Complex goblin skin? Ideas...

[TaurenMoo]

I wanted to try doing more layers on my goblins, maybe a little more complex than the 4 layers I am currently using, its more an experiment in layering as well as watering down paints, a goblin color scheme for layers would be awesome so I can sorta get an idea... or a tutorial for complex greenskin skin would be awesome.

something akin to the color of this orc... http://www.coolminiornot.com/index/whatm/GW/id/106172

Thanks in advance... Moo...

 

[freakinacage]

use a dark green and built it up in many thin layers to the lightness you want. if you want to be fancy you can use brown for some of the shading. i don\'t know how that works (i\'m colour blind but i hear it adds depth)

 

[DaN]

Have a look at my Ork Pilot WIP if you want a slightly darker recipe (I haven\'t finished the arms yet, but the face looks OK to me)

Looks to me as though the submission you linked used some pink flesh colours mixed in with the greens to help it pop

As mentioned, browns will help as a base - what brown dependant on how dark you want the skin.

 

[matty1001]

Browns, purples, reds for shading.
Bleached bone/ivory, light greens for highlighting.

But then you can mix em up, use different shades for different areas etc.
You could also mix some greys in and blues. Even yellows for highlights.

 

[TaurenMoo]

I see, in addition I see the use of glazes sometimes, how do those work and might they be involved here?

 

[DaN]

Well, I\'m sure you know, but just in case:

Washes are thinned down in order to seep and run into crevices and depressions in order to give an easy way of shading and things.
A wash will cover a surface, but leave the original colour pretty unaffected except in areas where it runs and pools.

Glazes, are thinned down, but they are designed to cover an area, in order to TINT it, so a yellow, glazed with red, with end up slightly orangey.

For ork skin, you can pretty much use any colour washes or glazes I\'d imagine, although if you\'re going to use glazes, be aware that they are easier to see over lighter, highlighted areas, than darker ones.

 

[TaurenMoo]

Hmmm... well now I know and I got many more goblin figs to play with and learn, Thanks ^..~ more pictures coming eventually, Im gonna be working towards a completed goblin regiment to pawn off... Even if its just a flat return of my money ill be more than happy.

BTW dan where is this WIP ork you speak of?

 

[DaN]

Well, at the moment, this thread is in the \"Painting and Conversion\" board of the forums.

My WIP is in the Works In Progress area.

But here\'s a link (On the page with the skin recipe - near the bottom)...
http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=21256&page=1

 

[TaurenMoo]

Well the goblin is painted, the skin came out far better using many layers, also threw out my goblin green because I found it was shitty paint... (some other brand in a little squirty bottle than GW, camo something...) Anyways when it dryed it looked chalky even after being watered down. I painted over it with a mix of dark angels and white with a little yellow mixed in to get the goblin green and raised it to a yellow slowly then used yellow and bleached bone to highlight slightly... I then did a really really thin layer of plague brown over the entire model and it brought warmth to the skin and semi cleaned up the layering a bit. Looks cool and far better than my previous goblins I think.

I am gonna play some more with layering on the robes also...

 

[matty1001]

Iv found Ork skin (when painted in traditional green) is one of the best for just messing about and using different colours to create interesting nuances.

 

[Monkkeystew]

If you want to start off simple, then just apply a dark green as a base coat and start adding yellow to that green.

I like having a sickly look on my goblins when I paint them, so usually I highlight to a very light yellow-green or almost pure yellow. Like this:
http://coolminiornot.com/163718

Like previous posts said, you can add more brown or red or anything you want really to the base coat and highlights. Experiment around, start mixing colors until you find a shade you like =)

Have fun =D

 

[frenchkid]

More purple !!!!!

Purple and blue work really well in the shadows mixed in with some dark green. Pruple works really nicely as just a glaze too. Red makes for a nice glaze. all yellowish tints are cool for highlighting.
My advice would be to DL the pic of an ork skin you like and put in photoshop, that way you can use color sampeling to see the colors used.