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| Author: | aelfwine [ Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | [Painting Orcs] What's new and cool in Orc skin tones. |
Hi all For a long time, my go-to Orc skin tone colour was a Vallejo dark grey, drybrushed up to a GW Codex grey, maybe with a flesh wash in there. The result looked inhuman, monstrous and quite effective. However, I got (and later sold) a whole whack of Hobbit Goblins, and the Hobbit Goblin paints (which I kept). I painted a number of plastic Orcs with similar flesh tones to the "Goblin Town" style Goblins which was also quite effective. So, now I am trying to decide what to paint my "last" 24 plastic Orcs with. Should I continue the "Hobbit" style pale skin tones, or return to the older grey style? What have others here found effective? I am going for something cinematic, so I am steering away from the Warhammer/Hildebrant green tones. |
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| Author: | GreatKhanArtist [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: [Painting Orcs] What's new and cool in Orc skin tones. |
Mine are all shades of green. Not super original, I know, but the green contrasts really nicely with the red Morannon robes and also the yellow brown I chose for my wargs. (My guests complain about dark colours on the display cabinet models.) |
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| Author: | Lord Hurin [ Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: [Painting Orcs] What's new and cool in Orc skin tones. |
Orcs supposedly have black blood, so from a biological standpoint it makes sense for them to be grey or black-skinned. That's how they were described in the books iirc. Personally, I use a wide variety of skin tones. All of my Uruk-hai are dark reddish brown like the official GW scheme. Goblins are greenish like the film. Morannon and standard Orcs vary a ton. |
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| Author: | jdizzy001 [ Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: [Painting Orcs] What's new and cool in Orc skin tones. |
I havent done this yet, but I'm going to paint their skin tones based on area they are from. Mordor, dol guldor, maranon, cirith ungol, etc. |
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