09-06-2015, 11:28 PM
With summer over and my Narcissus finished it was time to get back to the Valley Forge :-)
2 hours masking, 60 seconds airbrushing, 5 minutes un-masking, rise, repeat!
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It's very difficult to know exactly what colour the original miniature is. It's certainly a light tan, not white or grey.
So I used Tamiya XF-55 Deck Tan mixed about 2:3 with flat white as a base. Then there's a bunch with a little red/pink, some blues, and the rest are just darker and darker shades of the tan.
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![[Image: 20566454854_f1ca7b549f_b.jpg]](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/658/20566454854_f1ca7b549f_b.jpg)
2 hours masking, 60 seconds airbrushing, 5 minutes un-masking, rise, repeat!
It's very difficult to know exactly what colour the original miniature is. It's certainly a light tan, not white or grey.
So I used Tamiya XF-55 Deck Tan mixed about 2:3 with flat white as a base. Then there's a bunch with a little red/pink, some blues, and the rest are just darker and darker shades of the tan.