[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/orks":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":133,"description":134,"extension":135,"faction":136,"heroImage":137,"hex":138,"intro":139,"lastUpdated":133,"meta":140,"navigation":141,"path":142,"seo":143,"stem":144,"system":145,"__hash__":146},"factions/factions/orks.md","How to Paint Orks",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":124},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,41,44,48,51,66,70,73,100,104],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Orks are a brilliant army for painters who want character over precision. The whole aesthetic is scrappy, mismatched and weathered, so clean lines and perfect blends are not the goal - energy, contrast and a bit of grime are. They paint up fast and look better the rougher they get.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"Orks are defined by green skin and improvised metal armour and weapons. The skin recipe above gives you the ramp from a dark shaded green up to a bright, almost cartoonish highlight on the nose, brow and knuckles - that bright pop of green is what makes an Ork read as alive and aggressive.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"painting-ork-skin-fast","Painting Ork skin fast",[10,26,27],{},"Green skin is the perfect candidate for the fast contrast/wash method:",[29,30,31,35,38],"ol",{},[32,33,34],"li",{},"Basecoat the skin a mid green (or undercoat and use a green contrast paint in one pass).",[32,36,37],{},"If you went the classic route, wash it with a green or black shade to sink the recesses.",[32,39,40],{},"Layer the original green back on the raised muscle, then a final bright highlight on the very top - the brow ridge, nose, fists and shoulders.",[10,42,43],{},"For a whole mob, the one-coat contrast approach over a light undercoat gets you tabletop-ready in a fraction of the time.",[14,45,47],{"id":46},"metal-rust-and-weathering","Metal, rust and weathering",[10,49,50],{},"The armour is where Orks come alive. Keep the metal dark and grimy, not shiny:",[52,53,54,57,60,63],"ul",{},[32,55,56],{},"Basecoat plates a dark metal, wash heavily with a brown or black shade.",[32,58,59],{},"Stipple or sponge rust (orange and brown) along edges and rivets.",[32,61,62],{},"Add chips with a fine brush or a torn sponge so the metal looks beaten and scavenged.",[32,64,65],{},"A few spots of bright clan colour (red, blue, yellow) break up the green and metal.",[14,67,69],{"id":68},"clan-colour-variations","Clan colour variations",[10,71,72],{},"A spot colour ties a mob together and follows Ork \"logic\":",[52,74,75,82,88,94],{},[32,76,77,81],{},[78,79,80],"strong",{},"Goffs"," - black and white checks, red details.",[32,83,84,87],{},[78,85,86],{},"Evil Sunz"," - lots of red (because red wunz go fasta).",[32,89,90,93],{},[78,91,92],{},"Bad Moons"," - yellow.",[32,95,96,99],{},[78,97,98],{},"Deathskulls"," - blue, plus a bit of everything looted.",[14,101,103],{"id":102},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[52,105,106,112,118],{},[32,107,108,111],{},[78,109,110],{},"Embrace the mess."," Sponge weathering and slightly sloppy chips look intentional on Orks - this is the army to relax on.",[32,113,114,117],{},[78,115,116],{},"Vary the skin."," Don't paint every Ork's skin identically; small differences make a mob look like a horde, not clones.",[32,119,120,123],{},[78,121,122],{},"Batch the green."," Skin is most of the model - do the whole mob's skin through each step at once, then individualise the gubbinz.",{"title":125,"searchDepth":126,"depth":126,"links":127},"",2,[128,129,130,131,132],{"id":16,"depth":126,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":126,"text":24},{"id":46,"depth":126,"text":47},{"id":68,"depth":126,"text":69},{"id":102,"depth":126,"text":103},"2026-06-28","How to paint Orks fast - the classic green skin recipe, scrappy metal armour, rust and weathering, and the clan colour variations that give an Ork army its character.","md","Orks","/images/factions/orks.webp","#4f7a2a","Green skin, scrappy metal, rust and weathering done fast",{},true,"/factions/orks",{"title":5,"description":134},"factions/orks","40k","tWKsKfMV8E4M1takRQifZxKrVws38F-GWthL6i-HJq4"]