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Ork Recipe

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    18 Dec 2025
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Shirt

  1. Steel Legion Drab Base coat
  2. Baneblade Brown Mid tone
  3. Rakarth Flesh Highlight (top facing)
  4. Pallid Wych Flesh Edge extreme highlight

Denim Pants

  1. Dark Reaper Base Coat
  2. Dark Reaper 75:25 Thunderhawk Blue Layer
  3. Dark Reaper 50:50 Thunderhawk Blue Layer
  4. Thunderhawk Blue Layer
  5. Thunderhawk Blue 50:50 Fenrisian Grey Edge Highlight

Yellow

  1. Emperor's Children Base Coat
  2. Corax White Zenithal
  3. Yriel Yellow Thinned 50:50 with medium
  4. Rhinox Hide Sponge chipping

Leather

  1. Rhinox Hide Base coat
  2. Rhinox Hide 50:50 Doombull Brown Glaze heavily thinned
  3. Doombull Brown Glaze heavily thinned
  4. Doombull Brown 50:50 Skrag Brown Glaze heavily thinned
  5. Skrag Brown Glaze heavily thinned
  6. Skrag Brown 70:30 Ushabti Bone Glaze heavily thinned final highlight

Skin

  1. Averland Sunset 50:50 Skarsnik Green Base coat
  2. Biel-Tan Green 2:1 Lahmian Medium Overall wash
  3. Base coat mix 1:1:2 Warp Lightning Contrast Medium Selective recess shade
  4. Ogryn Camo Layer highlight (done with makeup sponge for easier blends)
  5. Ogryn Camo 2:1 Ushabti Bone Fine edge highlight (raised lines in muscle etc)
  6. Kislev Flesh Heavily thinned glaze for elbows,lips,nose,knuckles
  7. Khorne Red Heavily thinned glaze over kislev step for warmth

Teeth

  1. Zandri Dust Base coat
  2. Agrax Earthshade Wash
  3. Zandri Dust thinned slightly more than a layer for initial layering
  4. Ushabti Bone Also thinned slightly more than a layer for second step of layering
  5. Screaming Skull Fine highlight

Metals

  1. Leadbelcher Base for working metals
  2. Balthasar Gold Base for brass sections
  3. Hashut Copper Base for cannisters, tubing where wanted
  4. Nuln Oil Overall shade of all metal
  5. Leadbelcher Light drybrush for texture on working metal
  6. Iron Hands Steel Light drybrush on smaller area for texture on working metal
  7. Stormhost Silver Light dry brush only on edges
  8. Hashut Copper Relayer for brass
  9. Hashut Copper 50:50 Stormhost Silver fine edge highlight

Straps

  1. Ushabti Bone Base (straps 1)
  2. Skeleton Horde
  3. Ushabti Bone Edge highlight
  4. Steel Legion Drab Base (Straps 2)
  5. Skeleton Horde
  6. Steel Legion Drab Edge Highlight

ember/fire

  1. Khorne Red Base coat
  2. Demon Red : Highlight starting from halfway up
  3. Orange Fluorescent Highlight on tip
  4. Golden Yellow : Spot highlight on tip

Gold

  1. Liberator Gold Base coat
  2. Agrax Earthshade Wash
  3. Liberator Gold Layer

Nails

  1. Incubi Darkness base Coat
  2. Nuln Oil wash
  3. Incubi Darkness Relayer
  4. Incubi Darkness 50:50 Thunderhawk Blue Layer
  5. Thunderhawk Blue Layer
  6. Thunderhawk Blue 50:50 Fenrisian Grey Edge highlight

Cables

  1. Corvus Black base coat
  2. Nuln Oil Wash
  3. Corvus Black Layer
  4. Skavenblight Dinge Edge highlight
  5. Black Templar Over Corax White as alternative cables

Rust

  1. Mournfang Brown Thinned heavily and panel lined where needed
  2. Skrag Brown Thinned heavily for light rust
  3. Dirty downs rust for deep rust
Citadel Painting System 39
Base 13
  • Averland Sunset
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Corax White
  • Corvus Black
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Iron Hands Steel
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rakarth Flesh
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Steel Legion Drab
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 3
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Biel-Tan Green
  • Nuln Oil
Layer 18
  • Baneblade Brown
  • Dark Reaper
  • Doombull Brown
  • Emperor's Children
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Hashut Copper
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Liberator Gold
  • Ogryn Camo
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skarsnik Green
  • Skavenblight Dinge
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Ushabti Bone
  • Yriel Yellow
Technical 2
  • Contrast Medium
  • Lahmian Medium
Contrast 3
  • Black Templar
  • Skeleton Horde
  • Warp Lightning
Monument Hobbies Pro Acryl
Base 1
  • 006 Golden Yellow
Two Thin Coats
Highlight 1
  • Demon Red
Vallejo Model Color
Fluorescent 1
  • 70.733 Orange Fluorescent
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