I'm often asked about the paint I use, so here goes...
I normally use Vallejo Modelcolor acrylics, apart from metallics which are from Games Workshop and some flesh colours from Army painter.
Here are some of the colours I frequently use, listed from the shade colour to the highlight.
- Black - German Grey / Grey Green/ Basalt Grey
- White - Blue Grey Pale / Pale Grey Blue / Silver Grey
- Flesh - Beige Brown / Medium Fleshtone / Flat Flesh
- Flesh 2 - Panzer Aces Shadow Flesh + Beige Brown / Army Painter Tanned Flesh + Medium Fleshtone / Army Painter Barbarian Flesh + Flat Flesh 1:1/ Basic Skintone
- Bases - Beige Brown / Brown Sand + Iraqi Sand 1:1
- Wood - Chocolate Brown / Beige Brown / Brown Sand or Tan Earth
- Grey Green / Basalt Grey / London Grey + Medium Sea Grey 2:1
- Basalt Grey / London Grey + Medium Sea Grey 2:1 / Medium Sea Grey
- Hull Red / Hull Red + Cavalry Brown 1:1 / Cavalry Brown
- US Olive Drab / US Olive Drab + US Field Drab 1:1 / US Field Drab
- US Dark Green / US Dark Green + Green Grey 1:1 / Green Grey
- Medium Grey / Stone Grey / Deck Tan
- Flat Brown / Mahogany Brown / Red Leather
- Luftwaffe Uniform WW2 / French Mirage Blue / Intermediate Blue
Napoleonic uniforms:
- French Blue - Dark Prussian Blue + German Grey 1:1 / Prussian Blue + Dark Grey 2:1 / Prussian Blue + London Grey 1:1
- Prussian Blue - Dark Prussian Blue + German Grey 1:1 / Prussian Blue + Dark Grey 2:1 / Prussian Blue + Basalt Grey 1:1
- British Red - Cavalry Brown / Scarlet + Cavalry Brown 2:1 / Scarlet
- Russian Green - German Camo Extra Dark Green / German Camo Dark Green + German Uniform 1:1 / German Uniform
- Yellow facings - Desert Yellow + Goldbrown 1:1 / Golden Yellow + Yellow Ochre 1:1
- Medium Blue facings - Flat Blue / Flat Blue + Azure 1:1
- Scarlet facings - Cavalry Brown / Scarlet
- Crimson facings - Cavalry Brown / Red (947)
- French Dragoon Green - German Camo Dark Green / Luftwaffe Camo Green / Flat Green
- Bavarian Blue - Prussian Blue / Flat Blue / Flat Blue + Pastel Blue 1:1
- Prussian Dragoon Blue - Flat Blue + London Grey 2:1 / Grey Blue / Pastel Blue
- British Rifle Green - German Camo Extra Dark Green / German Camo Dark Green / Luftwaffe Camo Green
- French Greatcoats 1 - Beige Brown / Beige Brown + Brown Sand 1:1 / Brown Sand
- French Greatcoats 2 - Burnt Umber / German Camo Medium Brown / Flat Earth
- French Greatcoats 3 - Luftwaffe Uniform WW2 / Field Blue / Field Blue + Grey Blue 2:1
Horses:
- German Camo Black Brown / Chocolate Brown / Chocolate Brown + Beige Brown 1:1
- German Camo Black Brown + Flat Brown 1:1 / Chocolate Brown + Mahogany 1:1 / Chocolate Brown + Mahogany + Beige Brown
- Chocolate Brown / Chocolate Brown + Beige Brown 1:1 / Beige Brown
Brushes
I use a lot of different brushes and frequently change my mind about them, but here arethe ones I'm using right now:
Raphael Kolinsky series 8408 size 1
Pro Arte Renaissance Sable size 3/0
Artmaster Pearl size 5/0
Art Discount Watercolour sizes 0 and 2