Just started a Napoleon Bust.
Any suggestions for colour mixes for chassuer green in Vallejo.
Always have trouble with greens
Cheers
Martin

It was a very dark greeen...:

http://www.lautresaintehelene.com/articles_uniforme_colonel_chasseurs.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v139/Stcir/Chasseur.jpg

I would use a ground-mix of "Extra Dark Green" (nearly 80 %) and "Oxford Blue" (nearly 20 %). For the shadows a bit "German Field Grey" to the grund-mix and for the lights some "Light flesh"...:




Cheers

Andrea Napoleonic Green is good as a base coat.

If you want to mix it from scratch then I'd recommend you start with a dark blue that you find reliably gives you a matt finish, then add in a little something like Yellow Ochre until the colour looks about right. If it's not dark enough, just add a touch of black.

If it's a little too dark then adding in a small amount of white can work, but a little of a light flesh mixture will often give a better result (slightly duller).

A flesh colour can also be a good choice for highlighting the green; for the shadows on a green this dark you really don't need anything other than black.

Einion

I just finished a Chassuer a Cheval (in WIP) and this is the green mix I used:

Base- 970 Deep Green + 875 Biege Brown + 950 Black
Highlight- Base + 970 + 955 Matt Flesh
Shade- Base + 950

The numbers are Vallejo Model Colour numbers. The ratios are by eye.

Hope this helps you

Colin

I plan on using Citadel caliban green as my base

Martin, thank you for your observation about the green being very dark.

Thanks for the replies gents.
Thanks Martin for going to the trouble of sending the links and the photo of the paints.Much appreciated.
Edward cheers for that .i do have that somewhere but forgot all about it.i think it's around 15 years old so hope it's still ok.
Can always rely on you guys.
That's why I love this site.
Cheers
Martin