How to Speed Paint Bad Moon Orks for Warhammer 40k

By Travis Pasch | July 14th, 2022 | Categories: 40k News & Articles, Lil' Legend Studios, Orks, painting miniatures, Tabletop Gaming News & Rumors, Videos

Learn how to speed paint Bad Moon Orks in another super easy painting tutorial from Lil’ Legend Studio- check it out!

Lil’ Legend Studio has a ton of great painting tutorials and they are always easy to follow and get your minis on the table with awesome quality.

This time around though, we’re focusing on getting your Ork army ready for the tabletop almost as fast as you can! Let’s check it out!

How to Speed Paint Bad Moon Orks: Lil’ Legend Painting Tutorial

He designed this to be painted in 15 minutes and still looks pretty cool! Let’s see how to do it.

Step 1:

He starts by priming the model black and then a deep red undercoat, and finally, putting hairspray all over the model. This will really help the battered effect and interact with the oils later on. Next, he mixes Scurvy Green in to the airbrush with thinner. He mainly shoots this on all the muscle sections.

Then, he adds in the Foul Green and applies it at an oblique angle to all the muscles and skin. Next up is Field grey which does another highlight for this step. To finish this step, he mixes golden skin with the mixture and highlights.

Step 2:

Now he starts adding some yellow. He starts with Bad Moons and does this over all the armor plates he wants yellow. Next, he adds scrofulous brown and does a quick highlight on the armor and helmet. Then he adds Sol Yellow to the airbrush and does a much lighter highlight here.

He also lets this slip onto the face and arms as another quick and simple way to highlight. To finish this, he sprays water over the entire model.

Step 3:

Now is where the hairspray comes into play. He takes a rough thistle brush and a piece of metal to chip off some of the paint on the armor. This will quickly weather the mini and the hairspray will make it come off in cool patterns. Just do this wherever you want battle damage!

Step 4:

Now he puts Iroko and Sandle Wood from Scale 75 onto the wet palette. He mixes them together to paint the teeth, then uses Rhinox Hide to paint all the leather bits and Thamar Black for the boots and shirt.

Then a mixture of Rhinox Hide and Mars Orange for the trousers. Finally for this stage, Magnesium for all the metallic areas, no gold or anything fancy like that.

Step 5:

Now it’s time for oils. He puts Veridian, Lamp Black, Burnt Sienna, and Cobalt Violet with Sansador Thinner on a piece of aluminum foil. To start, he mixes the brown with the thinner and applies it to any area where it is brown or metal.

Then, he mixes the green with the thinner and does that on all the skin, focusing on the creases. He then takes the black mixed with the Violet and hits the battle damage to really make it stand out. He then lets this dry for about three hours before moving on, after that he takes a q-tip and gently takes off any excess paint still on the Ork.

Finished Mini

This should take you around 15 minutes a mini and you will have an awesome-looking force!

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