Now these Uruk Hais is the first ones I ever painted, I looked around on the internet for tips and paint schemes. There is a lot of painters that shares how they paint Uruk's and most paint there skin in a dark brown/read colour and the armour is painted mostly a metal colour.
So this is my way to paint Uruk Hai's skin and armour, which is based on others way to do it.
The only part that I struggled with was the leather parts, I wanted them black at first, but then the whole model would be grey/black except for the skin which would be boring.
So with that in mind and that I want these to have a more muted colour then I usually paint with I started with Dryad Bark as a base colour then I mixed with several lighter browns. So I cant tell you exactly how I did the leather.
When I was done with Ugluk I realized that his hair should be painted in a lighter colour, now in a desperate attempt to rectify my mistake I used vomit brown mixed with a little Steel Legion Drab to highlight his hair.
Another difference between these models is that I washed Ugluk's skin one time more with Nuln Oil before the higlight.
Skin
Base: Dryad Bark
Layer: Dryad Bark 1:1 Doombull Brown
Layer: Doombull Brown
Shade: Nuln Oil
Highlight: Doombull brown 1:1 Tuskgor Fur
Highlight: Tuskgor Fur
Metal
Base:Ledbealcher 1:1 Abaddon Black
Layer: Leadbelcher
Shade: Nuln Oil
Highlight: Leadbelcher 1:1 Chainmail (edges and streaks only)