Questions about the jo sonja acrylic paint

[Chris Kelm]

It has been a while since I have been here as well as painting figures. So i am a little rusty and I need to get back in shape with my figure painting.
So I have a couple of questions about my Jo Sonja paints that I have when it comes to painting civil war figures mainly union troops. Now I just read last night an article on how to paint the uniforms (dark blue) of the union army. It said that you use dark Prussian blue with a little black to get the base color,than you use for the mid tones go for the Prussian blue hue and for the highlights ultramarine blue. This seems a little stark contrast,is this correct? Is there a better way to paint union army uniforms in the Jo Sonja paint line? Any suggestions will be very helpful.
Thank you.
Chris

 

[housecarl]

Depends how much ultramarine you use Chris.

 

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I would use french blue and lighten with warm tit wht.

 

[theBaron]

I would use french blue and lighten with warm tit wht.

That's almost as good as the question about good bust support.

Prost!
Brad

 

[peedee]

For the top highlights I would use a different technique altogether adding ochre or earth to the mid tones.
It keeps the tonal values more in keeping with the dark blue
uniform.
Try it on your pallette first as a practise it works well.
Paul.

 

[Chris Kelm]

Thank you Paul every bit of info works well for me.

 

[frank h]

Hi
For a dark uniform .....I would start with a black undercoat
then put on blue black.... highlight up with a lighter blue
mixed into your base to keep the colours relative to each other
high highlights can have a tiny bit of white mixed in to lighten
further
its all about experimentation .... if you want to try it
a very diluted purple wash over can help pull it all together

Just some thoughts

Frank