How to Paint Pale Orc Skin

No-Nonsense Guide

Today I have a no-nonsense guide on painting grim dark pale orc flesh.

The Spit Effect Secret

If you want cool spit effects, it’s just UHU glue on the model. Dab it on with a toothpick. It’s that easy.

The Recipe

Step 1: Base Coat

Pallid Wych Flesh all over the model.

Step 2: Pink Areas

Mix Quick Shade Wash Medium with Bugman’s Glow 50/50. Put this on the mouth, hands, and elbows—anywhere that’s going to be pinker flesh.

Step 3: Streaking Grime

Cover the whole model with streaking grime.

Step 4: Wipe Away

Wipe it away with a sponge and Q-tip. This is what turns the skin green.

Step 5: Mineral Spirits

Come back in with mineral spirits on the very tops of muscles, teeth, and nails.

Step 6: Highlights

Use Menoth White from P3 to paint the nails, teeth, and highlight the very tops of muscles—especially on the shoulders.

Step 7: Optional Crimson

In some places, go back with a small wash of Carroburg Crimson on those areas where you put Bugman’s Glow.

Step 8: Eyes

Just put a white dot for beady little eyes.

Very Fast, Very Effective

And there you go. Very fast, very effective.

Transcript

Today I have a nononsense guide on painting grim dark pale orc flesh like this or like this one. And if you want to do cool spit effects like this, it’s just ooh glue on the model. We got uh hu and you just dab it on with a toothpick. It’s that easy. First you want to start with pallet witch flesh.

Just base coat it all over the model. Next, you mix quick shade wash medium with Bugman’s Glow 50/50. And then we put that on the mouth, the hands, and the elbows. Anywhere that’s going to be like pinker flesh. Now, we just cover all the model with streaking grime.

And then we wipe it away with a just a sponge and a Q-tip to get to this point. And that’s what turns our skin green. And then we’ll come back in with mineral spirits on things like the the very tops of the muscles and the teeth and the nails. And that’s how we get to here. And then next I’ll use Menoth White from P3 to paint the nails and the teeth and highlight the very tops of the mus of the muscles on the back.

You can really see it on the shoulders here. And [snorts] then in some places I’ll go back and just do a small wash of Carboard Crimson on those places where we put Bugman’s Glow. And for the last bit, just put a white dot for beady little eyes. And there you go. Very fast, very effective.