The following is a step by step instructional on how to paint Goff Ork Boyz to a tabletop standard reasonably quickly.
Remember that when painting Orks variety is the spice of life so try to mix the color combinations up a bit. For example on some orks you should darken or lighten each aspect of their clothing, one might prefer black boots, another could be in favour of muddy brown boots. Keep mixing things up.
For the purposes of this tutorial I'm going to slapping some paint on this here basic ork.
Glue the Ork together, clean off the flash and undercoat black.
Basecoat the Skin with Waaagh Flesh
Basecoat the straps and the boots with Rhinox Hide
How to Paint Goff Orks
Paints Needed
- Abaddon Black
- White Scar
- Rhinox Hide
- Doombull Brown
- Tuskgor Fur
- Waaagh Flesh
- Warboss Green
- Skarsnik Green
- Biel-Tan Green
- Carroburg Crimson
- Agrax Earthshade
- Nuln Oil
- Leadbelcher
- Ironbreaker
- Runefang Steel
- Druchi Violet
- Zandri Dust
- Ushabti Bone
- Screaming Skull
- Eshin Grey
- Dawnstone
- Balthasar Gold
- Seraphim Sepia
- Auric Armor Gold
- Khorne Red
- Waywatcher Green
Painting Orks Step by Step
For the purposes of this tutorial I'm going to slapping some paint on this here basic ork.
Glue the Ork together, clean off the flash and undercoat black.
Step One - Basecoating
Basecoat the Skin with Waaagh Flesh
Basecoat the straps and the boots with Rhinox Hide
Basecoat the metal areas with Leadbelcher
Basecoat the Skull, Teeth and Claws with Zandri Dust
Basecoat the gold jewelry with Balthasar Gold
Basecoat the helmet adornment with Leadbelcher
(pictured is Ceramite White - paint it Leadbelcher)
Step Two - Shading
Wash the straps and boots with Agrax Earthshade
Wash the Skin with a 50:50 mix of Carroburg Crimson and Water then Biel-Tan Green
Wash the Metal with Agrax Earthshade and then when it's dry give another wash with Nuln Oil
Wash the Bone, Teeth and Claws with Seraphim Sepia
Step Three - First Highlight
Layer the skin with Warboss Green
Leaving some of the Waaagh Flesh showing through the deepest muscle ridges.
Layer the leather straps and boots with Doombull Brown
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Layer the teeth with Ushabti Bone
Drybrush the Skull with Ushabti Bone
Fine highlight the rings and boot caps with Ironbreaker
Drybrush the pistol and chopper with Ironbreaker
Highlight Helmet Adornment with Ironbreaker
Highlight the gold rings with Auric Armor Gold

Layer the black clothing with Eshin Grey
Paint striations on the Orks skin areas with Skarsnik Green
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For those wondering what striations are they're the muscle fibers showing through the skin.
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For those wondering what striations are they're the muscle fibers showing through the skin.
Drybush the metal areas with Runefang Steel
Fine highlight the straps and boots with Tuskgor Fur
Fine highlight the clothing withDawnstone
Drybrush the Skull and highlight the teeth with a 50:50 mix of Screaming Skull and WhitStep Five - Glazing and Finishing Touches
Glaze the skin with Waywatcher Green
Glaze the Black clothing with an Abaddon BlackGlaze
Paint the checks on the helmet with White Scar
Paint the helmet adornment with Leadbelcher
Give the checks an Agrax Earthshade Wash
Carry out any last minute touchups and give the lips a Druchi Violet wash.
Dot in the eyes with Khorne Red
Base the figure
That's it, they look ok, are reasonably fast to paint in batches and nothing is difficult - no wet blending or anything borderline difficult just simple layering and drybrushing.
Painting Orks needn't take ages and can yield really good results.
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