Vallejo : Shade & Light

[Kralsaa]

Hello
I'm to lazy and have not enought time to really paint my miniatures like a pro one, so i won't like mixing painting for my shades and lights.
I know there is quickshade or others stuffs, but i like the Reaper or Foundry techniques to give us a 3 tones colors : base + shade + light. with references.
As a paint with Vallejo, does it exist something like this ? A website or link, personal work...

Thanks

[Hammers]

I found this. Read in groups of three, the first being base colour, the second hilite and the third is shadow:

922 US Uniform Green
952 Lemon Yellow
980 Black Green

975 Military Green
850 Vallejo Olive
980 Black Green

850 Vallejo Olive
915 Deep Yellow
975 Military Green

915 Deep Yellow
951 White
981 Orange Brown

981 Orange Brown
915 Deep Yellow
940 Saddle Brown

940 Saddle Brown
981 Orange Brown
985 Hull Red

875 Beige Brown
917 Beige
984 Brown

984 Brown
875 Beige Brown
822 Black Brown

908 Carmine Red
956 Light Orange
926 Red
   


909 Vermillion Red
851 Deep Orange
908 Carmine Red

851 Deep Orange
911 Light Orange
909 Vermillion Red

911 Light Orange
915 Deep Yellow
851 Deep Orange

844 Deep Sky Blue
951 White
965 Prussian Blue

965 Prussian Blue
901 Pastel Blue
898 Dark Sea Blue

901 pastel Blue
951 White
899 Dark Prussian Blue

846 Mahogany Brown
929 Light Brown
872 Chocolate Brown

872 Chocolate Brown
875 Beige Brown
822 Black Brown

843 Cork Brown
847 Dark Sand
826 Medium brown
   


856 Ochre Brown
948 Golden Yellow
983 Earth

992 Neutral Gray
951 White
862 Black Grey

830 Field Gray
886 Green Gray
979 Dark Green

886 Green Gray
971 Green Gray
830 Field Gray

871 Leather Brown
977 Desert Yellow
822 Black Brown

921 English Uniform
917 Beige
871 Chocolate Brown

988 Khaki
976 Buff
941 Burnt Umber

[Calimero]

Very useful. Thanks Hammers!

[aircav]

Attached is the chart that goes with Hammers post 

Some of them are a very stark contrasts though 


Keith 

[Svennn]

Some of them are a very stark contrasts though 

There would be some nice results putting some of those on neat  I think you have to imagine them put on as thin coats so the base colour shows through.

[silvana]

Thanks for the post I'm sure these will come in very handy.

[Cosmotiger]

That standard "Basecolor, Highlight, Shadow" chart for Vallejo has been around for some time now.  I've tried some of their combinations and liked them, and some... not so much   .  I'd advise using it as a starting point only.

[Hammers]

Upon reading the article closely they (Vallejo) stress that it is important to blend the hilite and shadow with the basecolor so nuance blend into them. So if you are looking for ready made blends, Vallejo may not be the way to go after all. Sorry. I'll leave now.

[Aaron]

Actually Vallejo arwe great for ready-made blands, just don't use their chart!  Their retardant is an excellent product and definitely helps if you want to try wet blending their suggested colors though. Through trial and error I came up with my own triads over time though. A few I like are (from darkest to lightest):

Burnt Cadmium Red
Cavalry Brown
Flat Red       (stop here for a nice dull "redcoat" brick red)
Scarlet or Vermillion

Dark Prussian Blue
Prussian Blue
50/50 Prussian Blue and Flat Blue or Medium Blue

German Camo Orange Ochre
Yellow Ochre
Pale Sand

[Hammers]

That's the thing though, Kralsaa asked in his original post whether Vallejo had any ready packed triads. I am afraid the question still is no.

I use my own Vallejo and other triads for certain standard paintjobs, like skin, kakhi or tan uniforms, black, white, red but blend experimentally otherwise.

Actually Vallejo arwe great for ready-made blands, just don't use their chart!  Their retardant is an excellent product and definitely helps if you want to try wet blending their suggested colors though. Through trial and error I came up with my own triads over time though. A few I like are (from darkest to lightest):

Burnt Cadmium Red
Cavalry Brown
Flat Red       (stop here for a nice dull "redcoat" brick red)
Scarlet or Vermillion

Dark Prussian Blue
Prussian Blue
50/50 Prussian Blue and Flat Blue or Medium Blue

German Camo Orange Ochre
Yellow Ochre
Pale Sand

[Aaron]

How dare you expect me to stick to the original question! 

[Hammers]

How dare you expect me to stick to the original question! 

Presumptuous, I am sure.

[john Hollyoak]

Some time ago there was a file on the Steve Dean forum which gave a conversion from the Foundry Triads to Vallejo. I could let you have a copy if you wish.

John

[aircav]

Some time ago there was a file on the Steve Dean forum which gave a conversion from the Foundry Triads to Vallejo. I could let you have a copy if you wish.

John

that would be goo for all of us 

Keith 

[Calimero]

You can have a few indications on the colours match of the firsts sets of Foundry Paint System vs. Vallejo here : http://colors.silicon-dragons.com/full_line.php

Also, at the end of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy (WSS) there often a painting guide that focus on a different subject each time, which give the colours they used for a "3 layers technique"… Last November, the subject was different depictions of a Georges Washington figures using Vallejo colours (except the gold which was GW). Some little mixing may be require though.