"Russian Tank Green" Topic
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| JD Lee | 27 Feb 2014 8:02 a.m. PST |
Vallejo Russian Green seems to dark. Can anyone give recommendations on another vallejo color or what paint they use. I am doing early and late period. I feel early period should be a lighter shade.
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| GROSSMAN | 27 Feb 2014 8:09 a.m. PST |
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Dave Jackson  | 27 Feb 2014 8:50 a.m. PST |
Not Vallejo, but HUmbrol has (or maybe had) a "#114: Russian green". I believe Testors has one (I use that and a Tamiya mix) Anyway, here are some thoughts: link Some interesting info here: link Some discussion: link
And more:
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| (Stolen Name) | 27 Feb 2014 2:43 p.m. PST |
I used the Warpaint Russian green spray for my EW tanks it is lighter and greener than the VJ Russian Green
Only problem is it has been OOP for 12 mths but you may find soem old stck around. I am not sure how the new PSC spray stack up |
| Martin Rapier | 28 Feb 2014 6:37 a.m. PST |
I use Vallejo RG as a basecoat than just lighten it a shade with a dollop of yellow or ochre for a heavy drybrush on top. Produces that sort of rotted vegetation shade characteristic of Sov armour quite nicely. |
| Chuckaroobob | 28 Feb 2014 8:08 a.m. PST |
I use "Russian Armor Green" from Testors. Call me crazy, but I refuse to mix paint. |
| HistoryPhD | 01 Mar 2014 1:28 p.m. PST |
Chuckaroobob, I'm with you!! I hate mixing paint!! |
| grommet37 | 31 Mar 2014 2:52 p.m. PST |
I used Vallejo Air Russian Green over Rustoleum gray primer on some Zvezda tanks that were green plastic to begin with. The first basecoat seemed a bit too olive, but the second coat seems OK. Not exactly like the box art (for all that's worth) but acceptable. Of course they're 1/100 scale plastic kits, and I'm no stickler for historical accuracy. I wonder if the primer color will affect the final shade given the slight translucency of acrylics? |
| Andy ONeill | 02 Apr 2014 2:48 a.m. PST |
The undercoat will show – unless you apply several coats.
The pre-shading technique relies on the translucency of acrylics.
Don't know what pre shading is?
Here's a youtube video illustrates it. Although the subject is 40k, it's a huge model so you can see the technique a bit clearer.
You probably want to jump to about 8 minutes in. The standard soviet armour colour was called 4BO. It's lighter and yellower than most people paint their models.
Supposedly pretty similar to warsaw pact green FS34257.
4bogreen.com/colors
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