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alright guys I'm painting my dwarves in the colors of green and bronze and on the sleeves I have already started with a layer of Dark Angels Green and then with a a couple of layers of Snot green, my question is what should I do next?

would it be a good idea to wash it with Thrakka green wash and then highlight with snot green?

or is there a better idea floating out there that I dont know?

I would just use a Trakka green wash over snot green (taking out the DA green (which has crap coverage IMO) stage) and highlight with goblin green. For a smoother result then highlight with snot green first.
It also depends on if you're going for a mid green or dark green.
Taking out the DA green will save you loads of time.
You could also just leave it following the wash, until you have the whole army painted then go back and add the highlights 1st to the front rank, then the models you put on the back rank and along the sidesbefore finishing with those left in the middle of the unit.

As far as color preference, I agree about taking out the DA green... I prefer bright models/colors.

It's also a good idea to base coat and wash a whole unit, and then see how far you want to go with the highlighting. For the main troopers, just a basic hihglight I hope! For your sanity and for the sake of actually fielding an army in a reasonable amount of time

Paint on Dark Angels Green. Then drybrush a 50/50 mix of Dark Angels Green and Snot Green. Then drybrush pure Snot Green. Give it a Thraka Green wash. If it's too dark, drybrush another layer of Snot Green once the wash has dried. Hope that helps. That's how I paint armor, so I hope it works for cloth.

This is my simple and quick orkflesh recipe:

Vallejo game color dark green (I hate DA green)
Broad Highlight with Snot green
Final highlight with Goblin green

It comes out looking like this:

Well this is what I got, I simply washed them with thrakka green after using a layer of snot green. how do you guys think they look? be critical, if you have any ideas of something else I can do to the green for just an overall greater appearance (other than highlighting) please let me know.

They need another wash.
Maybe try adding either Dev Mud or blue to making the shading deeper & richer.
Did you water down the green? I don't think Trakka green is powerful enough to warrent watering down.
However adding the brown or blue you might want to.
Try on a spare model first until you get the result you like.

bubber wrote:They need another wash.
Maybe try adding either Dev Mud or blue to making the shading deeper & richer.
Did you water down the green? I don't think Trakka green is powerful enough to warrent watering down.
However adding the brown or blue you might want to.
Try on a spare model first until you get the result you like.

which green are you asking about when you asked me if I watered it down? the snot green or the thraka green?

also I like using devlan mud but it always gives that dirty appearance when I want my dwarves looking bright and clean, but idk if Im thinking correctly about it

the thrakka.
try the blue instead of the dev mud then

my easy way to paint my orks is

- black undercoat
- goblin green for the skin, Calthan Brown for the leather, chainmail for the metal
- and devlan mud everywhere

if it feels to dark for you, just dry brush over it with the base color

this the method i use for my troops