Since we have been without spray paint from Battlefront for over a year, I have started to search for some alternative colors for use with my
Flames of War armies. With my considerable stockpiles running low, I spied out
Krylon Woodland Light Green as a possible solution for my Late War British armor. Let's take a look!
I proceeded to spray the tracks black and drybrush on Russian Uniform, which is my standard color for LW British Tanks. I sprayed down the Krylon on the hulls and turrets....
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| Previously painted M10 for comparison. |
...and about had a heart attack. Gah! Those things are BRIGHT. I mean, they looked like some sort of neon Goblin color or something. I was pretty skeptical, and only got a small bit of hope when I looked at the model closely with the tracks glued on -- it wasn't THAT far off, I told myself. Oh well, there is a reason I picked these pretty random models I had around, so I decided to see it through - perhaps a heavy wash would do it.
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| Very bright, indeed! |
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| The offending can - Curse You!, I thought. |
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| Is this really a camouflage color? How the hell can this be? |
As I proceeded to paint the tanks, I really did not feel any better. It was only when I got down to applying the CGR Magik Mudd Wash that I thought these might make it. See the results below....
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| The color looks pretty close in this picture -- a little closer than in person, I would say. |
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| In this picture, you can see that the tanks are a bit brighter, even after a very heavy wash with no Gloss Varnish. |
To my complete surprise, these actually turned out acceptably well! They are a little brighter in person than in the pictures, but certainly do not look out of place on the table. I would make sure that you do a whole platoon at a time, as you can see the difference between this color and the Battlefront color when put next to each other.
Have you found some alternatives? Let us know in the Forums....
