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Title: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Captain Nemo on 05 August 2013, 11:23:47 PM: I have gotten to the point were I need to make a decision. As you can see I have neglected to paint this poor martian's ground. I can't make up my mind.

So....
What color is your mars?
Is it reddish, is it yellowish or what?

Thanks in advance for the input.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Diakon on 05 August 2013, 11:34:42 PM: I don't have any pics but I basecoat mine with GW bleached bone, wash it with their Ogryn Flesh and then re-drybrush it with bleached bone. Looks pretty good.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Conquistador on 05 August 2013, 11:44:55 PM: I stick to Venus so I can't help you but I would suggest red where rocky and yellow where sandy.

Gracias,

Glenn
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Captain Nemo on 05 August 2013, 11:50:31 PM: Quote from: Conquistador on 05 August 2013, 11:44:55 PM
I stick to Venus so I can't help you but I would suggest red where rocky and yellow where sandy.

Oh... I need Venus feedback too! I have lizardmen in German service who need there ground painted.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Conquistador on 06 August 2013, 12:12:19 AM: Quote from: Captain Nemo on 05 August 2013, 11:50:31 PM
Oh... I need Venus feedback too! I have lizardmen in German service who need there ground painted.

Greens, blues, light on the browns.

Gracias,

Glenn
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Sinewgrab on 06 August 2013, 03:51:08 AM: I start with a deep chocolate brown, and highlight heavily with burnt sienna leading up to terra cotta with white in it.

(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/13/1352_04_06_13_3_25_45_2.jpg)
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Gary Mitchell on 06 August 2013, 05:30:58 AM: Orange red cloth!
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: HerbyF on 06 August 2013, 05:37:34 AM: I lean more toward a terra cotta/red-brown.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 06 August 2013, 06:48:12 AM: This...

(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk138/jimbibbly/VSF/Martian%20Japanese/ccbaddce0c89c3a2b09afe3cb7bb196b_zpsdc68e23f.jpg)

Which is normal fine builders sand washed with a 50/50 mix of Windsor and Newton sepia ink and water then drybrushed up through Foundrys Ochre triad :)

Goes for figure bases as well.

cheers

James
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Supercollider on 06 August 2013, 07:24:09 AM: I think Jimbibbly has it about right - apparently Martian soil is a butterscotch colour according to NASA. Assuming you're going for a realistic colour (although nobody has ever seen Martian soil in the flesh :D).
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Captain Nemo on 06 August 2013, 08:28:35 AM: @ Everyone
Thanks for all the input gentlemen!
Feel free to post any pictures you may have of your color schemes.

@ Jimbibbly
As usual... a very nice board Mr. Jimbibbly!
I've been following your stuff for a while now and I am jealous to say the least. I made a martian terrain mat a few years ago and I think I might have gone a bit too red. (I'll try to dig up a photo so I can get more feedback)

One thing that probably works quite well for you is that this colour scheme on your figure bases could also be a nice match for desert terrain as well.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: monkeylite on 08 August 2013, 01:16:42 PM: Very red.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JM3FC9sue1I/UgOLbpI18sI/AAAAAAAABB0/ZKHkJ-abD34/s1600/j+027.JPG)
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: northtroll on 08 August 2013, 03:08:40 PM: I paint my figures bases a very reddish brown, highlighted with khaki.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: fastolfrus on 08 August 2013, 07:20:40 PM: Hull red from Tamiya
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: swiftnick on 10 August 2013, 10:41:59 PM: I use an old Dulux colour called Ancient Earth. They will still make it up for you. It is a very dark red.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: XCIV on 05 September 2013, 03:21:42 AM: I use iron oxide ballast with a bit of buff ballast mixed in. So, rusty red, with some tan/buff in it.

I found some new static grass at Historicon in shades of red. I am going to add some to my bases.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Melnibonean on 05 September 2013, 07:57:56 AM: I didn't think they had earth on Mars. I thought they has mars. ;D
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: Dr DeAth on 07 September 2013, 10:04:54 AM: I'm using the same method as the hounourable jimbibbly (50/50 mix of Windsor and Newton sepia ink and water then drybrushed up through Foundrys Ochre triad).

I painted the triad colours on to white card and took them to my local DIY store where they used some 'colourmatchingomatic' technology and produced some matching household emulsion paint so I can do larger areas and baseboards.
Title: Re: Just what is the color of your VSF Mars earth
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 07 September 2013, 10:17:07 AM: Quote from: Dr De'Ath on 07 September 2013, 10:04:54 AM
I painted the triad colours on to white card and took them to my local DIY store where they used some 'colourmatchingomatic' technology and produced some matching household emulsion paint so I can do larger areas and baseboards.

Never thought of that ::)

cheers

James