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 

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