My Ork skin formula

I am sharing my ork skn paint formula. I personally don't like bright green skin on my orks or orcs, so I try and paint them a little darker and a little less green. How do I make green, less green. It's sile, I mix in some brown.

Painting the Ork skin 1. Undercoat black. 2. Mix Flat Earth (VMC)  and Scorpion Green (GW), at about a 4:1 ratio, and paint 2-3 thin layers. 3. Mix some Filthy Brown (VMC) into the above mix, and paint the raised areas if the Ork skin, like the muscles in the arms. 4. Add a small amount of White to the mix, and lightly over-brush the skin. 5. Apply a few wash layers of Devlan Mud and Badab Black, to the skin area. 6. Finally lightly drybrush some Foundation Knarloc Green (GW) over the skin, and your done.

Paint Tips - Paint Additivies - Windex

I have started using windex as a paint addititive, primarily to thin my paint, especially to use it as a wash and also as a glaze/juice. I really like what windex does to the paint, and with my style of painting many thin layers, as opposed to one (or two) thicker coats, I find the windex is a great additive.

Here are a couple of pointers

• I dillute my windex with water, in about 1:3 ratio. That is, 1 part Windex and 3 parts water.
• The blue tint of the windex does not effect the tint of the paint.
• Windex has been used by air-brush users for years. So it is not a "new fad".

I will post some photos of minis, painted with paint thinned with Windex, shortly.

Painting Tips - Paint Comparison between Citadel - Vallejo - Reaper - P3 -

All the above mentioned brands of paints are excellent. You can use any of them paint awesome minis.

The problem arises when you need to change brands, for whatever reason, and you are not sure which one to choose. It took me a while to change from my set of Derivan Mini Paints (an Australian made paint range for miniatures), to my now Vallejo range. From my research there is not really an EXACT match between brands of paints, but instead there is very close comparison. So if you were half way through painting an army, then I would continue using your original paint range until that army is finished.

If you are ready to consider other brands of paints to what you are using now, then have a look at these links for some opinions on various paints.

Youtube Videos on the topic of Miniature Piants.

Miniature Painting Fundamentals 2 : PAINTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyiIoy6oIcw

A History of Games Workshop Paints - talks about Coat D Arms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDGn8SxoJk

General Review - Reaper and Vallejo Paints - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M41ZSNC_xd8

General Review - GW and P3 Paints - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g48eefiV40M

General Review - GW and P3 Paints - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoXcoJ4Qac

Citadel, Vallejo, or P3? Which Paint do i choose?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMS7iRSB3eI

Privateer Press formula P3 paint review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS-FqHt7Cf8

Games Workshop paint review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1XdCyoODSg

Ghost's Paints [GW Paints v Reaper Paints]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOywf18YDyA
Colour Comparison Charts

Paint Range Compatibility Chart
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

Vallejo - Citadel Paints Comparison Guide
http://www.miniaturewargaming.com/index.php/mwg/comments/vallejo_citadel_paints_comparison_guide/

Citadel to Vallejo color conversion table
http://www.nugaming.com/html/vallejo_paints.html#CitadelVallajoConversionTable

Note: My personal choice is Vallejo Game Colour (VGC) range and Vallejo Model Colour (VMC) range, but I do own and use other brands like Citadel and Derivan.

Empire - Cannon

Here is the description of how I painted it.

Painting the Cannon The first thing to do, is undercoat the whole thing black. Cannon Barrel: 1. Mix Glorious Gold (VGC) with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) - about a 50/50 mix, maybe a touch more gold than gun metal 2. paint the whole barrel, but no other metal parts 3. Once dry I washed the whole barrell with Devlan Mub (GW), concentrating in the barrells "ridges". 4. Once this is dry I did several washes of Babab Black (GW) over the front of the barrell Wood: 1. I painted many thin layers of Flesh (Derivan) mixed with Gunstock Brown (Derivan) about a 50-50 mix. This included the wheels and as well as the Cannon Frame. 2. Once this was dry, I painted a few very THIN (Highly diluted) layers of the above mixture of Flesh and Gunstock Brown but I also added some Burnt Brown (Derivan) and thinned this down quite a bit. 4. A final wash of Burnt Brown (Dervian) with Chaos Black (GW) about 80-20 mix was washed into the recesses. 5. The edges were then highlighted with Flesh (Derivan) Metal: 1. Painted all the metal parts, except the barrell, with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) 2. Washed these metal parts with a watered down Chaos Black (GW) 3. Highlighted the metal parts with a mix of White (GW) mixed with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) 40-60 mix. I like this better than using Mitheral Sivler (or any other bright silver colour), as I wanted a highlight, but not one that was bright.

Hopefully all this made sense. As regards to finding the equivalent colours for the Derivan paints, you can use this Paint Comparison Chart.