"Noob looking for four colors..." Topic
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Pygar2 | 02 Sep 2014 2:56 p.m. PST |
I am looking for "British Khaki Green Dark" (KG-3), for Gurkha/Aussie hats- and finding no helpful information, unless I want to concoct model paint out of shoe cream… I am also looking for American "Drab 54 Light Shade", for doing officer's pinks… And I am looking for "Seal Brown", used for flight leather jackets. I got a pdf paint conversion chart that seemed to say "Quartermasters #19" matched, but their own site showed no such paint or number… What khaki/brand would you recommend for just regular USA-type "butternut tan" not-greenish officer's pants? Many thanks in advance for any help! |
Fried Flintstone | 02 Sep 2014 3:02 p.m. PST |
What scale figures are you painting. You may want to consider going a shade lighter if the figures are small. |
Jemima Fawr | 02 Sep 2014 4:01 p.m. PST |
For Gurkha hats and British Far Eastern bush hats in general, I'd recommend using whatever reddish-khaki-brown you use for British temperate Battledress (e.g. Humbrol 26). They were distinctly brown compared to the Jungle Green uniform. Puggris (i.e. the strips of cloth wound around the bush hat) were typically Khaki Drill (i.e. a light khaki-grey -Humbrol 72) or Jungle Green (3:1 mix of Humbrol 116 & white). |
Fizzypickles | 02 Sep 2014 4:56 p.m. PST |
A mix of Vallejo Green-Grey & Green-Brown is good for KG-3 Green-ochre for butternut tan Beige red for Drab 54 Light Dark Rust for 'Seal Brown' maybe lightened with a little flat flesh. |
corporalpat | 03 Sep 2014 9:43 p.m. PST |
Blue, Red, Yellow, and Black. Add a decent white and there you go…any color you want, any shade, at your fingertips! All it takes is a little work. You know what work is right? |
Fizzypickles | 04 Sep 2014 5:43 a.m. PST |
Lol…that is theoretically correct however, in practice in order to make any hue you would need two of each primary colour and a photo neutral black and white. I forgot to add that you would need to add something like a buff or pale sand for the butternut tan & Drab 54 light. Good luck! |
Pygar2 | 04 Sep 2014 6:02 a.m. PST |
Thanks to all, even the one who overlooked the word "noob"… |
Marc33594 | 05 Sep 2014 2:51 p.m. PST |
For the officer pinks try Lifecolor UA 423 Pink which is part of their WW II US Army Uniforms set 1 (CS 17). You can buy the bottles separately. |
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