What color to use to shade "death world forest"

[Anon]

Hi,

 

I am painting some scouts and want to paint the cloaks in the citadel color "death world forest". I want to try/learn wetblending and I think those cloaks  are great  for that. Now I am trying to find a good color to shade "death world forest". I tried several gw greens like caliban green but the color transition is too hard. It doesn't look very good.

Does anyone knows a color that is similar to "death world forest" just a bit darker? It doesn't have to be a citadel color. And I don't want to use shades/washes.

Edited May 19 by Anon

[Grotsmasha]

If you already have those two greens, I'd recommend mixing Deathworld Forest into Caliban Green, maybe start at 50:50, then adjust lighter/darker depending on your preference.

[Urauloth]

I'd look at castellan green. Like deathworld forest, it's an earthtone green (Caliban is a much more verdant green) and it should work well.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Formula P3 Thornwood Green might be worth a look, although it might be "too dark" and require mixing in with the Deathworld Forest.

[Anon]

Thanks, I will try it out.

[Cleon]

Vallejo have a selection of really nice realistic/historical camo greens, so if you have a store that stocks them I'd suggest going in and having a browse - be aware they do refract slightly different from GW paints though so might look a bit odd as a shade if you don't put a varnish over to unify that.

[MithrilForge]

I painted my Orks skin in death world forest, and I painted my T”AU pathfinder’s fatigues in it as well… 

I used castellan green as the base, Athonian camo wash, then layered on -

Death world forest,

highlights were

- Elysian green then ogryn camo . 
 

M

 

[Wolf Lord Duregar]

Seen that, right?

 

 

[jaxom]

I agree with @Grotsmasha. Wetblending often requires intermediate mixes of the colors you're working with in addition to feathering out (aka blending) the initial colors into each other. @Wolf Lord Duregar's chart shows the three layer-style painting colors required, but you'd end up with five in a wetblend:

1. Deathworld Forest, feathered into a ...
2. ... 50/50 mix of Deathworld Forest and Elysian Green, feathered into...
3. ... Elysian Green, feathered into...
4. ... 50/50 mix of Elysian Green and Ogryn Camo, feathered into...
5. ... Ogryn Camo

Such a process gives greater control over the color gradation. 

 

EDIT: Forgot to mention, Deathworld Forest is a base color for Elysian Green, so the overall look will read as Elysian Green. If you want Deathworld Forest as the read, then your base color should be darker. @Urauloth and @MithrilForge both recommended Castallen Green and I agree with them.

Edited May 22 by jaxom

[Anon]

19 hours ago, jaxom said:

I agree with @Grotsmasha. Wetblending often requires intermediate mixes of the colors you're working with in addition to feathering out (aka blending) the initial colors into each other. @Wolf Lord Duregar's chart shows the three layer-style painting colors required, but you'd end up with five in a wetblend:

1. Deathworld Forest, feathered into a ...
2. ... 50/50 mix of Deathworld Forest and Elysian Green, feathered into...
3. ... Elysian Green, feathered into...
4. ... 50/50 mix of Elysian Green and Ogryn Camo, feathered into...
5. ... Ogryn Camo

Such a process gives greater control over the color gradation. 

 

EDIT: Forgot to mention, Deathworld Forest is a base color for Elysian Green, so the overall look will read as Elysian Green. If you want Deathworld Forest as the read, then your base color should be darker. @Urauloth and @MithrilForge both recommended Castallen Green and I agree with them.

Thank you all for responding. I see that I have a lot to learn and I found a lot of your post very helpful. With intermediate mixes the results are very good. I did Castellan Green into Deathworld forest into Elysian Green.

[Firedrake Cordova]

Good to hear