alexious Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I'm thinking about doing a small army of Knights of Gryphonne, whihc are orange and black. I was wondering what people on here consider to be a good method for painting orange. The initial couple figures I've started were primed black, then based with macharius solar orange. then I've given them a coat of the P3 khador highlight (very similar to GW's blazing orange in hue). Was thinking a wash of red ink or possibly and orange wash made with a mix of red and yellow ink would smooth out the colors. I also think priming black was the wrong way to go and I should have gone with a white primer. Thoughts, siggestions, tips would be welcome. Alexious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Sha'son Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 from the looks of it, you seem to be on the right track. I would have used white primer. In fact you can still hit your models with a thin coating of white primer to make your job easier. failing that, try your recipe. I am interested to see your take on it. Hopefully others will watch out and see if your method works. Now...GET PAINTING... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeothar Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Mmmm, orange... The way I paint my Fiery Lions is as follows: Undercoat Black (yes; black...) Cover black with one or two thin coats of Vomit Brown (no need to get an even coverage here, just a general coating) Basecoat Blazing Orange, think 4 or 5 thin layers. Trace panel lines, shadows etc with Snakebite Leather Touch up Blazing Orange Highlight up through mixes to Fiery Orange Highlight up to 50/50 Fiery Orange/Golden Yellow Highest highlight with straight Golden Yellow You could forego the Vomit Brown stage though. I didn't use it on the first couple of minis and the result was pretty good too. I added it later, because it covers the black better than the orange, but an extra coat of orange will get you just as far. Now, I've tried the white undercoat method and I'm sure it works for a lot of people, but not for me. I like the depth of colour a black undercoat gives. Not noticable straight away, but put the two methods together and you'll see the difference in depth and warmth, trust me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan the Lurker Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Here is what I do: The orange is done as follows over a black primer coat: Vallejo Model Color: 981 Orange Brown 956 Light Orange 910 Orange Red 851 Deep Orange 911 Light Orange final highlight with GW Golden Yellow Results: http://www.duckblindminiatures.com/images/vultures/ebriel1-4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Of War Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I love the Wounded Space Marine laying on the floor and a Comrade helping him up, but i dont see how that could be used on the Batttle Table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Gideon Emitt Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hello mate for my Emperors Disciples Undercoat White Paint Blazing Orange Drybush Flaming Orange Wash with Flesh Wash Ardcoat Had a few good comments when they are on table. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathCarrot Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I use a black undercoat, then Foundation Macharius Solar Orange, a light dry brush of Vallejo Fire Orange, and a brown ink wash. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v337/deathcarrot/40k%20stuff/marinefrontmagictest.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Gideon Emitt Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hey DeathCarrot You're guy looks kinda similar to mine but I'm a little more of a reddy orange. Let us ally against the none orange lovers of the world GRRRRRRRR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonBased Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Real Space Marines wear Orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Gideon Emitt Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Real Space Marines wear Orange. True words have never been typed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serraphim Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 What I tend to do is (warning time consuming): Black Primer 50/50 Blazing Orange/Skull white watered down. A couple layers to get a semi even coat. Couple layers of Blazing Orange. This point you want a good solid coat. Highlight by mixing in Suburst Yellow in varying degrees You can always change out the Sunburst yellow highlights for skull white depending on how the rest of the model is highlighted. I usually try and use the same colour to highlight with to maintain a little consistancy amoungst the highlights. This also works with any of the low pigment, light colour paints that GW makes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qu1f Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Im wondering. How do people paint their orange? I usually paint it with a white undercoat. Follower by Blazing Orange, high lighted with firey orange, adding golden yellow to each highlighting stage. How do you lot paint a nice, clean orange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arschbombe Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I just slather on the Macharius Solar Orange foundation paint and then highlight with P3's Heartfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qu1f Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I presume P3's heartfire is a none citadel colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arschbombe Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Yeah, it's from Privateer Press. It's a light orange shade. I am not a fan of mixing my own paints for hightlights and shades and whatnot according to the 'eavy metal ways and all that. I look for appropriate shades and I don't care whose range they're from. I want to have a decent volume of the right color for repeatability. My LGS has a good selection of Vallejo, GW, P3 and Reaper paints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle captain corpus Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Deep orange I use Blazing orange with just a Baal Red wash. Anything else gets Fiery after Blazing Orange, then a yellow highlight maybe. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathCarrot Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I use a black undercoat, then Foundation Macharius Solar Orange, then a dry brush of Vallejo Game Color Fire Orange, and I finish it with a Brown Ink Magic Wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha PTP Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/Punchinellos_Bomb/NMMAttempt1.png Basecoat of 1:1 Mixture of Vermin Brown and Blazing Orange. Work up to pure Blazing Orange by adding it to the previous mixture. Mixture of 2:1 of Blazing Orange and Fiery Orange. Work up to pure Fiery Orange by adding it to the previous mixture. Mixture of 2:1 of Fiery Orange and Bad Moon Yellow. Then you are done! Alpha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qu1f Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 That is an awesome colour scheme alpha. I can see that though Orange is a hard colour to get. Once you can get paint it though, it looks very awesome. I presume that the base coat even goes into the recesses as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurglespuss Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi there :) not sure how long this thread has been going, but I have a 2 stage simple orange painting process: Base coat Iyanden Dark Sun, over the top with Macharius orange (can be a thin or strong coat - depending on how 'orange' you want), wash with Devlan mud-magic wash (i.e. add some klear floor polish to a spare pot of devlan mud). Done. you can add highlights using skin tone pigments (I find Vallecjo the best) before the wash if you desire, or, glaze with orange ink (red ink/yellow ink mix, added klear - painted on rather than slopped on). http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu240/nurglespuss/Photo1081.jpg with under highlights and glaze with no highlights and devlan: http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu240/nurglespuss/Photo1072.jpg sorry they arent GW models, just showing the paint effect. Hope that helps! (hail to the foundation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdy81 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Ive started my own DIY chapter that is orange, heres a few pics http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2791/dsc00202hy.th.jpg http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/197/dsc00201js.th.jpg http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1537/dsc00199x.th.jpg Black undercoat upto 3 coats of thinned down macharius solar orange, wash of devlan mud light dry brush of the orange again highlight, of macharius orange mixed with vomit brown and skull white, paintings not great and its work in progress but im happy with the weathered orange look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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