[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. Ork skin = ( Warpstone Glow + Moot Green 1:1) skin
  3. Leadbelcher metal gun/chopper/shoes
  4. Balthasar Gold or Runelord Brass metal details
  5. Rhinox Hide leather/belts/straps
  6. Screaming Skull bones/teeth/nails

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. Screaming Skull teeth/nails highlight/striations
  7. Mournfang Brown leather highlight + striations
  8. Corax White + Abaddon Black checkers/details
  9. Mephiston Red + Troll Slayer Orange eyes/details

Base

  1. Sand or Armageddon Dust
  2. Steel Legion Drab if sand
  3. Ushabti Bone drybrush
  4. Agrax Earthshade + water 1:1 shade
  5. Steel Legion Drab rim
Citadel Painting System 25
Base 10
  • Abaddon Black
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Corax White
  • Corvus Black
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mephiston Red
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Runelord Brass
  • Steel Legion Drab
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Biel-Tan Green
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 8
  • Dark Reaper
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Moot Green
  • Runefang Steel
  • Screaming Skull
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Warpstone Glow
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Texture 1
  • Armageddon Dust
Spray 2
  • Chaos Black
  • Mechanicus Standard Grey
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