The Sneakiest Ork Of Them All

Today's update is going to be on my attempt at the Slap-chop method, which I've been interested in trying out. To do this, I decided to paint up Snikrot the Stalker, a unique Ork Boss who loves taking out his enemies in the most un-orky way possible.

Boss Snikrot.

I started out by undercoating the model Chaos Black and dry brushing Vallejo Cold White. I made sure to dry brush it thoroughly so as to have a more even colour application when the contrast paints go on.

Primed and Dry Brushed.

Bright green flesh.

I started with the first colour, Gutrippa Flesh. Its a nice green, reminding me of Goblin Green of old Citadel palette, and looks good for a orky flesh tone. Its a much brighter colour than how I normally paint ork flesh, but for this model I liked it. But seeing how flat the flesh looked, I decided to throw a brown wash over it, and used a 50/50 Reikland Flesh Shade and Contrast Medium mixture to give the flesh some definition.

The flesh after the brown wash.

The backpack painted dark brown.

After this, I decided to apply the browns, and settled on Gore-Grunta Fur, and got a nice dark brown leather colour, applying it to the bag, his belts and straps, and some string holding his pants together. Before I complete all the belts though, I decided to do his pants Asurmen Blue, so it is easier to fix any mistakes I make with the blue.

He's a jean kinda ork.

Skeleton heads and teef and nails.

The skulls hanging off his belt and his teeth and nails were painted Skeleton Horde, and I applied this before completing the brown on the straps and strings to again, make it easier to paint. Sometimes I had to come back with the cold white to repaint the mistakes I was making, often touching up the skin multiple times. Not difficult overall, but I can't see myself painting an army, or even a regiment or squad this way.

Black boots are walkin'.

He's coming together.

His boots were covered in plates of steel, and his two giant knives are all steel too, so I decided paint them with the Game Air Silver, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well it covers, possibly the best silver I've ever used. Its quite smooth and applies evenly, but I can see it being an issue for dry brushing simply because how runny it can be. I decided his boots were going to be black with the silver steel, and so I used Black Templar for them, and applied it to the heads of the stick bombs.

Cleaned up backpack.

The silver was all washed with Nuln Oil, and then painting the stick parts of the stick bombs Vallejo Brass, I finished the model off by applying the Vallejo Desert Scenic basing paint. A quick Agarax wash and a tuft finishes off the model.

Skittles on his facemask.

He's quite sneaky.

One days work.

So this took me a day, along with painting more Brettonian knights, and even applying more colours to some other ork characters that I'm painting the traditional way. But this was quite enjoyable to paint up, and might continue painting a model here and there like this, since it is quite satisfying to finish a model with such great results.

Until next time.