[O] Orks Old-School - Mine

[O] Orks Old-School - Mine

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    27 Jul 2025
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This is a custom recipe of mine trying to achieve the look of orks as depicted on "Assault On Black Reach" from 2008.

  1. Chaos Black primer
  2. Mechanicus Standard Grey zenithal

Base

  1. Abaddon Black pants/shoes/...
  2. Rhinox Hide leather/belts/straps
  3. Leadbelcher metal gun/chopper/shoes
  4. Balthasar Gold or Runelord Brass metal details
  5. Ork skin = ( Warpstone Glow + Moot Green 1:1) skin
  6. Screaming Skull bones/teeth/nails (*maybe later*)
  7. Corax White details (*maybe later*)

Shade

  1. Biel-Tan Green + Lahmian Medium all skin
  2. Biel-Tan Green recess shade skin (2x)
  3. Agrax Earthshade shade brass + leather/straps/bones/teeth
  4. Nuln Oil metal+white

Highlight

  1. Runefang Steel drybrush metal + rivets/details
  2. Ork skin mix: highlight 1+2
  3. Ork skin + Moot Green highlight 3
  4. Corvus Black or Dark Reaper chunky black highlight
  5. Fenrisian Grey fine black highlight
  6. Mephiston Red eyes/details
  7. Screaming Skull teeth/nails highlight/striations
  8. Mournfang Brown leather highlight + striations

Base

  1. Sand or Armageddon Dust
  2. Steel Legion Drab if sand
  3. Agrax Earthshade shade
  4. Wraithbone OR Screaming Skull drybrush
  5. Steel Legion Drab rim
Citadel Painting System 24
Base 11
  • Abaddon Black
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Corax White
  • Corvus Black
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mephiston Red
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Runelord Brass
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Wraithbone
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Biel-Tan Green
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 6
  • Dark Reaper
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Moot Green
  • Runefang Steel
  • Screaming Skull
  • Warpstone Glow
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Texture 1
  • Armageddon Dust
Spray 2
  • Chaos Black
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
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