How to do "brown" Orcs.

[Wyrath]

Greetings,

This is my first post here, so I hope I ended up in the right subforum.

I have been wanting to do Orc skin similar to the one seen on the Mag'har Orcs from the Warcraft universe, but I am not really sure on how to achieve the specific look. I would say that I am a good painter, but I rarely stray from my comfort zone, and this is certainly new grounds for me.

This is the look I am aiming for:

My plan was to do the inner layer as Hull Red (Vallejo Air), and then work from there, but I feel that all my browns are somehow lacking that warm, almost orangey glow.

Any and all help will be grateful accepted.

Best regards,
Andreas

 

[MAXXxxx]

hull red is too dark and too red imho.
I'd rather pic a lighter brown (es something simple as VGC Bestial brown) and highlight it toward VMC-Medium Flesh (has an orange tinge to it) through an orange brown (like VGC Scurflous brown).

When finished I may /may not glaze it with some dark red-brown (here you could use a very diluted hull-red) or purple (also diluted enough to make thing darker, not purple)

 

[Webmonkey]

maybe start with a basic flesh-tone,.. and then lightly glaze with various oranges and/or browns until you achieved the desired effect?