Messing up the Warbikes (pt.2)

Took a bit more time to get these bad boyz painted than I anticipated. Very happy with the results! Pretty much same methods and paints as with all the earlier Orks I did last year. This time I left the black clothes without any highlights whatsoever, just matt Black Wash over grey. Kinda nice there's something so blank among all the other irrational mess and details.

The bases were gloss varnished before the final drybrushes, just to give them this wet feel and especially some structural credibility. Did the mistake of rushing with the primers, and not give the bases a proper seal of diluted PVA to keep all that little scrap material and sand from falling off. Or actually it wasn't a mistake, as time was saved and the end results were great. Win-win.

The skins were given two successive dark green washes. Did a thick mix of Athonian Camoshade, Ork Flesh, Commando Green and Seraphim Sepia for the first go. Second one was even darker, with more Sepia Ink added in. I added some Seraphim Sepia to the final skin highlights of Poisonous Cloud as well.

The Pigma Brush pen was used for the checker patterns. Let that dry for a few hours before carefully dabbing gloss varnish on top of the patterns, just to protect the pen's ink from not rubbing off later. When finishing the base rims, a bottle of Matt Black kind of exploded all over my palette. The nozzle must have glogged, and burst open after a decent shaking and squeezing. Glad I use a plastic plate with rather tall edges, so ALL of the paint that ruptured out from the bottle stayed within the palette. Nice, sweet.

The Gorkanaut got checker patterns as well! He's been waiting on the shelve for quite a while now to get finished. All the Meks and painting Grots are just to scared to approach him frequently.