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Hey, I've hit a dead end with my Ork army, after painting a over 30 boys plus a few extras I've realised I actually don't like the colour skin I've been using ( Waagh flesh, warboss green, bel tan green wash, warboss again then skarsnik green.) do you guys have any ideas for either an alternative way of painting the green skin or a completely different colour (I like the idea of a more realstic yellowey green)
Thanks for the help
Ghestrr

Wash what you have with a brown wash (whatever they call Devlan Mud now) then dry brush with a yellow-green.

A collection of tutorials from Warhammer TV for differing Ork skin shades.

I got bored with green as well.

How about do several different toned orks?

I have the lazy man's Ork skin to offer: Deathworld Forest washed brown, then washed black (see picture)

I think Ninjapirate raises a good point.While a wild mix may look off, a bit of variation in skin tone could look pretty cool.

Going with my approach, you could use different green base colors and then use the washes to tie them together, which should result in somewhat cohesive but still distinct skin tones.

If you think you might eventually want to sell your models I would go normal green.

I think there's a bigger market for it.

You don't have to go the bog standard GW green but like a normal range of green.

you could try castellan green > straken green > elysian green...I think those layered up should give you a nice "natural" olive-green skintone

alternatively, prime them white, and paint the skin with washes...a coat of cassandora yellow, then a coat or two of biel-tan green or athonian camoshade, or both, should give you a nice green skin, and it does the highlighting/shading for you

I roughly drybrush Waaagh Flesh over black undercoat, layer with Warboss Green and then a light drybrush of Nurgling Green.

Try one out! The Nurgling Green is a bit more beige in is character, which makes the skin tone look more realistic in my view.

It's also a pretty quick way of painting, since you don't have to use washes.