who don't literally dose them in blue paint for luck

Thanks everyone, I swear I read somewhere, that orks actually had different skin colour.

I like the idea tneva82 said, leave a bit of green and change the colour, blue for luck, red to make them go fasta lol. The rainbow Orks? Just got to find out what yellow does, and add in green orks as well.

You could have a Deathskulls themed army. They have green skin but commonly use blue warpaint.

What codex can I read up on Deathskulls? Does the 4th edition codex have it? I rather be buying minis right now instead of rule books.

Teal

Purple.

Purple orks is best orks.

Davor wrote:
What codex can I read up on Deathskulls? Does the 4th edition codex have it? I rather be buying minis right now instead of rule books.

Well there's 40k wiki's around there which has lots of the fluff allowing you to read more.

Alternatively 2nd ed codex has plenty of good fluff(along with rules for better edition ) so you could look for that from ebay. You could get lucky and pick one cheaply.

By the fluff all orks are green, HOWEVER in some of the clans body paint is a pretty big deal, so you could easily get away with some different colored orks.

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"human" flesh

I've also seen a lot of red Orks that look absolutely badass

I painted my orks red when I was young. I did not like it at all later on. But there might be a better way to do it then I used to do ; )


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These are not mine but look kinda the same. I guess you just have to like red in order to like them

 JimOnMars wrote:
Just pick a different shade of green.

Agreed, ive seen all types. Very dark, very bright, super pail almost dead looking.

 morganfreeman wrote:
Purple.

Purple orks is best orks.

DON'T DO THIS. You'll never find them again.

The different colors for Orks are shown in what they wear, not the color of their skin (Red=Speed, Yellow=Teef/Money, Purple=Sneaky, etc.). If picking a different skin color on Orks doesn't bother you for fluff reasons, go for it. Orks are my first army, so I'm not quite bored with Green yet.

I would look online for information on specific tribes. I'm sure you will find more history/builds on a Wiki Page instead of a specific Ork Book. Goffs are well represented in the current Ork Codex/Supplement, but the other groups are only mentioned occasionally or for specific Formations.

You could always go for Red, like the Orks that the Imperium fought on their crusade to reclaim Yarrick's Baneblade. Their skin was turned red from the dust on that planet (it's been a while since I read that story, so the name of the planet escapes me)

Yellow with brown (ochre?) shading would look decent, as would the right sort of red (a dark crimson, perhaps).

Blue as you mentioned would look good as well.

"Black" orcs might look great as well - more of a really, really dark gray, not a night black.

Ive gone through the same thing with my orks. Hated the colour green.

I created atheme for my orks as grey. The fluff over previous editions of orks suggest that they are a hybrid plant/fungus type organism and you could guess that the green colouration is produced by photosynthesis.

I came up with the idea that my orks grew on an asteroid or planet without sufficient light so they cannot photosynthesize.

I paint them pallid whych flesh with a nuln oil wash making them look really brutish and pale pasty.

I've done a few test models by just washing that green afterwards and it also looks quite good like a pasty sickly greenish ork.

I'll post some pics later.

Here is a link to a post that inspired me
http://paintwaterdiaries.com/orks-dumb-youre-dumb-liking-orks/

Title of OP wrote:What colour to paint Orks?

Green.

Davor wrote:
I don't know, just tired of the green all the time.

But that's the color that orks are.

I don't understand the problem.

I like how Bloodtrolls

Are bloodtrolls a species of orks?

in Hordes are blue.

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Blue?

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As in...not red?

Khorne disapproves.

#SkullsForTheSkullThrone

I am wondering if full gang (brood, squad?) of orks painted blue would work or not?

Ultimately, they're your models, and you have the final artistic say in the color scheme of your models. My crimson fists marines have right red hands (not left), and I've taken artistic liberties in depicting rank (sergeants have red shoulder pads; sternguard and honor guard have golden helmets, etc.).

However...

Orks are green.

I don't understand the problem.

Have you considered different shades of green?


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Also, have you considered green ork bodies with other colors "painted" on? Ain't no reason an ork warboss can't paint his face, say, in red. That's just right propa'.

 JimOnMars wrote:

 morganfreeman wrote:
Purple.

Purple orks is best orks.

DON'T DO THIS. You'll never find them again.

My purple Orks aren't too hard to find. I just keep them in a drawer along with my realistic Tau stealth suits and unused bases

As to what color to paint da boyz, look no further than the most Orky and proppa lads in the entire WAAAGH! The Deathskulls. Watch the other Orks become green with envy as your lads snag the best loot, the most killy bits, and the most flash dakka. Throw some lucky blue on them and your lads will be rolling more of this and less of that Mork says.*
*Results my vary. The Ork gods do not endorse, support, or otherwise acknowledge any bit of this statement. If WAAAGH! last more than four hours please speak to your local Mad Dok. Ask your Warboss if Deathskulls are right for you.

 Traditio wrote:
Orks are green.
I don't understand the problem

Davor wrote:
I don't know, just tired of the green all the time.

Traditio try not to sounds so demurring.

Paint them whichever colour you like. Create some fluff of your own if you'd like their colour to be justified in the 40k setting. Or don't. It's up to you. But there are plenty of reasons an ork might have a different skin tone:
- dust from a planet
- prolonged lack of exposure to light
- time in the warp
- warpaint

Hope that helps

Thanks to everyone. Too many to name, you have given me some great ideas. Greatly appreciated.

Your models. Do what you will.

In fluff, most orks are green - hence greenskins.
HOWEVER, warpaint is a thing, as is the Warp. Another think I've noticed is a few sources (my main one being Gunheads - to my best knowledge) citing larger orks to have nearly brownish skin. If you make your army brownish in colour, I wouldn't have any particular fluff objection.

If it looks good, it looks good. Nuff said.

Any color you wish to paint them

They could be gold but thee your models

Gold like sigmarines.

 Sgt_Smudge wrote:
Your models. Do what you will.

In fluff, most orks are green - hence greenskins.
HOWEVER, warpaint is a thing, as is the Warp. Another think I've noticed is a few sources (my main one being Gunheads - to my best knowledge) citing larger orks to have nearly brownish skin. If you make your army brownish in colour, I wouldn't have any particular fluff objection.

If it looks good, it looks good. Nuff said.

This. They are literally called "greenskins," "greenbacks." "Green tide" is what you get when a whole bunch of ork infantry decide to WAAAAAAAGH!

It would be like painting my crimson fists in yellow power armor with white helmets...and no differently painted hands.

Hell you could even justify it fluffily - a particularly zealous Deffskull Warband covered in their blue warpaint.

 Traditio wrote:
They are literally called "greenskins," "greenbacks." "Green tide" is what you get when a whole bunch of ork infantry decide to WAAAAAAAGH!

It would be like painting my crimson fists in yellow power armor with white helmets...and no differently painted hands.

No it wouldn't. It would be like that if he painted his Evil Sunz blue and still called them Evil Sunz, but not if he changed their skin colour and made up a tribe with different fluff. That would be akin to whoever came up with the Salamanders chapter. You accept the Salamanders with their different skin tones and their fluffy justification I assume?