oak wraith
I am doing something special for my friend group and I am going to paint up a bunch of miniatures of their favorite pokemon. I am planning to use contrast paints if possible but I am having a difficult time finding the right colors. Attached is my reference photo. I think I should be able to take that darker green on the head crest and thin it down to get a lighter color.
Thoughts?
silver grove
Contrast paints aren’t going to work great for this. You’re going to get pooling and weird shadows and highlights. I would grab 4 opaque citadel paints; 2 greens and two pink-reds.
I would mix the red and the purple to get something in between
Get some white too to desaturate the green for the highlights
Other brands (Vallejo, army painter, proacryl, artist brands) will have the same (or even more!) colors but you can get close enough with a lil mixing
oak wraith
It is using the kaijumon model. It has a lot of texture so contrast paints would be perfect.
That is what the model looks like
silver grove
The contrast paints will give you shadows in the recesses but it won't look like the image you posted
is that okay?
silver grove
Did you check fanatic colors, vallejo game color express, etc?
oak wraith
I did. They have the darker green i need but not a lighter one. I think I might just have to thin a lighter green down.
silver grove
or mix a little bit of yellow
oak wraith
That too.
tawdry sky
Try the paint swatches google drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_sHP0Lx2kW2F6aOmRGSr7c0xMcH7Kr76
Based on my personal experience, I think Scorpy green (VGC), livery green (VGC) and scarlet red (VGC) come close
olive basalt