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aelfwine
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Post subject: [Painting Orcs] What's new and cool in Orc skin tones.
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:11 pm
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Joined: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:23 am Posts: 508
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Hi all
For a long time, my go-to Orc skin tone colour was a Vallejo dark grey, drybrushed up to a GW Codex grey, maybe with a flesh wash in there. The result looked inhuman, monstrous and quite effective.
However, I got (and later sold) a whole whack of Hobbit Goblins, and the Hobbit Goblin paints (which I kept). I painted a number of plastic Orcs with similar flesh tones to the "Goblin Town" style Goblins which was also quite effective.
So, now I am trying to decide what to paint my "last" 24 plastic Orcs with. Should I continue the "Hobbit" style pale skin tones, or return to the older grey style?
What have others here found effective? I am going for something cinematic, so I am steering away from the Warhammer/Hildebrant green tones.
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GreatKhanArtist
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Post subject: Re: [Painting Orcs] What's new and cool in Orc skin tones.
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:58 pm
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Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:59 pm Posts: 966 Location: Calgary, Canada
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Mine are all shades of green. Not super original, I know, but the green contrasts really nicely with the red Morannon robes and also the yellow brown I chose for my wargs. (My guests complain about dark colours on the display cabinet models.)
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Lord Hurin
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Post subject: Re: [Painting Orcs] What's new and cool in Orc skin tones.
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 3:50 am
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Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:42 pm Posts: 1736 Location: CA
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Orcs supposedly have black blood, so from a biological standpoint it makes sense for them to be grey or black-skinned. That's how they were described in the books iirc.
Personally, I use a wide variety of skin tones. All of my Uruk-hai are dark reddish brown like the official GW scheme. Goblins are greenish like the film. Morannon and standard Orcs vary a ton.
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