Parchment
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I usually base coat with P3 Gun Corps Brown (I think GW Graveyard Earth would work equally well). I shade it by mixing a dark brown with the Gun Corps Brown and highlight it by mixing Gun Corps Brown with VMC Ivory (or P3 Menoth White Highlight, or GW Bleached Bone + White). If you want it to look really ancient and withered, glaze it with some green.
cleen X
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Since I only have GW paints at the moment let me see if I got this right 
Basecoat: Graveyard earth
Shade: Graveyard earth + Scorched brown
Highlight: Graveyard earth + Bleached bone + White
And to create the really acient look just glaze the whole thing with some Thraka green wash mixed with water.. Sounds easy enough I\'ll post some pictures of it once I\'ve tried it
Thanks!
Basecoat: Graveyard earth
Shade: Graveyard earth + Scorched brown
Highlight: Graveyard earth + Bleached bone + White
And to create the really acient look just glaze the whole thing with some Thraka green wash mixed with water.. Sounds easy enough
I\'ll post some pictures of it once I\'ve tried it Thanks!
Einion
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What did you try and how did it go wrong?
Parchment is pretty easy - you just undercoat in a, well, parchment colour and then maybe do a little light speckling/marbling with a slightly different shade. Then age the edges (if that\'s the effect you want) with some glazes of browns.
Einion
Like so many other things there as a plethora of recipies you could use.
For a lighter variant use Kommando Kahki as the base shade with Graveyard Earth and highlight with KK & Bleached Bone.
Since I use both GW & Vallejo\'s I\'ll give you a couple of runs in my way:
KK as basecoat, Shade with dilute Vallejo Air Colour HEMP, Re Highlight with KK and 2nd stage H/Lt\'s KK & VMC Ivory.
VMC Iraqi Sand, Shade with Air Colour Hemp or VMC German Camouflage Pale Brown, Re-H/L with Iraqi Sand then Ivory.
Add tiny glazes of Yellow to the edges to simulate dried and worn areas.
For a lighter variant use Kommando Kahki as the base shade with Graveyard Earth and highlight with KK & Bleached Bone.
Since I use both GW & Vallejo\'s I\'ll give you a couple of runs in my way:
KK as basecoat, Shade with dilute Vallejo Air Colour HEMP, Re Highlight with KK and 2nd stage H/Lt\'s KK & VMC Ivory.
VMC Iraqi Sand, Shade with Air Colour Hemp or VMC German Camouflage Pale Brown, Re-H/L with Iraqi Sand then Ivory.
Add tiny glazes of Yellow to the edges to simulate dried and worn areas.
green stuff
Active member
I agree with all the advice that has been given to you, but this phrase is what strikes me as the most surprising in your method.
Your aim is to paint something that is overall more bright than dark, yet you start with one of the darkest browns in the range
(unless you\'re going for a burned parchment effect).My aim isn\'t to pick on you, but is more a general remark on most painting questions that are asked here. As Mike said, there are a plethora of recipies for any type of material (and most are fairly well documented on the web), yet many people don\'t take the time to ask themselves what properties that material has (or what they want to portray).
Your initial exchange with Anders focuses on color (and aging), Einion takes it one step further with texture effects.
So I guess my real question is what are you painting this for? Tabletop, fun, contest level, ... ? How realistic do you want to get? And I\'ll second Einion by asking \"[What did you try and] how did it go wrong\" (pics would be helpful
)?
CreganTur
Member
Another method you could try would be to paint the parchment a good mid-tone. Once it\'s dry, mix up a lighter wash and use a sponge to apply the color. This will give the marbled effect you want. You\'ll need to apply a few coats of the wash, and possibly mix up some increasingly light washes to get the look that you\'re going for.
Once you\'ve got your highlights sponged on, do a single light wash of the area with your mid-tone color to blend everything together. Then wash in your shadows to complete the effect.
Once you\'ve got your highlights sponged on, do a single light wash of the area with your mid-tone color to blend everything together. Then wash in your shadows to complete the effect.
cleen X
New member
Originally posted by green stuff
I agree with all the advice that has been given to you, but this phrase is what strikes me as the most surprising in your method.
Your aim is to paint something that is overall more bright than dark, yet you start with one of the darkest browns in the range
My aim isn\'t to pick on you, but is more a general remark on most painting questions that are asked here. As Mike said, there are a plethora of recipies for any type of material (and most are fairly well documented on the web), yet many people don\'t take the time to ask themselves what properties that material has (or what they want to portray).
Your initial exchange with Anders focuses on color (and aging), Einion takes it one step further with texture effects.
So I guess my real question is what are you painting this for? Tabletop, fun, contest level, ... ? How realistic do you want to get? And I\'ll second Einion by asking \"[What did you try and] how did it go wrong\" (pics would be helpful
It\'s only tabletop
I just wanted to know how to paint parchament more realistic, the way I did it it just ended up looking like the cloth! But I have a ton of ways and understand a lot more know Should be able to make it happen know 