Guild Ball Hunter's Guild by Lawnor
Green Cloth & Ball
My plan here was to follow one of the darker green recipes from Angel Giraldez’s Masterclass Vol 1 as I’ve learnt things from his books before and I take every opportunity to follow a new guide from there. It did not go to plan. Near the end he highlights from a dark green to a mint ice cream green and the change was too extreme for me. When I tried to work with a mid tone green instead it refused to flow and dry as expected. It was unusually hot for England and perhaps that had something to do with it? I was left with tide marks and no transition between light and dark areas. In the end I tried to glaze with the base colour over everything and this made it less extreme, but its still not how it was supposed to be. I still have 236 models to paint though and lots more to buy so I’m keeping it as it is for now.
Paints Used
GW Nuln Oil
VMC highl ItalianT. Crew 331
VMC Italian Tankcrew 327
VMC Luftwaffe Cam. Green
VMC Military Green
Everything was given an even coat of VMC Military green. This took 3ish coats and ended up super glossy
Everything green was washed with GW Nuln Oil
The surfaces were highlighted/reclaimed using thinned VMC Luftwaffe Cam. Green
The guide called for the next highlight to be a thinned 1:2 mix of VMC highl ItalianT. Crew & VMC Italian Tankcrew 327 but that came out too extreme for me so I went for just the Italian Tank Crew. It did not flow right. I did some later edge/extreme highlighting using the 1:2 mix
Given my dissatisfaction I tried to smooth things over with many layers of a glaze of the base colour
The ball was given 2-3 coats of VGC Black Green Ink. It hasn't worked as well as the brown ink I used on the last ball, but it'll do.
Looks like it’s still coming together nicely, despite all the time pressure you are working with here.