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Ork Recipe
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Written by
Citpeks3121
Published
18 Dec 2025
Shareable URL
https://paintpad.app/r/5S8
Method
Paints
Shirt
Steel Legion Drab
Base coat
Baneblade Brown
Mid tone
Rakarth Flesh
Highlight (top facing)
Pallid Wych Flesh
Edge extreme highlight
Denim Pants
Dark Reaper
Base Coat
Dark Reaper
75:25
Thunderhawk Blue
Layer
Dark Reaper
50:50
Thunderhawk Blue
Layer
Thunderhawk Blue
Layer
Thunderhawk Blue
50:50
Fenrisian Grey
Edge Highlight
Yellow
Emperor's Children
Base Coat
Corax White
Zenithal
Yriel Yellow
Thinned 50:50 with medium
Rhinox Hide
Sponge chipping
Leather
Rhinox Hide
Base coat
Rhinox Hide
50:50
Doombull Brown
Glaze heavily thinned
Doombull Brown
Glaze heavily thinned
Doombull Brown
50:50
Skrag Brown
Glaze heavily thinned
Skrag Brown
Glaze heavily thinned
Skrag Brown
70:30
Ushabti Bone
Glaze heavily thinned final highlight
Skin
Averland Sunset
50:50
Skarsnik Green
Base coat
Biel-Tan Green
2:1
Lahmian Medium
Overall wash
Base coat mix 1:1:2
Warp Lightning
Contrast Medium
Selective recess shade
Ogryn Camo
Layer highlight (done with makeup sponge for easier blends)
Ogryn Camo
2:1
Ushabti Bone
Fine edge highlight (raised lines in muscle etc)
Kislev Flesh
Heavily thinned glaze for elbows,lips,nose,knuckles
Khorne Red
Heavily thinned glaze over kislev step for warmth
Teeth
Zandri Dust
Base coat
Agrax Earthshade
Wash
Zandri Dust
thinned slightly more than a layer for initial layering
Ushabti Bone
Also thinned slightly more than a layer for second step of layering
Screaming Skull
Fine highlight
Metals
Leadbelcher
Base for working metals
Balthasar Gold
Base for brass sections
Hashut Copper
Base for cannisters, tubing where wanted
Nuln Oil
Overall shade of all metal
Leadbelcher
Light drybrush for texture on working metal
Iron Hands Steel
Light drybrush on smaller area for texture on working metal
Stormhost Silver
Light dry brush only on edges
Hashut Copper
Relayer for brass
Hashut Copper
50:50
Stormhost Silver
fine edge highlight
Straps
Ushabti Bone
Base (straps 1)
Skeleton Horde
Ushabti Bone
Edge highlight
Steel Legion Drab
Base (Straps 2)
Skeleton Horde
Steel Legion Drab
Edge Highlight
ember/fire
Khorne Red
Base coat
Demon Red
: Highlight starting from halfway up
Orange Fluorescent
Highlight on tip
Golden Yellow
: Spot highlight on tip
Gold
Liberator Gold
Base coat
Agrax Earthshade
Wash
Liberator Gold
Layer
Nails
Incubi Darkness
base Coat
Nuln Oil
wash
Incubi Darkness
Relayer
Incubi Darkness
50:50
Thunderhawk Blue
Layer
Thunderhawk Blue
Layer
Thunderhawk Blue
50:50
Fenrisian Grey
Edge highlight
Cables
Corvus Black
base coat
Nuln Oil
Wash
Corvus Black
Layer
Skavenblight Dinge
Edge highlight
Black Templar
Over
Corax White
as alternative cables
Rust
Mournfang Brown
Thinned heavily and panel lined where needed
Skrag Brown
Thinned heavily for light rust
Dirty downs rust for deep rust
Citpeks3121
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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