I have some 28mm Camels to paint, and while I know they are brown, I am not quite sure what sort of shadev of brown to paint them.
Some browns seem to dark, others too gingery (sorry Roy).
Suggestions please gents
Their fur is quite light in colour on the outside, so once you've got a suitable base colour on (Cork Brown?), how about something like an Iraqi Sand or Buff to highlight?
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I'm sure I've seen that face down the club.
Interesting that that Camel has shade so fthe Camel (aircraft) and the fingers of a Camel smoker.
If you look around there's quite a bit of variation. Some are quite dark along the hump.
It's my understanding that camels range from white, through cream, sand, earth tones to dark brown with some species also including grey.
So, whatever looks right to you is probably going to be fine.
I used Vallejo Model Color Desert Yellow.
http://28mmvictorianwarfare.blogspot.be/2011/05/so-what-do-you-know-about-camels.html
All foundry colours but maybe you can find some comparison to other ranges?
Google has its uses, I hear.
Thanks for the help.
Quote from: FierceKitty on 28 September 2017, 11:19:08 PM
Google has its uses, I hear.
I was being lazy and hoping somebody would suggest paint colours
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I think this one must be FSNs ex wife :)
Are you sure it's not just FSN?!
All those pics look like some of the tidiest best kept camels I've seen pics of, usually they're scruffy looking types with great lumps of fur hanging off and a dozen shades of brown...
Quote from: toxicpixie on 29 September 2017, 11:36:04 AM
Are you sure it's not just FSN?!
Leon tells me FSN is not that good looking. :D
Hey! I never wear that shade of red!
What shade of ref lipstick DO you favour then, FSN?!,
Quote from: Orcs on 29 September 2017, 10:56:01 AM
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I think this one must be FSNs ex wife :)
Hurry down the casbah, you don't want to get an ugly one do you!
Quote from: Leman on 29 September 2017, 06:20:27 PM
Hurry down the casbah, you don't want to get an ugly one do you!
That reminds me of a joke
It's Colonel Smith's first day at a new base in Saudi Arabia, and the company clerk is showing him around the camp.
They tour the entire base and the clerk shows him around and points out every building of interest.
At the end of the tour, the Colonel says, "What about that little stable over there?
What's that for?"
"Well," says the clerk, and looks at the ground in embarassment, "you may have noticed there aren't any women on the base.
You see, we keep a camel in that there stable, so that when the men get their urges they can "The Colonel holds up his hand, shakes his head and cuts off the clerk midsentence. " PLEASE!
say no more.
I get the point. "Well, as you can imagine, after a few weeks on the base the Colonel too felt the need for a woman, and so he found himself at the clerk's desk one Saturday afternoon. " Tell me, " the Colonel said in a whisper, looking over his shoulder to be sure no one else could hear, "is the camel free this afternoon?" The clerk checks his appointment book and nods in the affirmative. "How about I schedule you in for 2:00?" The Colonel nods and walks away. At 2:00 he makes his way to the stable, walks in, and gently closes the door behind him. He finds a small stepping stool nearby, moves it behind the camel, and climbs on to it. Then he lowers his trousers, and begins, well, making love to the camel. Just as he's nearing his peak, the door opens suddenly and the Colonel spins around in shock and embarrassment to see the clerk standing there with a big grin on his face. As the Colonel begins to yell for him to leave, the clerk interrupts him with a quizzical look on his face. " Begging your pardon, sir, but wouldn't it have been simpler for you to just ride the camel into town to find a woman, like the other men do?"