<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Efficient way to paint ork flesh?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Efficient way to paint ork flesh? 40k orks, and well not being the best painter in the world, I'm finding painting the flesh A: quite tricky and B: time consuming

Does anyone out there have a good technique to get them painted up to a decent tts in quickish time please?

Thankyou!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6237468.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6237468.page GMT Efficient way to paint ork flesh?
Green skin is actually one of the easiest things to paint and so long as you can handle basic shading it's difficult to get it totally wrong. The tricky part is often getting the right tone to look good with your other colours.

I'm not 100% familiar with the new citadel paint range, but here are my best guesses...

Start from a black undercoat. Use drybrushing to do all the metal areas, then do the base (typically just a thick coat of brown and some drybrushing), the clothes (base coat and simple highlight in a paler shade) and finally the skin.

For a subdued 'realistic' look, paint all the flesh in a dull green base coat (I think Death World Forest would be a good choice), then use a pale sandy yellow (Dorn Yellow or Zamesi Dessert, for example) to highlight raised areas and especially everywhere which would be pink on a human (lips, cheeks, eyebrows, upper eyelid, brow, nostrils, elbows, knuckles, palms and fingertips), using thinned paint and a small brush, working in layers and using small strokes. Don't worry if it's looking a little pale at this point, because the washes will darken it down again.

Then give all the skin a wash of green shade (like Athonian Camoshade). Use a fine brush to add a red glaze (such as Bloodletter) into the nostrils, eyes and mouth. Paint the teeth and nails light brown (Zandri Dust). Add a paler highlight (Screaming Skull) to the teeth. Finish off the entire model with a dark brown wash (like Agrax Earthshade) to tie everything together.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6237822.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6237822.page GMT Re:Efficient way to paint ork flesh?
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You'll have to use a conversion chart, as some of the paints are outdated.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6240383.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6240383.page GMT Efficient way to paint ork flesh? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6240483.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6240483.page GMT Efficient way to paint ork flesh?
Dark green all over flesh area,
Lighter green over that, leaving very deepest recesses dark green,
Apply a dark green wash
Highlight with light green until you are happy with the result.

Longest part of it is waiting for the wash to dry (hair dryer helps here)

If you want to know what it looks like then look at my thread. Hope it helps]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6240494.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/562455/6240494.page GMT