| pessa00 | 18 Sep 2014 6:24 p.m. PST |
I've downloaded lots of images of Indian elephants … damn me but they seem brown to me? The 28mm one's I see painted are almost always grey… Am I wrong? |
| FABET01 | 18 Sep 2014 6:39 p.m. PST |
The brown is dirt and dust. Elephants bath themselves in it to help fight parasites. |
| evilgong | 18 Sep 2014 6:58 p.m. PST |
You can't stop at one elephant |
| Ashokmarine | 19 Sep 2014 4:13 a.m. PST |
I would say a greyish brown is accurate |
| JimDuncanUK | 19 Sep 2014 5:02 a.m. PST |
Last elephant I saw was pink :) |
| Maddaz111 | 19 Sep 2014 5:26 a.m. PST |
only dumbo was grey. elephants are brown/grey (the dry dust is a pale grey/sand mix colour – making the overall colour appear even more grey!) |
 optional field  | 19 Sep 2014 8:18 a.m. PST |
I would do a gray elephant with heavy brown highlights and a heavy brown wash. I would also recommend thinned craft paint, at least for the gray. Elephants have a lot of surface area to paint, and that much gray hobby paint can set you back quite a bit! |
| pessa00 | 19 Sep 2014 12:13 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the advice gents! Here goes… |
| Benvartok | 19 Sep 2014 1:45 p.m. PST |
Don't use Elmer as a guide…….. |
| JJartist | 20 Sep 2014 7:27 a.m. PST |
Various shades of grey and brown, even dark olive …. link If they are wet and just out of the water then almost charcoal… but on a battlefield they would be dusty. |
| pessa00 | 21 Sep 2014 6:17 p.m. PST |
Thanks JJ :) In the end I base coated with burnt umber (very dark brown) and highlighted up progressively adding grey to the burnt umber till the final highlight was straight grey. Delighted with the results… |
 oldbob | 19 Nov 2014 3:14 p.m. PST |
pessa00; have you finished that Nellie yet? |
