Fresh from learning how to do NMM at Andy Wardle's weekend workshop (https://nerodine.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/nmm-workshop-with-andy-wardle.html), I immediately decide I should be massively stupid and try to paint all four of the Orks with everything I've learned.
Colour palette is the same as my test piece from the workshop. Here's a shot of one basecoated and one with the mid-tone applied.
Same pairing again, but with the armour highlights starting to appear.
Getting closer to the desired effect ...
... but I realised a little more glazing was needed before coming back to undercoat the skin areas.
Skin basecoat goes on, and I was having a few wobbles about colour choices at this point - but we press on!
Here's the skin mostly completed, along with lightening the skin around the face. I started from Darren Latham's helpful tutorial (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbw6lj9Fgk1/) but didn't want to push up as bright as he did. It's a good demonstration that not everything needs to start with one colour and end upwith a lighter version of the same colour. Also a reminder that Darren's a talented git.
Confidence was growing a little, so I used that mojo and came back to the other orks to get their faces and skin up to the same standard. Eyes and teeth still need work, but happy with how the big lad's milky eye in the middle of the scar is looking.
I think the confidence to post a picture of this size for something that small is, for me, a step forward in how I view my progression.
Haven't touched these in over a week now, as I've been rearranging my geek pit (more on that in another post) but with time away I can see that my shadows on the skin need to be deeper to push up the difference from the pinker tones. Green or purple will be introduced as the shade as red would bring it too close to the armour colours.
Still need to come back and add more shadow to the armour, but that's deliberate as I need the skin finished first to determine how much verdigris is appropriate. Had forgotten how useful posting up WIP work is, and gives me an opportunity to think through my progress before carrying on.
The Orks are pretty much head to toe in armour and/or weaponry so this is taking longer than I thought but happy with the progress so far.