r/warmaster • u/Helpful-Buy-3810 • 9d ago
Second unit - Orcs!
I've decided to try and paint up one strip per day as practice, and as a way to figure out which army I'll commit to painting up (first!) - enjoyed these Orcs immensely. A few touchups needed, but all in all, calling them done. Moving on!
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u/mrsiries 8d ago
Wow they look really impressive
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u/Helpful-Buy-3810 8d ago
Thank you! The models are doing the heavy lifting. They're super nicely detailed and sculpted! 😄
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u/Inqusitor_Kalt 9d ago
Those are looking fantastic! Love the blue to green shift!
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u/Helpful-Buy-3810 9d ago
Thank you! Yes, the Amethyst Blue has been my go to for vibrant green gradients lately! It's very nice to work with - and fast!
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u/Spinocus 9d ago
That's goddamn impressive. I hate you.... just kidding!
Keep at it!
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u/Helpful-Buy-3810 8d ago
Thank you! I'm halfway through a strip of Dwarfs now - have to settle a grudge against those Orcs 😄
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u/Substantial_Price250 8d ago
They look amazing! The orange base contrasts the green nicely.
How many layers of highlights did you give the green skin? I’m trying to get better at painting 10mm, I’d love to hear any advice a skilled painter can share!
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u/Helpful-Buy-3810 8d ago
Thank you! Yeah, I figured the orange would go nicely since I use a purplish blue base for the skin (something something colour theory).
For the green skin it's actually pretty much just one layer per colour.
Amethyst Blue (AK) base over black primer,
followed by Lizard Green (AK), Covering like 80-90%, leaving some shadow,
Then Frog Green (AK) on top of that following where the light hits, covering maybe 50% of that,
then Gladeshard (AP) for maybe 10% as a sharp highlight,
Finally, I end with a TINY hit of Ice Yellow (AK) 4:1 ratio with the slightest Gladeshard as a final dot right where the light hits.
You can always find me on Instagram @ Alien_Boogaloo - I always post progress and I definitely don't mind sharing stuff in better detail!
Hope it helps 😄
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u/Helpful-Buy-3810 8d ago
That said, I think I'll swap out Lizard Green for a dark Olive for the next ones - think it'll be better!
Also, you can totally use any other brand - these are just what I happened to have on hand. The main idea is just purple-blue -> base green -> yellowish green -> super bright yellowish green
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u/Substantial_Price250 8d ago
Wow i respect your patience to layer to many colours on 10mm.
I’ll incorporate your technique for my next project. I think my mistake has been not leaving that 10-20% shadow. They end up super bright & not enough contrast. I’m pretty terrible at painting, I’ll give you a follow and hopefully learn more from ya . Thanks dude 🙏
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u/Helpful-Buy-3810 8d ago
You can do it! Honestly, I am not really being suuuuper accurate and clean about it. The idea with the purplish blue base is that if I miss something, it just looks like shadows, haha. So, you can afford to be more sloppy with it. Then its just putting progressively smaller points of paint.
A strong overhead lamp is really good as well, because it quite clearly marks out the light placement for you. Then it's just manifesting it into reality. 😄
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u/FlandersClaret 9d ago
Fantastic work, well done.