[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/house-orlock":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":347,"description":348,"extension":349,"faction":350,"heroImage":351,"hex":352,"intro":353,"lastUpdated":347,"meta":354,"navigation":355,"path":356,"seo":357,"stem":358,"system":359,"__hash__":360},"factions/factions/house-orlock.md","How to Paint House Orlock",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":334},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,24,28,31,71,94,99,121,127,131,134,173,187,200,204,226,246,267,271,283,297,301],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Orlock are the House of Iron: miners, haulers and road gangs who work metal for a living and wear the results. The scheme is a rusty brick red over dark gunmetal, wrapped in brown leather - three warm, low-saturation colours that sit very comfortably together and hide a multitude of sins. It is probably the friendliest Necromunda gang for a painter who is still nervous about highlighting, because everything on the model is supposed to be scuffed.",[10,14,15],{},"The Outrider quads and their riders make this a gang with vehicles in it, and the same recipe scales straight onto a bike frame without changing anything.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,22,23],{},"A muted rust-red - closer to old brick or oxide primer than to a fire engine - on jackets, tabards and cloth. Underneath and around it, dark gunmetal plating with real wear: chips, rust blooms, scratched edges. Leather in warm brown for belts, boots, straps and gloves. The gang should look like it works for a living and sleeps near the machinery.",[17,25,27],{"id":26},"the-rust-red-jacket","The rust-red jacket",[10,29,30],{},"Undercoat black. Red over black gives you the deep, oxidised base this scheme wants.",[32,33,34,43,50,57,64],"ol",{},[35,36,37,38,42],"li",{},"Basecoat ",[39,40,41],"strong",{},"Khorne Red",", two thin coats. It is a dark, slightly brown red and it is doing the heavy lifting - do not be tempted to start brighter.",[35,44,45,46,49],{},"Shade with ",[39,47,48],{},"Agrax Earthshade"," rather than a red wash. The brown in it is what pushes the colour towards rust and away from crimson.",[35,51,52,53,56],{},"Layer ",[39,54,55],{},"Mephiston Red"," on the raised folds and panels, leaving the shade in every crease.",[35,58,59,60,63],{},"Highlight ",[39,61,62],{},"Evil Sunz Scarlet"," along the top edges of the folds, collars and cuffs.",[35,65,66,67,70],{},"On leaders and champions only, add a final thin catch of ",[39,68,69],{},"Wild Rider Red"," on two or three edges. Any more and the jacket stops looking worn.",[10,72,73,74,77,78,81,82,85,86,89,90,93],{},"Vallejo Model and Game Color painters can run ",[39,75,76],{},"Hull Red"," shaded, then ",[39,79,80],{},"Gory Red"," and ",[39,83,84],{},"Bloody Red"," on top. Army Painter Fanatic offers ",[39,87,88],{},"Dragon Red"," into ",[39,91,92],{},"Basilisk Red",".",[95,96,98],"h3",{"id":97},"the-fast-route","The fast route",[10,100,101,102,105,106,109,110,113,114,116,117,120],{},"Undercoat ",[39,103,104],{},"Wraithbone",", then a single coat of ",[39,107,108],{},"Flesh Tearers Red"," contrast for a bright, blood-red jacket, or ",[39,111,112],{},"Gore-grunta Fur"," for a browner, more rusted one - which is much closer to the studio Orlock look. Edge-highlight ",[39,115,62],{}," and stop. The Army Painter equivalent is ",[39,118,119],{},"Burnished Red"," speedpaint.",[10,122,123,124,126],{},"Once the reds are down, glaze a very thin ",[39,125,48],{}," over the lower half of each jacket. That single pass unifies a fast paint job and a careful one.",[17,128,130],{"id":129},"the-gunmetal","The gunmetal",[10,132,133],{},"Orlock plate is the second half of the scheme and it should be dark.",[32,135,136,141,148,159,166],{},[35,137,37,138,93],{},[39,139,140],{},"Leadbelcher",[35,142,143,144,147],{},"Wash generously with ",[39,145,146],{},"Nuln Oil"," and let it dry fully.",[35,149,150,151,154,155,158],{},"Edge with ",[39,152,153],{},"Ironbreaker",", then ",[39,156,157],{},"Runefang Steel"," on corners, blade edges and the lips of barrels and exhausts.",[35,160,161,162,165],{},"Stipple ",[39,163,164],{},"Typhus Corrosion"," at rivets, weld seams and the bottom edges of every plate.",[35,167,168,169,172],{},"Drybrush ",[39,170,171],{},"Ryza Rust"," very lightly over the corrosion, then knock most of it back with a clean dry brush.",[10,174,175,176,179,180,81,183,186],{},"Vallejo painters can substitute ",[39,177,178],{},"Gunmetal",", edged with ",[39,181,182],{},"Natural Steel",[39,184,185],{},"Oily Steel"," for the darker, oilier areas.",[10,188,189,192,193,196,197,199],{},[39,190,191],{},"Chipping."," This is the technique that makes Orlock. Tear a scrap of blister foam, dab it in ",[39,194,195],{},"Rhinox Hide",", wipe nearly all of it off on kitchen roll, then stipple lightly along the edges of plates and the tops of shoulder pads. Once dry, put a tiny dot of ",[39,198,157],{}," inside the lower edge of the larger chips only. Two colours, ninety seconds, and the armour reads as steel that has been hit rather than plastic that has been painted.",[17,201,203],{"id":202},"leather-and-cloth","Leather and cloth",[10,205,206,207,209,210,213,214,217,218,221,222,225],{},"Belts, boots, gloves and bike saddles: ",[39,208,195],{}," basecoat, ",[39,211,212],{},"Mournfang Brown"," on the raised areas, a ",[39,215,216],{},"Skrag Brown"," edge. For variety across the gang, run some pieces darker with a ",[39,219,220],{},"Wyldwood"," or ",[39,223,224],{},"Cygor Brown"," contrast over bone instead, which gives a drier, older-looking leather.",[10,227,228,229,232,233,235,236,239,240,89,243,93],{},"Trousers and undershirts break up the red nicely in ",[39,230,231],{},"Steel Legion Drab"," shaded ",[39,234,48],{}," and highlighted ",[39,237,238],{},"Karak Stone",", or in plain ",[39,241,242],{},"Eshin Grey",[39,244,245],{},"Dawnstone",[10,247,248,249,252,253,252,256,259,260,263,264,266],{},"Skin: ",[39,250,251],{},"Cadian Fleshtone",", ",[39,254,255],{},"Reikland Fleshshade",[39,257,258],{},"Kislev Flesh",", with ",[39,261,262],{},"Bugman's Glow"," left in the deepest creases. Orlock faces should be weathered and outdoors-looking, so a touch of ",[39,265,48],{}," stippled at the jawline for stubble works well.",[17,268,270],{"id":269},"bikes-bases-and-grime","Bikes, bases and grime",[10,272,273,274,276,277,279,280,282],{},"Outrider quads take the same jacket red on the bodywork, the same chipping on the frame, and one extra step: ",[39,275,164],{}," brushed along the underside of the chassis and around the exhausts, then a light drybrush of ",[39,278,171],{}," over it. Dust the wheels and the rider's boots with a drybrush of ",[39,281,238],{}," working upwards from the sole and fading out at the knee.",[10,284,285,286,221,289,292,293,296],{},"Bases in ",[39,287,288],{},"Astrogranite",[39,290,291],{},"Agrellan Earth"," technical paint, drybrushed ",[39,294,295],{},"Longbeard Grey",", tie the gang to the underhive floor and take five minutes for the lot.",[17,298,300],{"id":299},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[302,303,304,310,316,322,328],"ul",{},[35,305,306,309],{},[39,307,308],{},"Shade the red with brown, not red."," A red wash gives you a comic-book crimson. Agrax Earthshade gives you oxide.",[35,311,312,315],{},[39,313,314],{},"Chip the edges, not the middles."," Damage happens where things collide - corners, rims, the fronts of shoulder pads. Chips scattered across a flat panel look painted on.",[35,317,318,321],{},[39,319,320],{},"Keep the rust local."," Rivets, seams and lower edges. A rusty whole model reads as a wreck rather than working kit.",[35,323,324,327],{},[39,325,326],{},"Vary the leather."," Two or three brown tones across the gang stop the models blurring into one silhouette at table distance.",[35,329,330,333],{},[39,331,332],{},"Do not highlight the red too far."," Bright scarlet everywhere is the single commonest way to lose the Orlock look; the colour should stay dusty.",{"title":335,"searchDepth":336,"depth":336,"links":337},"",2,[338,339,343,344,345,346],{"id":19,"depth":336,"text":20},{"id":26,"depth":336,"text":27,"children":340},[341],{"id":97,"depth":342,"text":98},3,{"id":129,"depth":336,"text":130},{"id":202,"depth":336,"text":203},{"id":269,"depth":336,"text":270},{"id":299,"depth":336,"text":300},"2026-09-03","How to paint House Orlock for Necromunda - rust-red jackets over dark gunmetal plate, worn road-warrior leathers, honest weathering and chipping, plus a contrast route for the gang.","md","House Orlock",null,"#A63A28","Rust-red jackets over gunmetal, leather and honest road grime",{},true,"/factions/house-orlock",{"title":5,"description":348},"factions/house-orlock","necromunda","pDKKIzxjdqKL5rXfl6bBMpDERW04zSo0n9tzQEd0IYc"]