Painting orange

[alexious]

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

[Commander Sha'son]

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...

[Daeothar]

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...

[Kurgan the Lurker]

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

[Lord Of War]

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.

[Captain Gideon Emitt]

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.

[DeathCarrot]

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

[Captain Gideon Emitt]

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!

[CarbonBased]

Real Space Marines wear Orange.

[Captain Gideon Emitt]

Real Space Marines wear Orange.

 

 

True words have never been typed....

[Serraphim]

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.

[Qu1f]

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?

[Arschbombe]

I just slather on the Macharius Solar Orange foundation paint and then highlight with P3's Heartfire.

[Qu1f]

I presume P3's heartfire is a none citadel colour?

[Arschbombe]

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.

[battle captain corpus]

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

[DeathCarrot]

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.

[Alpha PTP]

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

[Qu1f]

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?

[nurglespuss]

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)

[Purdy81]

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