Armageddon Orks (40k)

Armageddon Orks (40k)

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    18 Jun 2026
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  1. Prime Desert Sand
  2. Coat all metallics in Vallejo Environment Rust Texture
  3. Drybrush metal areas heavily with Iron Hands Steel , then use Stormhost Silver for a lighter drybrush/stipple.

Basecoats

  1. Basecoat all flesh with Orruk Flesh , followed by a coat of Biel-Tan Green
  2. Basecoat tongues with Blanched Berry , then mix in some AP Iceborn to highlight their tips.
  3. Basecoat any banners/fabric that will be cream/light with Sunburst Ochre
  4. Leather straps/bracers with Dark Brown
  5. Eyes with Aldebaran Red
  6. All my Orks have jeans... So trousers with Kantor Blue
  7. All cables with Black
  8. All horns/teef/skulls/etc with Vampiric Flesh
  9. All vests/fabric with Tenebrous Grey
  10. Boots/darker leather with Banshee Brown
  11. Hair with Blanched Berry
  12. I washed most stuff that needed washing with Targor Rageshade , bar the skulls with Skeleton Horde and teeth/horns etc with Agrax Earthshade as detailed later.

Highlights

  1. Mix in some Ogryn Camo to the Orruk Flesh for skin highlights; eventually get to pure camo. Glaze extremities with Krieg Khaki . Tint the nails with Terradon Turquoise and the lips/scars/veins with Carroburg Crimson
  2. Sponge/drybrush Ivory White onto any of the banners we painted ochre.
  3. Nazdreg Yellow on bullet casings to imply brass; can use elsewhere to add metallic variety.
  4. Wash teeth/horns with Agrax Earthshade , then highlight with Vampiric Flesh
  5. Highlight the leather with AK Figure Field Drab
  6. Black areas highlighted with Ironclad Grey followed by Dark Reaper
  7. Blue highlighted with Russ Grey
  8. Banners with Seraphim Sepia after weathering/transfers to tie everything together
  9. Base rim Ironclad Grey

Metal Detailing

  1. For Goffs, I just stipple Black then Ironclad Grey
  2. For Deathskullz, I stipple Kantor Blue followed by Thousand Sons Blue then Baharroth Blue
  3. For Evil Sunz, I stipple Khorne Red followed by Wazdakka Red then Wild Rider Red
  4. For Bad Moonz, I stipple Averland Sunset followed by Yriel Yellow then Dorn Yellow
  5. Some Necro Gold for variety with Nihilakh Oxide
AK Interactive 3rd Generation Acrylics
Standard 3
  • AK11026 Tenebrous Grey
  • AK11057 Vampiric Flesh
  • AK11109 Dark Brown
Citadel Painting System 25
Base 6
  • Averland Sunset
  • Iron Hands Steel
  • Kantor Blue
  • Khorne Red
  • Orruk Flesh
  • Thousand Sons Blue
Shade 5
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Biel-Tan Green
  • Carroburg Crimson
  • Seraphim Sepia
  • Targor Rageshade
Layer 10
  • Baharroth Blue
  • Dark Reaper
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Krieg Khaki
  • Ogryn Camo
  • Russ Grey
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Wazdakka Red
  • Wild Rider Red
  • Yriel Yellow
Technical 1
  • Nihilakh Oxide
Contrast 3
  • Nazdreg Yellow
  • Skeleton Horde
  • Terradon Turquoise
Colour Forge
Base 1
  • Desert Sand
Scale75 Scalecolor 2
Scalecolor 1
  • SC-38 Aldebaran Red
Metal n' Alchemy 1
  • SC-71 Necro Gold
The Army Painter Masterclass 5
John Blanche Volume 1 3
  • Banshee Brown
  • Ironclad Grey
  • Ivory White
John Blanche Volume 2 2
  • Blanched Berry
  • Sunburst Ochre
Vallejo Model Color
Base 1
  • 70.950 Black
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