Start of a repaint

[JakobVicent]

After receiving some very helpful information from fellow members, I started to repaint a battat pachyrhinosaurus(I have 3 lol). Here is what I have so far. Im trying to figure out what other colors I can use that will compliment one another. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thank you!

[stargatedalek]

looking good

I find white and dark blue go well on a light blue, but its up to you

[Tyto_Theropod]

Judging purely from the photos, I'd say the blue is a very similar shade to that on the Carnegie Giganotosaurus, which is very elegantly marked in dark grey, mass green and dark blue, with a white underside and red display colours above its eyes. Why not do something similar?

[Megalosaurus]

Hello.

You can choose yourself. My advice is:



Locate the color most similar to yours in the wheel, adjacent (and closer) colors armonize with yours. The color across the circle serve do do great contrast, so dramatic if you want for instance draw a pattern in the frill.

[Manatee]

I personally think white and a dark lime green color (if that makes sense!) look good with that shade of aqua.

[JakobVicent]

thank you guys! here are some colors I've chosen. Do you think any of these will work?
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[Megalosaurus]

All the blues, even the aqua & violet will armonize with the already painted color.
The other "Hot" colors are a good contrast.
But I never use a color straight from the pot/tube. I always combine them to get the color I want.

[stargatedalek]

unless you are using it to cover a large area, if thats the case than its better to use a "vanilla" colour in case you run out of your mixture

[Tyto_Theropod]

unless you are using it to cover a large area, if thats the case than its better to use a "vanilla" colour in case you run out of your mixture

I discovered this the hard way, with, of all the ways to find out, a TOMY Thomas and Friends custom! With my dinosaurs it doesn't matter as much as to me unlike something like a little blue tank engine, that's painted all one colour in real life, an animal's colour can be mottled and vary a bit from place to place on the body. Still, it is worth looking out for as you don't want GLARING differences in tone when you try and repeat your mix.

Aside from mixing colours, another technique I use is to layer colours.

http://loony-owlz.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/custom-stories-mega-dinosaur-athon.html

The armour on the Euoplocephalus you can see on this blog post was repainted black, then left to dry and drybrushed in powder blue to create the slate grey I wanted. It also meant the colours had that very natural mottling I depth above, instead of being flat. Anway, hope this helped

[Lithographica]

Can I just echo a point that Megalosaurus made when posting the colour wheel? Colours directly opposite on the colour wheel are called "complementary colours". As you can see from the colour wheel Megalosaurus so helpfully posted, for a blue base colour the colour complement is orange / yellow. So If you wanted to add stripes, spots or blotches to your blue dinosaur, making them a shade of orange or yellow would maximise the contrast and intensity of both shades (or "pop" of the colour scheme, as it is often described on the dinosaur toy blog). Of course, visually high-impact colour schemes on dinosaurs are not always to everyone's taste... it's entirely your call.

Cheers, John.