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Ork skin

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    16 Aug 2026
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  1. Prime mini with German Red Brown
  2. Dry brush with Sunburst Ochre
  3. Paint skin with Orruk Flesh
  4. Pick out tight skin (elbows, knuckles, lips, nose, ears, scars) with Cadian Fleshtone
  5. Wash skin with 1:1:1 mix of Orruk Flesh , Warp Lightning and water
  6. Touch up skin with a glaze of Orruk Flesh on skin and touch up tight skin with Cadian Fleshtone
  7. Highlight skin with Ogryn Camo
  8. Nails with Nocturne Green , highlight Caliban Green
  9. Checkers with Rakarth Flesh
  10. Wash metals and cloth with 1:1 Ratling Grime and Lahmian Medium
  11. Base Agrellan Earth and Agrellan Badland , spray Morghast Bone , wash with 1:1:1 Aggaros Dunes , Gryph-hound Orange and water.
    dry brush Morghast Bone , glaze with Averland Sunset , dry brush with 1:1 Screaming Skull and Karak Stone
  12. Stone, base Administratum Grey , wash 1:2 Wyldwood and water, dry brush 1:1 Screaming Skull and Karak Stone
Citadel Painting System 19
Base 6
  • Averland Sunset
  • Caliban Green
  • Morghast Bone
  • Nocturne Green
  • Orruk Flesh
  • Rakarth Flesh
Layer 5
  • Administratum Grey
  • Cadian Fleshtone
  • Karak Stone
  • Ogryn Camo
  • Screaming Skull
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Texture 2
  • Agrellan Badland
  • Agrellan Earth
Contrast 5
  • Aggaros Dunes
  • Gryph-hound Orange
  • Ratling Grime
  • Warp Lightning
  • Wyldwood
The Army Painter Masterclass
John Blanche Volume 2 1
  • Sunburst Ochre
Vallejo Surface Primer
Base 1
  • 70.605 German Red Brown
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