Tips on painting straw

[carlos13th]

I am doing a few Ashigaru who are wearing straw capes, does anyone have any recommendations on how to do decent looking straw capes? What colours to use and what techniques. I imagine it's brown as a base highlighting or dry brushing up to a lighter more yellow colour but I could be very wrong.

[Mitch K]

I am doing a few Ashigaru who are wearing straw capes, does anyone have any recommendations on how to do decent looking straw capes? What colours to use and what techniques. I imagine it's brown as a base highlighting or dry brushing up to a lighter more yellow colour but I could be very wrong.

Depending on what it was, straw can rapidly weather to a greyish colour (rather like wood does - wood left outside soon goes grey rather than brown), so that might be an option. If these are Japanese, I guess rice straw would be the predominant material. Is it worth googling "rice straw thatching" or something similar to see if it brings up pictures that might help?

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[carlos13th]

I have done a google and I know what I want to achieve just not sure how to produce the right look. Looking for this kind of thing.

Either of the guys with straw capes









I had no idea straw could go a grey ish colour though. Thats intresting and may help add some variety. Once I get the normal colour done of coruse.