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I am having trouble painting parchements and stuff like flags. Someday I wanna do something like what this guy has.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/128879-.html

I can't even really tell what color that is and I don't really know the secrets of how to blend colors like how he is doing to make that shadow effect.
Also on my Wolf Guard for example I put all those little flag things up but I have no clue to how proporly paint them to make them look good. Let alone knowing what
colors to use.

Any tips?

Parchment is a 'warm white', same as bone. Start with a brown and work it up through a yellowish/brown/white (eg bleached bone) up to just off white.

A good progression:
Khemri Brown
Kommando Khaki
Bleached Bone
Bleached Bone + Skull White (about 2-1)

Keep your paint slightly thin and don't have too much on the brush and you'll find it easier to get a smooth gradient of colour.

You can use different shades of brown for different tones - also try mixing some grey in to knock the saturation down and get more neutral tones.

hmm..ok I will give it a try!

When using a warm white color, I progress from:

Bestial Brown (base coat)
Dwarf flesh
Elf Flesh
Beached Bone
Highlight of Skull White


Works well on armies with little or no skin tone (like Space Marines).