Orc Drummer

_jagr · Post by **_jagr** » 13 May 2007, o 11:56

Thanks for translation Rollo.

Starting to paint this model I had several considerations: to try new orc skin color scheme; to once again experiment with metal colors, which I must confess never were an easy thing for me; to document the whole process as this seems to became my habit already

First off, the miniature has been cleaned up and primed with black.

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I’m used to paint orcs starting from their skin, this model is no exception. Catachan Green and Scorched Brown mix in 2:1 ratio has been used as a base layer. To highlight the details I have added some Chaos Black to this mix and washed the mini several times, while generally you could omit this step.

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I have used Catachan Green color for the first highlight and Catachan Green and Goblin Green mix in 2:1 ratio for the following highlight. I will limit myself to one picture here as both pictures do not differ much.

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After that I start working with the light. While my previous highlights have been done evenly all over the mini, now the highlights were put on more lighted areas only in an attempt to emphasize light and shade play. I wanted warm green tone for the skin and had to move the blinks’ color more to yellowish, therefore the mix of Catachan Green and Camo Green in 1:1 ratio has been used.

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I have continued with the highlights of pure Camo Green over smaller skin area.

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Finally I draw the blinks with the mix of Camo Green and Sunburst Yellow in 1:1 ratio and then slightly accented them by adding Bleached Bone to this mix in 1:2 ratio.

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Scorched Brown has been painted over the parts which should look like the leather.

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I used the mix of Scorched Brown and Bestial Brown in equal parts for the first highlight. I have then added Chaos Black to this mix, heavily diluted it with water and worked over the folds and recessed parts.

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Pure Bestial Brown has been used for the second highlight.

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The mix of Bestial Brown and Vomit Brown in equal parts has been used to highlight those areas which in my opinion got the most light. I have selected too wide area for highlighting and this resulted in pants becoming too bright and, even worse, turning pinkish. To mute this unnatural color I have washed the area with the mix of Bestial Brown and Chaos Black 3-4 times. By doing this I have made the pants look even more like old worn slightly dirty leather, while they still were lacking the contrast.

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Trying to overcome the lack of contrast I have made the highlight with the mix of Bestial Brown and Vomit Brown, some Catachan Green added to the mix. Green color has been added to avoid turning pinkish again.

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Afore mentioned mix with some Bleached Bone added has been used for the final highlight. I was not completely satisfied with the outcome, but have left the miniature as is for now.

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The full text in Russian.

To be continued

robacek · Post by **robacek** » 13 May 2007, o 13:43

great tut:) thx for sharing!

Post by **Skrit** » 14 May 2007, o 13:03

Now that's a run-through allright!:)

_jagr · Post by **_jagr** » 16 May 2007, o 19:10

I have recoloured to a leather and have added normal translation (by Rollo). Look the previous posts

Post by **Demi_morgana** » 16 May 2007, o 21:16

brilliant wip! I hope I can find any greenskin in my collestion to practise new-gained knowledge

Post by **mahon** » 17 May 2007, o 07:48

nice skintones and a good tutorial.

_jagr · Post by **_jagr** » 28 May 2007, o 08:33

As I have mentioned in the beginning, I had an idea to practice metallic paints on this model. I have armed myself with metre’s advises, red over several articles and finally painted metal parts of the model with Boltgun Metal. Those fragments which did not get smooth coverage for the first time were painted over 2-3 times more. Probably I should not mention here that I have diluted the paint with the water, however I will emphasize this here, since metallic paints require dilution in a same way as any other paint.

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Using model’s right boot for experiments I have tried several colorings on it, and finally decided to stick with Allan C’s recipe which is comprehensively described in a number of articles. As the metre had recommended, metallic areas were toned with Snakebite Leather.

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Metallic areas were toned with Bestial Brown.

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Metallic areas were toned with Bestial Brown and Blood Red (3:1). After that - with Bestial Brown, Blood Red and Chaos Black (3:1:1).

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Black belt higlighted with a mix Chaos Black and Bleached Bone.

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Post by **Demi_morgana** » 28 May 2007, o 09:25

rrr... nice to know that my fav tut so far is alive!

_jagr · Post by **_jagr** » 28 May 2007, o 10:24

Yes, I had some complexities with painting metal. Therefore long did not update topic

Mordred · Post by **Mordred** » 28 May 2007, o 11:38

this is really a great tutorial ... thx for sharing !
the model is starting to look very nice as well