Oils aren't needed. You can definitely do the same with acrylics.
Looks like some gradients of blue grey.
In the Vallejo Model Color range, I would say:
Infantry blue
Prussian blue
Pastel blue
Pale grey blue
#Would anyone be willing to help me figure out a recipe that matches this?
forest zodiac
night niche
Oils aren't needed. You can definitely do the same with acrylics.
Looks like som...
I was able to get some info from the painters, this is what they said
“The only video we made so far is the one with the army on YT. Main color is Golden so Flat Payne's Grey and cadmium Red dark glaze (in the shadows). Also warm Brown wash in the shadows. Payne's Grey was also blended over with oil paints”
What exactly is the oil blending doing? I havent heard of that technique before
forest zodiac
They have most likely used a mixed medium approach which consist at doing your base coats with acrylics, then you do highlights and shadows using oil paints over that base coat once it is well dried (minimum 48 hours of drying). Some people are applying varnish before using oil paints, but it's not necessary. The oils and the solvents used to thin oil paints are quite mild and won't affect the acrylic paints below.
But I repeat, you don't have to use oil paints to achieve the same effect, you can use standard layering and glazing to get the same results.
night niche
They have most likely used a mixed medium approach which consist at doing your b...
Thats fair I think Ive just heard oils are faster which does sound nice. My main issue Im still trying to figure out is where the blue color is coming from, if its acrylics or a blue hue to the oil wash. Based on the brush patterns of this area I think its a blue oil wash? But Im not sure
forest zodiac
Most Payne's grey recipes are Ultramarine+Black (+ a hint of red). For me, they used a turquoise+white mix to do the edge and they dragged that paint until it blends with the Payne's grey. That's one of the asset of oil paints, you can really stretch then until you get a perfect gradient.
night niche
Okay interesting thats super helpful! My plan was to get this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W795XNQ . This is what they said they used but Im reaally not sure how blue itll end up being.
forest zodiac
Payne's grey is an interesting colour, either in an oil or acrylic formulation. When used pure it's a very dark grey, but as soon as you thin it, or you add white, the blue starts to overpower the black, so it becomes bluer and bluer.
From Golden website. Their Payne's grey is just Ultramarine and black. And you can see how it look when mixed 1:1 and 1:10 with Titanium white
https://goldenartistcolors.com/products/soflat-matte-acrylic-color-paynes-gray
night niche
Thats fair I think Ive just heard oils are faster which does sound nice. My main...
Gotcha that makes sense. It is, at least from those images, much less blue than the imagine above, you're thinking the rest of the blue comes from turquoise+white mix at the edge?