Draconis: Spring Clean 2024 and onward
Green, but which green….
4th April 2024
So, my paints arrived – and the two Bronze Greens are slightly different colours (Vallejo, and AK Air). Also, neither seems quite right for what I needed.
I spent further time researching, and found conflicting answers for what the correct green should be.
As such, I decided just to paint with what I have and see how things come out. Started out on the Cromwell (as that had already been stripped before anyway). I found the AK air paint to be a little thicker than I expected, but did manage to get an airbrush layer down.
I then drybrushed it with my Russian Uniform colour. However, I think perhaps it was a little too lightly.
In order to change the colour further I went back and tried a heavier drybrush over one half of the turret. This gave me more of the tone I was looking for.
Rolled that out to the whole turret, then added a thinned wash of army painter Strong Tone, to tie things together and give a slightly grubby filter to it.
Next up it was rolling out the drybrushing to the whole tank…..
That’s as far as I have got for now.
Next up will be adding some transfers from the Firefly kit, washing the tank hull and then into the tracks and detailing. Then I will try some weathering out….
I remember these dilemmas. I have dozens of Those Greens and there’s so little difference I’ve settled for whichever is nearest is the right one 😁
I’m sure there were probably some supply issues and they may have had to thin the paint or such. Also it would fade too… but sometimes I get myself stuck in a mental loop 🙃