Stone Effect?

[Edemia]

Hey guys, couldn't find this so thought i'd post, sorry if its been gone over before.

I've just received delivery of my runic bases from Secret Weapon miniatures (awesome bases btw!) And i'm wanting to paint them in a sort of browny, sandy kind of coloured stone. Anyone know what paints I could use to achieve that colour? I use Vallejo Game Colour at the mo.

This is the effect i'm going for (the bigger bases)

Edemia

 

[droogie77]

Vallejo Model Colour has loads of realistic colours that would be good for this. One of them is light mud, might be good for a sandy type rock.

 

[mickc22]

I'd think you'd want to be looking at the reddish browns to begin with
The way I'd go about it is:
Base: VMC 846 Mahogany Brown
then add some VMC 928 Light Flesh to the brown, and drybrush it all over, do that as many times as you like, then finish with light flesh on it's own, then a very thin glaze of VMC 929 Light Brown

this would keep you in the warm browns

you may find this handy

Vallejo Equivalency pdf

 

[Einion]

And i'm wanting to paint them in a sort of browny, sandy kind of coloured stone. Anyone know what paints I could use to achieve that colour?

Are you looking for recommended colours to buy to do this?

Even if you don't currently have two paints that are the right colours you should be able to mix them pretty easily, even the dark brown. A beige is basically lots of white with a little brown in it and a sepia colour, if you don't have anything that dark, can be made easily from a lighter brown with a little black or dark blue added; you can even mix entirely from scratch if you had to - crimson + dark green will often work, red + yellow + a little blue or black is another possibility.

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In terms of method there are two basic approaches that can give something like the effect seen in the pics: drybrushing and washes (sometimes combined).

For the wash method, which is how I think these were done, you'd start with the beige colour and then simply apply a heavily-diluted coat of the dark brown, perhaps wiping a little of it off the very highest points with a clean bit of cloth or paper... or your finger :cute:

With the drybrushing method, you'd start with the dark brown and then drybrush with lighter colour(s), either by doing thin applications of one colour or working up to the to the lightest colour in a couple/three stages.

The two methods are often combined, with washes used for the bulk of the shading work and then a little drybrushing to highlight edges or high spots and indicate wear. You can also start with drybrushing and then wash over that, to slightly soften the effect as well as re-establish the shadows.

Einion