oil mixes for military colours

[godfather]

Any suggestions where I can get oil mixes for colours such as olive drab, green drab or basically colours of uniforms used from ww 2 to present. I know that asking for specific colours on this board has been very useful but I don't feel "right" about asking for specfic colours every two days and besides it is good to have these mixes on hand when needed. Thanks

 

[Mongo Mel]

Hey godfather,
I wrote this article for ArmoramA a while back. Maybe it can be of some use to you.
Oil mixes
Not everything you asked for but I hope it does help. If I can help any more, feel free to contact me.
Craig

 

[diosytexas]

hi craig. great link. i take it these are all your own bust's. cheer's dave.

 

[KeithP]

You can get some great green that will get you to WW2 OD by mixing Cad Yellow and WN Blue (green tint). And, you can vary the shade and high by adding more or less of either one of these. These go on opaque with good coverage.

Blue + yellow = green

Keith

 

[Einion]

Originally posted by godfather+Nov 21 2005, 08:38 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (godfather @ Nov 21 2005, 08:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Any suggestions where I can get oil mixes for colours such as olive drab, green drab or basically colours of uniforms used from ww 2 to present. [/b]

A lot depends on what you have to mix with, if you don't have the same paints as another modeller their mixes often won't be of any help. Even using the 'same' colour from different manufacturers can give results that won't match someone else's - earths in particular are enormously varied as you know.

There's also the question of personal taste, how you like your figures to look is almost as important as the original colour you're aiming to mimic - so in addition to how chromatic or dull you want the basic mixture how to mix the highlights and shadows can vary a great deal. Just look at how differently people have tackled dark blues (French and Union tunics in particular) for example.

Mixing is mostly a matter of experience and practice and any decent palette can achieve relatively dull colours with ease, you just need to learn the basic mechanics. If you have one of Shep's books you'll see he mixed most colours from just red, yellow, blue, black and white!

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How many figures are you working on?

Einion

 

[godfather]

thnaks for the help I have about three on the go not including 14 1/35 NVA and US GIs for a viet nam diorama :lol: