The Orks were one of the first two factions released for Aeronautica Imperialis. The Orks of the Blood Axe Clan have had more dealings with the Imperium than other Ork clans. Additionally, they have a greater understanding of strategy. The use camouflage patterns and are known to retreat if they are losing a fight. This has caused to the other clans to view them as cowardly.
For this painting guide I am going to paint my fighter bomber in a drab green.
Paints required:
- Chaos Black spray
- Army Painter Angel Green spray
- Castellan Green
- Nuln Oil
- Loren Green
- Straken Green
- Leadbelcher
- Ironbreaker
- Corax White
- Gryph-Charger Grey
- Abaddon Black
- Averland Sunset
- Yriel Yellow
- Seraphim Sepia
- Calgar Blue
- Hoeth Blue
- Army Painter Matt White
- Khorne Red
- Mephiston Red
- Evil Suns Scarlet
- Wild Rider Red
- Balthasar Gold
- Agrax Earthshade
- Deathworld Forest
- Elysian Green
- Ogryn Camo
The plane was undercoated with Chaos Black spray. I then gave the plane a light dusting with Army Painter Angel Green spray. The dusting really helps brighter colours to cover the black base.
The plane was then given a base coat with Castellan Green. Once the base coat was fully dry, Nuln Oil was painted into the gaps between the panels. Do not wash the plane with Nuln Oil, 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 Castellan Green 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 Nuln Oil. Ideally, you should keep the drybrush strokes moving from the front of the aircraft towards the back. Once this step is complete repeat with Loren Green (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. A final light drybrush was done with Straken Green.
Metal details on the plane, such as the engine, thruster jets, weapons and exhaust pipes were painted with Leadbelcher.
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 metal was highlighted with a light drybrush with Ironbreaker. Be careful not to get this on the green fuselage.
The glass of the cockpit was painted with Corax White.
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 next steps are about adding the checks and the random patchwork panels that decorate Ork aircraft.
The 'teeth' and struts on the wings were basecoated with Khorne Red. The panels on the leading edge of the wings are going be decorated with checks, to begin with these were painted with Abaddon Black. Additionally, some panels were painted Deathworld Forest or Averland Sunset or Calgar Blue to break up the solid 'green-ness' of the plane. These panels should be randomly distributed across the plane, after all the Orks are not known for their planning. Try to avoid too much symmetry.
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.
The red struts and teeth were highlighted with Mephiston Red.
The yellow panels were painted with Yriel Yellow.
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. Again, tidy up the black squares using Abaddon Black. Keep the paint for this detail work thinned down with a little water.
The red struts and teeth were highlighted with Evil Suns Scarlet.
A thin line of Elysian Green was painted around the edge of each of the light green panels.
Red checks were painted onto one of the yellow panels with Mephiston Red. Black checks were painted with Abaddon Black. I like to use the black on yellow checks on sections of the plane that might be hazardous.
An even thinner line of Ogryn Camo was painted around the edge of each of the light green panels.The red panels were given a final edge highlight with Wild Rider Red.
The blue glyph panel on the nose was edge highlighted with Hoeth Blue. The glyph on the panel was painted with Corax White. This was then edge highlighted with Army Painter Matt White.
The bombs were given basecoat of Abaddon Black. When this was dry, the bombs were given a light drybrush of Eshin Grey.
The final half of the engine was drybrushed with Balthasar Gold.
The bombs were then 'decorated' with patches of Averland Sunset.
The 'teeth' around the nose were first given a basecoat of Khorne Red. When this was dry, a second basecoat of Mephiston Red was applied.
The section of the engine drybrushed with Balthasar Gold was given a wash of Agrax Earthshade.
A thin line of Evil Suns Scarlet was painted around the edges of the 'teeth' decorating the nose of the aircraft. The 'teeth' were then finished with an edge highlight of Wild Rider Red.
The yellow decorations on the bombs were painted with Yriel Yellow. When this was dry, the edges of these panels were shaded with Seraphim Sepia.
The decorations on the bombs were finished with a mixture of flames and checks using Mephiston Red. The flames and checks were highlighted with Evil Suns Scarlet.
Then the final third of the engine was drybrushed with Abaddon Black, representing the soot on the engine.
With that the Fighta Bommer is now complete.
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.
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