Any tips for a rich brown?
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Any tips for a rich brown?

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I need to recreate the brown on this body. I painted the head, and as you can see I can't quite get that color. The brown I have is too desaturated, no matter how much yellow or red I add to it, I can't get that rich brown color. Any tips for a brand that's close to it?



Posted by Henchmen4Hire
on Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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Henchmen4Hire -
Monday, March 6, 2017
Thanks for the tips everyone, though I got the Mournfang Brown (BASE) in the mail today and it worked well lol. It's like a 95% match.



I like this BASE Citadel paint, it's similar to Formula P3 with good coverage. The price still sucks though lol
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Spartan-023 -
Friday, March 3, 2017
Green darkens red, than try yellow /tan to make brown.
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antithetical -
Saturday, March 4, 2017
That's one of those things about mixing model paints, they don't necessarily correspond to the standard methods, say like with artist's paints (with which I've long been familiar). Mixing the right color tends to be a frustrating hit and miss, though mostly miss, process.
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CustomKAT -
Thursday, March 2, 2017
The hue you have looks pretty correct on my monitor, just not dark enough? And what happens when you add just a hint of black to darken up that one you mixed up?
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Henchmen4Hire -
Thursday, March 2, 2017
When I added black it would just turn into a dark bark color

So frustrating lol, almost makes me want to go to home depot and and have them custom mix a batch.
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ENulmerfigs -
Thursday, March 2, 2017
You try adding blue? A dark one. Brown and purple are two of the hardest colors for me to mix
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Henchmen4Hire -
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Tried it too and it just looks like crap lol. I don't know how to get the richness, adding white just makes it pale.

Someone suggested Mournfang Brown from Citadel so I ordered one to try.
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