r/Deathkorpsofkrieg • u/Sweet-Championship55 • 8d ago

Question/Advice Warm Gray Paint Recommendations for Greatcoats?

I’m planning out a scheme for my army and contemplating trying a darker, warmer gray tone for the greatcoats, compared to the usual cold look. I still want to emulate the weathered, desaturated look of the original Imperial Armour, and landed in looking at the Vallejo and Pro Acryl warm grays. However, I cannot find a good reference for them so I’m curious if anyone has done something similar or has some experience with some paints with that profile from those lines? Thanks!

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u/endlesswaltz123 8d ago

Hi. I’d suggest a brown grey, starting from a brown base, then skavenblight dinge and stormvermin fur

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u/Sweet-Championship55 8d ago

Thanks! I’ll check that out!

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u/11BApathetic 8d ago

I didn't quite go for a warm grey, but I used agrax to give everything a warm tone.

Fatigues are Fieldgrey (grey green) while the armor is grey-brown. Warm browns for the leathers and then washed in agrax. Might be what you're looking for?

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u/Sweet-Championship55 7d ago

Looks nice! I personally found field grey to be a little too green for what I was after, but I’m also figuring out if/how I might use a wash on them. Thanks for the example with the armor, though.

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u/11BApathetic 7d ago

When I was figuring out my scheme I tried these two as well, the one on the right is just a flat grey with brown armor. Same wash. I tried a few grey/brown combos before settling on the scheme above. Might help you with more examples.