How I paint Aeronautica Imperialis - Orks - Evil Suns

 

The Orks were one of the first two factions released for Aeronautica Imperialis. The Orks of the Evil Suns Clan are the obsessed with going fast and many join the Kult of Speed. Members of the Evil Suns Clan often paint their aircraft red, firmly believing in the old greenskin adage that 'red onez go fasta'.

For this painting guide I am going to paint my dakka-jet red.

Here is the link to my Ork faction review.

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Paints required:

• Chaos Black spray
• Mechanicum Standard Grey spray
• Khorne Red
• Agrax Earthshade
• Evil Suns Scarlet
• Wild Rider Red
• Troll Slayer Orange
• Leadbelcher
• Nuln Oil
• Ironbreaker
• Averland Sunset
• Seraphim Sepia
• Yriel Yellow
• Flash Gitz Yellow
• Abaddon Black
• Corax White
• White Scar
• Gryph Charger Grey
• Balthasar Gold

The plane was undercoated with Chaos Black spray. I then gave the plane a very light dusting with Mechanicum Standard Grey spray. I find the dusting really helps brighter colours to cover the black base.

The plane was then given a base coat with Khorne Red. Once the base coat was fully dry, Agrax Earthshade was painted into the gaps between the panels. Do not wash the plane with Agrax Earthshade, you want to carefully place the shade paint in between the panels. If you do make any mistakes they will be corrected in the next step.

I began highlighting the plane by dry brushing Khorne Red on to the miniature with a medium size round ended brush. The purpose of this step is to cover up tiny mistakes made with the Agrax Earthshade. Ideally, you should keep the drybrush strokes moving from the front of the aircraft towards the back. Once this step is complete repeat with Evil Suns Scarlet (there is no need to clean the brush). Again, make sure to drybrush in one direction from the front of the plane towards the back. This causes the lighter colours to build up on the leading edge of your miniature. The plane was then dry brushed with Wild Rider Red. A final very light drybrush was done with a mix of Wild Rider Red and Troll Slayer Orange.

Metal details on the plane, such as the engine, thruster jets, weapons and exhaust pipes were painted with Leadbelcher. The glass of the cockpit was painted with Corax White.

Once the Leadbelcher on the metal was dry, this was given a wash with Nuln Oil. Allow this to fully dry before moving onto the next step.

The glass in the cockpit was painted with Gryph Charger Grey. The plane was then turned upside down to allow the paint to dry. This contrast paint gives a nice shiny finish for the glass. It also pulls to the frame giving a transition of shade across the glass pane. I usually, paint the glass twice to get the desired finish, but the paint must be fully dry in between each coat. I judge it with each miniature.

The metal was highlighted with a light drybrush with Ironbreaker. Be careful not to get this on the red fuselage.

The next steps are about adding the checks and flames that decorate Ork aircraft. The sections of the miniature that are going to have black and white checks were painted Abaddon Black. Additionally, some panels were painted Averland Sunset to break up the solid 'redness' of the plane. These black and yellow panels should be fairly randomly distributed across the plane, after all the Orks are not known for their planning. Try to avoid too much symmetry.

The edges of the black panels were defined with Nuln Oil. The edges of the yellow panels were defined with Seraphim Sepia. 

The yellow panels were highlighted with Yriel Yellow and then with Flash Gitz Yellow. The highlights were built up towards the front of the panel.

Guidelines for the white checks on the black panels were painted on with Corax White. Make sure to thin the paint with water to help it flow more easily. The guidelines were painted, so that they were parallel to the edge of each panel. 

Corax White was then used to fill in alternate 'squares' on the grid. Try to fill each 'square as neatly as possible, but do not worry about the odd mistake. Tidy up the black squares using Abaddon Black. Keep the paint for this detail work thinned down with a little water.

Finish the white checks by carefully filling them in with White Scar (I prefer to use Army Painter Matt White). This paint was watered down to help it flow more easily. Tidy up the black squares using Abaddon Black. Keep the paint for this detail work thinned down with a little water.

The flames were started by painting a line of Averland Sunset to denote the bottom of the flames. Tiny lines were painted on to the previous line to both thicken it and provide a look of little flames. 

Next, S-shaped lines were added to the yellow line with Averland Sunset, finishing the base of the flames. The flames were then highlighted with Yriel Yellow and then with Flash Gitz Yellow. The highlights were built up towards the front of the pattern, on the leading edge of the wing.

The engine was finished by drybrushing the final half with Balthasar Gold. Then the final third of the engine was drybrushed with Abaddon Black. Together these two colours give the appearance of heat damage and soot on the engine.

I really enjoy painting my Aeronautica miniatures. It is amazing how a few simple techniques can result in nicely painted table top miniatures. If you have any questions you would like to ask, please put them in the comments below. Thank you for reading and Happy Hobbying.