how to paint Kommando Khaki?

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**Ouze**

OK, so I'm, really screwing this up. I have basecoated a model in black, and since the final color will be KK, I laid down some vomit brown, and then some KK. The problem is - the vomit brown looked bad, and the KK looks worse. The rest of the model looks fine but I've never really done parts in this color before - any idea where I'm going wrong? I plan to strip this and try again.

Terrible pic included.

**infilTRAITOR**

The Khaki is a horrid colour to use solo as it does look quite thin although it goes on rather thick.

When I use KK I always give it a base of Khemri Brown foundation then two coats of watered down Kommando Khaki. The foundation is brilliant for creams and light browns while watering it down will get rid of the troublesome streakiness of KK.

Hope that helps.

**Corpsesarefun**

Dont water down your vomit brown for a start.

**Tek**

I like to use Foundation Dheneb Stone for things like Kommando Khaki and other light, thin-looking paints. A foundation coat goes lovely over black.

**Ouze**

Thanks for the tips, guys.

**SgtSixkilla**

I prime in white, and add non-watered down kommando khaki in quite liberal ammounts. I find that so much of the moisture dries out (like chaos black) and still leaves a rather thin layer of paint, even though it was applied liberallly.

**Fishboy**

Infiltrator or Tek are on the right track. There is a foundation paint just slightly off the KK. That is what you want to use first.

**Tek**

Khemri is browner, so the overall colour will appear warmer once a few layers in.
Dheneb is closer to KK in colour, so I would use that if I wanted a closer match.

Depends on what effect you want really.

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EDIT: there is a more yellow-y foundation colour too, Iyanden Darksun, or orangey Tausept Ocre.

**Miss Dee**

I got Kommando Khaki and it was so thin I had to get P3's Hammerfall Khaki.

**gorgon**

The Vallejo Game Color equivalent (surprisingly called Khaki) covers better. It probably won't cover black, however. Personally, I'd just start with white primer instead of doing umpteen coats over the black.

**Miss Dee**

You need 1 for the P3

**Ouze**

What's P3?

(disregard. I found it. Derr).

**CrashUSAR**

I've found that two, sometimes three light coats over black primer works decent enough. I dunno, maybe I'm just lucky *shrugs*

**Necros**

Tek wrote:I like to use Foundation Dheneb Stone for things like Kommando Khaki and other light, thin-looking paints. A foundation coat goes lovely over black.

QFT!

Dheneb Stone is great. All of the foundations are really, I guess thats why they call them foundation paints

But, I've also found that for light colors like khaki or desert yellow, the best results I got before was to prime the model white, then water your paint down a little bit so it doesn't go on in streaks, and then just do multiple coats. Takes much longer, but it works.