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11-05-2010, 19:38
Ed2

Paint Match

Is there an exact Humbrol or Vallejo paint match for the WoW
Ellwood Camel olive/green, or a good "home brew"?
11-05-2010, 20:03
Oberst Hajj

I've not been able to match the WoW paint color to any of my Vallejo paints (I've got them all) well enough to do touch ups or paint over markings with out having to do a total repaint. I'll have to look at what color I used for a straight Vallejo repaint that I liked for the Camel.

Dom posted a mix of two Vallejo colors (I can't recall them right now) that make for a nice historical color. I used this mix on my last Camel repaints (for my Naval 9 decals). I think in the future I will stick with the single color, it's much easier to deal with and I'm more interested in the game and not making museum worthy/accurate replicas for my personal stuff.
11-05-2010, 21:20
Ed2

Thanks for your help Keith. You saved me much time. I think I'll take your advice and find a color that's a close match and do the whole plane.
11-05-2010, 21:34
Oberst Hajj

I'll try and dig out the paint I used when I get home tomorrow. If you end up having to repaint the undersides, I used Dark Sand based off the research I did. It is not a match for what WoW uses, but it looks better to me.
11-06-2010, 02:38
tonyc206

When I painted out the hearts on an 'Ellwood' Camel I used Vallejo 'Reflective Green' and it blened in nicely once dry and varnished. Don't forget that all the shop bought planes are already varnioshed and that changes a paint colour.

For a good PC10 mix I use 2 parts Russian Uniform to 1 part Burnt Umber as suggested by Dom. This gives what I think is a fairly accurate colour as it looks green in some light and brown in others and it's a pretty close match for the 'Bishop' SE5a. I've re-painted all my Camels, Snipes, SE5a's, DH4's & RE8's in it and also my HP 0/400
11-06-2010, 03:47
Boney10

For my repaint I used GW Knarloc Green then added Scorched Brown to match .
Ill post a pic shortly ( my USB has gone diffi )
11-06-2010, 04:54
flash

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Originally Posted by tonyc206

When I painted out the hearts on an 'Ellwood' Camel I used Vallejo 'Reflective Green' and it blended in nicely once dry and varnished. Don't forget that all the shop bought planes are already varnished and that changes a paint colour.

Having nothing so scooby to hand I used humbrol 155 Olive Drab on one of my SEs - it looked too light a tone until I matt varnished it - now it looks quite tolerable. :)
Nice to hear of a PC10 mix though - thanks peeps.
11-06-2010, 05:29
Guntruck

Didn't someone suggest Citadel Catachan Green with a dollop of Graveyard Earth? Might have been Kytey.
11-06-2010, 07:34
Flying Officer Kyte

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guntruck

Didn't someone suggest Citadel Catachan Green with a dollop of Graveyard Earth? Might have been Kytey.

Indeed it was. What a good memory you have Gunners.:rolleyes:
Rob.
11-06-2010, 09:49
Guntruck

Just painted a a Pup with Catachan Green with a dash of graveyard earth, but wasn't happy with it as I thought it too dark. Gave it a coat of Russian Uniform, which I think is a much better match.

To each his own, I think.
11-06-2010, 10:13
Dom S

For the Camel a 50/50 mix of Vallejo 93 Brown Violet and 98 Bronze Green is a pretty darned close match to the existing paintwork, although I'm still trying to puzzle out if a dab of a third colour in there will get it bang on. That said, I usually repaint with the mix Tony posted earlier.