"Terrain Green?" Topic

I'm currently in the process of building terrain boards for my new wargames table and have found it impossible to find a decent shade of green to paint them with. All of the decent greens seem to be gloss.
Has anyone got any suggestions which shade looks best and where in the UK I can get hold of it please?
I would prefer Matt water based paint but will go with spirit based if pushed.

Cheers.

How about painting with the gloss paint and then using a matte spray to take off the shine? A little more work, but it may give you more options.

There's actually not just one shade of green. You'd be better off mixing and overlapping various greens. Even some yellow and perhaps light brown/tan. Nothing in nature is a solid colour. Just sit outside for awhile and really look at fields trees, hills and such.

That being said, it depends on the terrain you're working on. Farmers' fields tend to be greener than "wild" fields which have a lot of dead grass and debris from previous seasons. Drier summers produce duller shades than spring growth.

Go to homebase or b&q and get some green mixed.

Rob: Thanks for the spray idea, it might be an option. That said I need to cover somewhere in the region of 300 square feet of terrain so it could be expensive. What I'm looking for is a base green to to which I'll add all of the other shades as you've suggested.

Jon: I've tried that and now have a nice collection of sample pots, none of which sadly seems to be right. What I was hoping is that someone might know a specific shade. My colour appreciation clearly isn't what it should be, the last try looked like a backdrop from the Emerald city.

I use interior latex paint, usually an Avacado green. Look in the "oops" paint section. I find that it also works well as the adhesive for flocking (pour it on while still wet)

Use a darker green, then gently spray over it a sandy color. It will give it a nice dusty aspect.

My only suggestion is similar to Jon's, but with the rider that you should take along a sample of whatever green you have used on your figure bases, and ask them to match that.

It might also be worth posting your question to the general "Terrain" and/or "Scenics" boards, rather than to Napoleonics. Unless grass looked different between 1802 and 1815, of course.

Depends where you are but there are paint companies in the UK which will match to a Pantone ref- so you can match ANY shade. They will do matt, gloss, eggshell, whatever-
We use them at work, I'll find out a number

Cheers Chris, I've actually settled for Dublin bay with a lighter shade drybrushed on to it. Followed by another drybrush of yellow. It looks quite good.

I use Fence paint green, it dries fast and covers very well.