<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "How to achieve Citadel-like Results on Ork Bad Moon Boy"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net How to achieve Citadel-like Results on Ork Bad Moon Boy IG, Nids, and now Orks. What I'm finding though is my colors seems to be coming out much darker and not quite as smooth as the Citadel guide photos.


http://i.imgur.com/95UU4yj.jpg

After painting the skin and the yellows components of the model, you can see it's much darker than intended. I realize that I applied too much shade, but this was a futile attempt at attempting to correct the color.

http://i.imgur.com/LLkJvnz.png

This is what it should look like, according to the guide. It seems the initial coating of steel legion drab was too dark, but it seems they used a spray gun and - not possessing one - I'd have to mix it with white to get such a light color. I realize I'm not an 'eavy metal painter but was hoping to at least get somewhat close to the lighter results. I am thinly watering my paints, but refrained from using a liquid medium or paint thinner other than water as I assumed however was painting for the guide did not either.

Any help is appreciated! Thank you!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7640602.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7640602.page GMT How to achieve Citadel-like Results on Ork Bad Moon Boy
As for doing yellow, there's quite a few techniques. My roommate does a very thin layer of Ushabti Bone before layering up his yellows, it might help.
If you're mixing as you do layers it might help to use an off-white like Bone instead of a straight white. But like you said, I'm no 'eavy metal painter either ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7640872.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7640872.page GMT How to achieve Citadel-like Results on Ork Bad Moon Boy
It will lighten up once you get to highlights.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7641172.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7641172.page GMT Re:How to achieve Citadel-like Results on Ork Bad Moon Boy
They primed black in the pictures, put applied a layer of Ushabti bone over it before. Even when I applied the layer though, it was much darker. I'm assuming they used an airbrush, which I do not have, to create the even coat that pictured below. However even the Ork skin is much lighter in that picture, and that's supposedly painted directly over black. Either they're not telling me about a step, or I'm doing it wrong.

I included some pictures from the basecoat in the guide, and as you can see it's very vivid coloring.

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Somehow, your Warboss Green is darker than their Warboss Green. Airbrush or not, in their picture, thats what WBG looks like, but somehow, yours looks like Waaagh! Flesh.

Also, a Citadel guide that doesnt use Waaagh! Flesh for the basecoat. Interesting.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7647178.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/638387/7647178.page GMT How to achieve Citadel-like Results on Ork Bad Moon Boy great speed-painting guide.

That gives great vibrant yellows, although I have real problems with blacks adhering to AP Daemonic Yellow spray, so after wear you get bit of yellow poking through the edges of guns etc.

For my next batch I plan to simply prime white. I can't see it will look that different from the GW way, of undercoating black than coating it all in Steel Legion drab.

This seems a good guide. It gives bright colours, and I figure I can paint skin and tunics/helmets etc yellow, wash the skin green, and the tunics/helmets in flesh or sepia.

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