Options for a more opaque goblin/warboss green

[Burni]

So I want to get the Ork army I have built and mostly primed, all painted up. I'd like to do the skin in a goblin green colour and then wash it with Biel Tan or something similar.

 

I have citadel warboss green and I like the finished test model I did with it, but it's not very opaque and needed a good few coats. I haven't explored other paint manufacturers but seems like now is a good time to do so. So I'm looking for a similar colour that has good finish and is hopefully more opaque?

 

Do any fraters have some suggestions I can try?

[Grotsmasha]

Honestly, your best bet may be to grab a can of Army Painters Goblin Green Spray Primer.

[Karhedron]

33 minutes ago, Grotsmasha said:

Honestly, your best bet may be to grab a can of Army Painters Goblin Green Spray Primer.

 

It is a good colour match but I don't like the finish of Army Painter colour primers. They dry too glossy which means when you paint details over the top, they rub off very easily.

 

I find the best solution is to apply Warboss Green over a mid-grey primer. This is closer in tone and I find 2 coats are usually enough to get decent coverage. I use Halfords grey car primer and it works pretty well.

[Grotsmasha]

35 minutes ago, Karhedron said:

They dry too glossy which means when you paint details over the top, they rub off very easily.

Huh, I've used several of their sprays, but primarily Wolf Grey and Angel Green, and didn't have that issue. BUT a big caveat is, they were commissioned pieces and didn't play with them, however I do use Munitorum Varnish on all gaming pieces, so it does knock back any bad shine and prevent paint rubbing off. The same would apply for a Matte Varnish too.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Warboss Green is a Layer paint, so it's designed to be a bit translucent, unfortunately. If the issue is purely coverage, would mixing one of the similarly-toned Base paints into it to increase coverage be a viable option? Most of the green Base paints are darker, so you'd end up with a darker colour overall, but that could end up working to your advantage if used the mixed coat as the base/shadows, and then went over it with Warboss Green excluding the recesses? I don't think any of the green Contrast paints leave a solid enough colour to be used for a similar purpose?

 

Looking at other companies, Vallejo Game Colour, Coat D'Arms, Army Painter or InStar Nostalgia 88's all have a Goblin Green (yes, they all have the same name!). Battlin' Barrow Gaming did a 3-part(!) comparison of paints trying to find something similar to old Goblin Green, with all of them having about the same coverage.