Ork Boyz Journal - Update 3 5/16/08

makari wrote:

I won't live that long

brrrrr .....getting cold in here

Stage 12 Continued

Highlight w/ Fiery Orange and dot the rivots w/ chainmail.


Stage 13 Skin

Highlight 1 w/ Flat Green




Highlight 2 w/ Goblin Green




Counter Shade w/ Cavalry brown

This is really optional but I decided to do it to add a little life into the skin. It was streaky and kinda meh on some of the figs. This helps blend it together and makes the face stand out more. I think I took the picture of the worst looking one.





Stage 14 clean up
No pics here just did some quick clean up on bases, paints on other areas where it got a little sloppy. Also finished the "fur" hats....Ivory, wash w/ Ochre brown and flesh wash. Highlight again w/ ivory dry brush.

Stage 15.....

WAAAGHHHHH (well really 12 more to go to finish the first batch)

THAT LOOKS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

JPITT - Did the photos with the arrows help a bit?

Yea they helped but my only concern is how I would enhance my troops givin the fact that I am using a metallic color for the armor?

John, I think your style suits Orks/Orcs more than anything else I see you paint. I think you do desaturated so well that it really works when you paint models like this.

They look awesome. Putty they only get 6+ t-shirt saves and die by the dozen!

I think the painted squad will be getting killed first

JTPitt wrote:

Yea they helped but my only concern is how I would enhance my troops givin the fact that I am using a metallic color for the armor?

That is where the shading comes in to play. Your extreme will most likely be a silver of sorts w/ a touch of color.

Take a look at this article....


http://coolminiornot.com/article/aid/649

Matt wrote:

John, I think your style suits Orks/Orcs more than anything else I see you paint. I think you do desaturated so well that it really works when you paint models like this.

Since I'm not an artist by trade what is desaturated - Muted correct?

Yeah - browns, greys, off tones tend to draw me to a more realistic style - althougth desat isn't necessarily realistic either. Then you can set the model up nice w/ the reds as the accent.

Orks are down and dirty. I generally like to paint them up. I can do eldar and other "clean" look models but I have more fun with the dirty stuff at times.

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They look awesome. Putty they only get 6+ t-shirt saves and die by the dozen!

Good thing there are 102 more Boyz to go.

Yeah, desaturated color is a less vibrant or muted version.

So normally it creates an earthy feeling. I think it really suits the way you paint (not that you can't paint clean, we all saw Eldrad).

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Good thing there are 102 more Boyz to go.

So true

The article was well written and seemed rather informative. Save for my ignorance of how to do the shading and how to apply it. I think it would have helped. Im usually not this slow its just with something like this I would need someone showing me in person and watching the strokes to be able to grasp it properly.

jgemrich, as always superb job. I really enjoyed the step-by-step tutorial. any chance that you could do some more of these to help out us up and comers?