"Is my Panzergrau too Dark?" Topic

Hello,

I am fairly new to painting miniatures and I am mixing my own colors with Jo Sonja paints. This is my first attempt at panzergrau.

Do I need to lighten my mixture and go over it again? Any feedback appreciated.

Those look fine to me. Good work!

Panzer Grey is suppose to be darkish.

Although they look fine you could go just a little darker.

I generally lighten darker shades. If you paint a model with an exact color match it will usually appear too dark to the eye. In modeling terms this is called "scale effect" and is a result of the diffusion of light in the atmosphere. For example, if you are viewing a 1/100 scale miniature on a tabletop from 3 feet away, you would be looking at the object from 300 feet away in real life and the colors would be washed out a bit.

This is most noticeable with bright colors such as red, or dark colors. I rarely use black on my models, but mix a "scale black" lightened with white. Flesh tones can also be used to lighten dark colors.

You can match the chip color for the base coat and spray a lightened mix from above to emphasize light and shadow.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate it.

These are 1/144 and the bright light actually makes them look lighter in this picture.

On the wargaming table they look a little darker. I may need to follow Inch High Guy's advice.

Probably a good plan, though your highlighting helps a lot.

I think they look great

I'll add that I concur they look fine to me!

There is often a debate about lightening colours for smaller scale models…. The important thing is that you should be happy with them, and they look good to me!

I'm fan of buying a pot of the right(ish) colour instead of mixing my own – it saves having a crisis of conscience, or worse repainting, and means that if you do a second batch of models you don't have to worry about matching the paint.

You're good. Maybe more dust and muck

I think it's a practical matter – if they are too dark to make out what they are on the table, they're too dark.