WIP Orc Shaman

[Phesmic]

So I here is an orc that I have been working on. I wanted to try something different from the usual bright skin tones that I used for my 40K ork army. So at this point I have the skin done and I am contempating how to attack the rest of the model. I feel that to keep with the feel of the model, I am going to be limiting myself to mainly earth tones, I was thinking two tones of brown and a grey.. My only concern is if that will make the model look a little bit too bland. Any thoughts on the matter?

 

[Hygmer]

um... he is... brown?

personally, I think \"greenskins\" should have green skin, even though it is nicely painted, I will never like a greenskin with no green skin

 

[Larre]

hygmer: he is green.

phesmic: the thing is to combine diferent solours so that they match with the rest of the model. so brown is a good idea. brown works well with everything (exept blue IMO). but I think that brown is not a very nice colour for painting cloth. the reason of that is because you get tired of it. I think.... you should use a dark green on the cloth if you want an earthy feeling. and you can of coarse paint some dirt on the bottom of his robe aswell.

I hope that that helps

// Larre

 

[Jericho]

That\'s an idea we played around with the other day... a more obvious green on the cloth instead of the skin. I think it could work.

For an army color scheme I think sticking to dark gray and some leathery browns would be ideal, and of course using a ton of dirty/aged metallics wherever possible. Nothing groundbreaking there for Orcs

This Sorceror is an awesome sculpt, but the sheer amount of cloth does raise some issues that won\'t pop up for most other models in an army.

 

[Phesmic]

Thanks Larre, I am thinking I will try a dark grey cloth for the majority with some of the patches a deep green, with a good number of layers on this guy I have the opportunity to play around a bit. Weather him apporiately and add checks for flare. Should get some time to sit down and paint on monday, hopefully get some pics up in the next day or two.

 

[Orc]

I really love the skin tone....
Any chance of a sneaky break down on the colours you used?
Suits the sculpt down to the ground!

 

[Jericho]

He might not be on until tonight, but IIRC he used Scorched Brown hilighted by mixing in Camo Green, and once it got suitably close to Camo then Elf flesh was mixed in for a select few spots (mostly around the mouth).

 

[matty1001]

Originally posted by Phesmic
My only concern is if that will make the model look a little bit too bland. Any thoughts on the matter?

Not if you get enough contrast on each colour, this will help defferentiate them when they are finished.
Nice skin by the way I love painting green skins, green is one of my strong points and i love all the ways you can highlight and shadow with different colours. Theres 10\'s of different combinations.

 

[Phesmic]

Darn Dan giving away all my secrets!

He had it spot on. If I try I again, I may use dwarf instead of Elf Flesh in hopes up making the last highlights look a bit fleshier, especially for the savage orcs as I have aspirations or giving them sunburns. Anyone have any idea how to do that to greenskins? Hopefully get some work done on him tonight.

 

[emopainterguy]

Well assuming a sunburn on green skin would still be red (well what colour is orc blood, as erythmia is the cause of the red colour in our sunburns...). I would try using a bit of GW tanned flesh somewhere in the mix, may be a little dark but you could easily lighten it up a bit with elf flesh or something like that...

 

[Jericho]

Eep, GW\'s orc blood isn\'t terribly consistent I\'m afraid. In 40k it\'s green, and lately the imagery I\'ve seen is a green/black kinda look for Fantasy. I don\'t think it\'s always been that way... the rosy cheeks/noses on Goblins and classic Orcs seem to indicate red blood. But it could also simply be because it looks cool!

 

[Phesmic]

So i have tried out a mix of green and grey right now, mainly blocking out the colours with a bit of shading and highlighting, still rough, should have pics soon. In an attempt to keep with the brown tone of the model, I am attempting to shade both the greys and greens with brown.

 

[Aidan K]

Originally posted by Hygmer
um... he is... brown?

personally, I think \"greenskins\" should have green skin, even though it is nicely painted, I will never like a greenskin with no green skin

I love the colour. Surely pushing the boundaries is what its all about, even if this isnt pushing them that far.

keep it up!

 

[matty1001]

Try higlighting up with bleached bone. VMC reflective green and GW\'s Bleached bone have become my favorite paints for greenskin flesh. Then i usually use a purple mixed with flat earth for the shading.

 

[Jericho]

Purple works for everything... at least I find purple glazes can add an interesting tint. Definitely one of the things Jakob Neilsen does and it still amazes me how often it works in places where it doesn\'t make sense

 

[ZaPhOd]

That skin tone you have at the top is rubbish.

Okay, just kidding. I like the drab green, shaded with browns. Gives him a more \"real\" feel. For kicks, you could try glazing some orangy brown (light of course) around his mouth or other areas to give a bit of depth and extravagance...

Heh

 

[Snotling Paints]

I like it like Zaphod said it gives it a more \"real\" feeling to the mini.

Congrats

ArmouredWolf

 

[Phesmic]

So here are a couple pics with some blocked and shaded colours, I am not about mixes for highlights though... And unfortunately.. or fortunately WoW has taken my time tonight, that and my guitar building class...