My newest project, to add to the growing backlog of unfinished projects, is a Leopard 2A6. I am using Model Masters Tricolor Green NATO (S6). When viewed in the bottle it appears to be the right shade of green, however when applied it looks a little dark. Now this in itself is not a huge deal, but I have read on the GHQ website that at this scale, a little white should be added to lighten up the color... I presume its to be able to see the detail and to assist in the wash process to help the detail pop out. That being said, I took the Tricolor Green NATO and added about 10% flat white to it. The results were not to what I was looking for. The Leopard is done in the lightened color and the Stryker is painted with color strait from the bottle. My issue is, what is the right amount of white to add so that the final product does not look too faded. See results below. The soviet tank below has no white added and it appears to be too dark. It uses Model Masters Russian Armor Green. When I tried to lighten the green, in the same proportions mentioned above, it turned out like a very washed out pale green. The picture below looks lighter than it does in person. Maybe I am making too much out of this and the darker color is just fine or maybe the lighter color on the leopard just needs to be darkened up a little. My goal is to paint the Leopard using the NATO Tri Color of Green base, Black and Brown camo pattern mixed in. As to the answer, you will have to wait till a later post. I am going to post these pictures to GHQ and see what the experts on there will say about it. If you have an opinion, feel free to comment.
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H C Ortega
1/19/2016 02:17:38 pm
Instead of using white to lighten the color how about using a lighter color closer to the NATO green (or whatever color you want to lighten). Considering that I've never used Model Master paints, I don't know if that is possible, but I've read people using Vallejo or AMMO of MIG paints to do this effectively.
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Mike
3/31/2016 07:50:23 pm
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Doug
4/13/2016 01:05:31 pm
Instead of white, try using something along the lines of tan or sand. I had the same issue before using white and found that using tan or sand worked way better. Also, if your planning on lightening Olive Drab, use a little yellow green...works so good too.
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