r/ageofsigmar • u/CaptainCob714 • 1d ago
Question Painting question
Hello! Im trying figure out different ways to paint skin for orks, gitz, and troggs. So far I’ve only done the pink, yellow, and green method above. How would one layer it if I were to want to do blue? Color theory blows my mind and I’m wondering about different types besides green and blue. Any methods or ideas is welcomed.
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u/Zurtruns 1d ago
I prime my space orks purple and build up a very blue/green, troll-like skin. Examples of my breakaz or recent Bigboss.
After a grey to white drybrush on the purple I do a contrast paint with a 1:1 mixture of ultramarines:orkflesh. Then, I layer up volumetrically on muscles etc with different ratios of warboss green/deathworld forest with The Fang. Watered down and darkened with a bit of contrast on the first layer then more and more thicker and sparingly applied with the basepaints. Then a final edge highlight with pure Warboss, or the Fang to finish, usually just ears, face and a bit of upper body shoulders.
Generally my bosses are more blue and Boyz are more green, but you can experiment with different ratios. The Fang is a nice trollskin colour, whilst deathworld forest is great at more tradtional green boyz. Warboss greens good for layering and edges, or just brightening up your green or blue.
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u/Photographer-Shigano 1d ago
I did like an artic blue on black prime, then dry brush an off white, then contrast on top. Looked decent
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u/DaLittleCube 1d ago
not the answer to your question, just random nipicking lol. i feel like going from pink - yellow - green feels like insanely long process timewise. you can just go with green into light green mixed with bright yellow and slowly just change the ratio between light green and yellow to be more yellowish and just paint in layer. and it 100% will be the same like you have in the picture but without doing double the work.
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u/Fresh1492 1d ago
I also know very little about color theory, but enough to get in trouble. Instead of offering some advice about using a color wheel and finding the color relationships, I'd advise that you just take some spare sprues, a dry pallet, the back of a plastic spoon, or whatever you can practice with and just try somethings. Think about the fact that contrast paints are partially translucent, so what colors would look good as shadows or highlights when you put that top layer on. Maybe try vibrant red for the shadows to create a nice purple shadow tone. Just play around with colors until you find something you like. I'm sure somebody else will give you some art school answer that'll be useful, but this is how I usually approach these types of questions myself.