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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Topic started by: zackzeta on 20 May 2016, 04:49:20 PM

Title: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: zackzeta on 20 May 2016, 04:49:20 PM
hey guys need a bit of help what color do you think i should make the ratmen clothes? i dont have many colors just a the basics. so while some sort of brown would be ideal their fur is already brown any ideas? i thought of a darker green but im not sure. i plan to do simple coats of colors then going over them with a black wash and maybe some dry brushing
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Leon on 20 May 2016, 04:54:15 PM
Rust/maroon or beige?  Something just slightly different, enough to distinguish between clothes and fur.
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: zackzeta on 20 May 2016, 05:02:50 PM
that would probably work but this is the paint set i have
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GP9kv8H%2BL.jpg)

also a citadel screaming skull

(http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/img_big/2f1f08a335eeb915348b16778c7a0e94.jpg)

i mean maybe screaming skull could work with a wash?
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Leon on 20 May 2016, 05:08:08 PM
Quote from: zackzeta on 20 May 2016, 05:02:50 PM
i mean maybe screaming skull could work with a wash?

That'd work for me.  You've also got a yellow ochre in there, and a flat red, for a bit of variety.
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Steve J on 20 May 2016, 07:04:52 PM
I'd go for something quite different in terms of tone from the fur to make the cloth stand out.
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Matt J on 20 May 2016, 07:20:43 PM
I tend to paint my rat fur more grey than brown, look at a rat they aren t that brown in most cases. Then paint the clothing browns, rust colours, ochres etc
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Bodvoc on 20 May 2016, 08:10:54 PM
I would go for a whole rag tag mix of fur colours and clothing colours to create a rat rabble look.
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Maenoferren on 21 May 2016, 08:14:03 AM
Quote from: Bodvoc on 20 May 2016, 08:10:54 PM
I would go for a whole rag tag mix of fur colours and clothing colours to create a rat rabble look.
That is the way I would go too.
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: fred. on 21 May 2016, 09:36:27 AM
A mix of colours is good, but sticking to a few shades helps give a bit of coherence to the unit.

If you go with grey fur, start with a dark grey and paint a few, then add in a little white and paint a few more, then lighten it further and paint a few more. You then might want to go back to a mid grey, and add a touch of brown to give a different base colour, then paint a few with this, then progressively lighten this colour on different groups.

Similarly with clothes going with Matt's basic colours have a starting colour do a group in that colour, then some in a darker shade and some in a lighter shade.  Remember to mix up the fur colour groups when doing the clothing colours - as you don't want all the dark grey ones with pale ochre clothes! You want some of each fur colour with each clothing colour.

Having a military set of colours to work with is probably good for Ratmen - you want more grubby colours. Remember to mix up colours to get new shades - you aren't doing uniforms so variation is good.

Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Leman on 21 May 2016, 04:17:27 PM
Purple, you can't go wrong with purple - eek! eek!
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 22 May 2016, 07:14:13 AM
Us Rats is BROWN


EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK
Title: Re: ratmen skaven color theme help
Post by: fsn on 22 May 2016, 07:43:54 AM
Brown or black
(http://www.dcmpestcontrolsussex.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Rats_BG.jpg)
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vd10joKl_eM/hqdefault.jpg)
(http://resources.waza.org/files/images/w(415)h(252)c(1)q(90)/cccf5852eaca0fa9161ad53f87baae6e.jpg)