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2016/02/14 03:18:00
Subject: Dark Angels. How Do You Get the Right Green For You?
I've been playing Dark Angels for around 8 or 9 months now and there's one thing I still can't nail... Painting them. I got the Deathwing the way I like them along with Ravenwing. But Greenwing has proven to be a constant frustration. There's a number of ways Dark Angels can look, either it dark green or even black. But here's the looking I'm trying to achieve:
As you can see, I'm hoping to get a more green look than black. And unfortunately with colors like Citadel's Caliban Green and Vallejo Game Color's Dark Green it's rather hard to achieve. And going for the next shade up (Warpstone Glow and Sick Green) is way too bright. Is there any tips someone can provide that can help me achieve the look I'm looking for?
Perhaps stick with the dark greens but lighter primers? Brighter greens but darker primers? Mixing the two colors? If mixing, what kind of ratio would you suggest? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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2016/02/14 03:35:31
Subject: Re:Dark Angels. How Do You Get the Right Green For You?
A further step not shown in the video would be to add edge highlights (Warpstone Glow for the armor, Evil Suns Scarlet for the weapon casings, etc.).
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2016/02/14 05:28:58
Subject: Dark Angels. How Do You Get the Right Green For You?
Mdlbuildr wrote:Make a tester model and use Caliban Green and then add a small amount of white to it. Paint it on a little a small area of the model. Let it dry.
Add white in very small increments until you get the green you like.
Just gave it a try but it seems that even one drop of white makes the green way brighter. Went about 12 parts dark green and 1 part white and the white still took over rather badly.
Ghaz wrote:
A further step not shown in the video would be to add edge highlights (Warpstone Glow for the armor, Evil Suns Scarlet for the weapon casings, etc.).
Yeah that's how I did my first ever squad of DA marines. Not a huge fan of how dark the green is.
bbarrington2001 wrote:I've just started painting DA and I'm using this method for the green and I'm really happy with it:
I've thought about that one actually. I've just been putting it off because it seems like a lot of work for a Tac marine. But in order to get the green that I want, I may just have to man up and accept that it will take time. I'll probably try this method next!
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2016/02/14 14:13:45
Subject: Re:Dark Angels. How Do You Get the Right Green For You?
I bought the Army Painter dark green spray, which I sprayed right onto the plastic as a primer, then one bottle of the Army Painter matching green paint. Highlight with whatever color you want.
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2016/02/14 16:20:16
Subject: Re:Dark Angels. How Do You Get the Right Green For You?
PaulTheFirewoodSalesman wrote: Just gave it a try but it seems that even one drop of white makes the green way brighter. Went about 12 parts dark green and 1 part white and the white still took over rather badly.
It's usually easier to start with mixing colours that are close to what you want. So if you have one green that is too dark and another green that is too light, mix them to get the green you want. Trying to mix from prime colours and black/white is much more sensitive. If it's the right brightness but looks too green you can add in grey to dull it down without darkening it.
You mention Sick green is too bright but Dark Green is too dark. Mix them until you get what you want, write down the ratios that got you the colour you want and mix up a whole pot of it.
Otherwise buy every pot of dark green on the market and find whichever is closest.... I've done that myself and half the time I still end up mixing the colour I want
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