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Post by BG. Foster on Aug 18, 2011 15:16:12 GMT -5
Having finally deciding to start playing again I was looking at getting the Assault on Black Reach box set. Since I was just looking at what comes in the box I started thinking, do orks have to be green?
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Aug 18, 2011 16:13:25 GMT -5
Well...sort of, but you can probably worm around that. Some planets might cause plant life and fungus (aka Ork Spores) to turn, say, Red, and some Deffskulls may paint themselves totally blue.
Reds
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Post by Laughing Man on Aug 18, 2011 16:14:49 GMT -5
No, they can be any colour you want.
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Post by ElegaicRequiem on Aug 18, 2011 16:16:10 GMT -5
Orcs turn red when they drink the blood of Mannoroth. Wait...
Gotcha. Orks. Totally different.
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Post by emptyhat on Aug 18, 2011 16:35:36 GMT -5
No, they can be any colour you want. Laughing man is right they will be your stuff and you can do what you want. But Reds is also right because green skin is something of the calling card of Orks. Some restrictions make things better for painting an army and allow you the framework and foundations to do things that might otherwise look too muddled. If you keep some kind of theme and the core ideas then people can recognise what you are doing and find it easier to enjoy the wackier bits of your work. But at the same time you don't want to be strangled by rules as it is no good painting something that turns you off. Like Reds says though you can be sneaky: Cosmic didn't like the typical Ork green so he emulated the yellow feel that he has seen in Dawn of War. Orks like using war paint so you can cover them up like Celts for some different colours. You can also spend a little time looking at different fungus and algae colours from real life and base your skin tone off of one of them, or even a mixture. Or as Reds said you can just say that a certain planet or system has a distinct colour of fungus, and paint your Orks to match it. This image would be helped out a lot if you modelled some of the bases to show this xenos fungus and could lead to you making an epic Sci-fi game board. |
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Post by BG. Foster on Aug 18, 2011 16:41:00 GMT -5
i'm actually in the middle of making a game board for my guard based on a shrine world. will post pics if enough people are interested
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Post by Rook on Aug 18, 2011 17:46:23 GMT -5
Not in my world.
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Post by RedsandRoyals on Aug 18, 2011 18:42:39 GMT -5
Rook is an equal orkritunity employer. Reds |
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Post by Rook on Aug 18, 2011 19:34:33 GMT -5
Rook is an equal orkritunity employer. Reds I have had to hire blue and red orks in the past. Have to abide by Affirmative Orktion. |
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Post by WestRider on Aug 18, 2011 19:43:46 GMT -5
I saw a pretty nice looking Ork Army at OFCC last weekend with red skin.
Remember, the Rule of Cool trumps all.
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Post by 3ff3ct on Aug 19, 2011 12:30:40 GMT -5
Orks were originally brown, hence the ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold citadel colour 'Ork Brown'. Imagine being the pioneer that made Orks green.....
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Post by egon on Sept 13, 2011 10:04:30 GMT -5
I saw a pretty nice looking Ork Army at OFCC last weekend with red skin. Remember, the Rule of Cool trumps all. And of course, red ones go faster.  I prefer orks to be green. Dunno why really, Might be that I became a traditionalist way back when they showed that awful Chaos Ork army in WD. However, I have seen some pretty cool orks that aren't green. They shouldn't be brightly coloured if they're non green though. Think rust or mud or yellowing leaves rather than tulips when deciding on colour. You don't want your orks to end up looking like a goldfish in Holland. |
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