cyne's Halo 2A ODST

[CYNE 739]

Heya folks, need some eyes and ears here.

Is the camo pattern shown here duo-tone or tri-tone? To me personally, I see it as duo-tone.

And if it is duotone, it would make it ALOT easier to paint the camo onto a plain navy BDU.

Next question is: Should I base my paint colours on the left reference, a high-quality model made for the Blur Studios cutscenes, which is likely shown off with flat lighting. OR should I base my colours off the right reference, an in-game screenshot which likely has custom lighting from the level affecting its colours. (Seen on the camo, the undersuit straps and calf armour)

I'm leaning towards adapting the left reference's colours, as I feel the less saturated look is more realistic. Let me know y'alls opinions!

 

[SigmaProps]

Heya folks, need some eyes and ears here.

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Is the camo pattern shown here duo-tone or tri-tone? To me personally, I see it as duo-tone.

And if it is duotone, it would make it ALOT easier to paint the camo onto a plain navy BDU.

Next question is: Should I base my paint colours on the left reference, a high-quality model made for the Blur Studios cutscenes, which is likely shown off with flat lighting. OR should I base my colours off the right reference, an in-game screenshot which likely has custom lighting from the level affecting its colours. (Seen on the camo, the undersuit straps and calf armour)

I'm leaning towards adapting the left reference's colours, as I feel the less saturated look is more realistic. Let me know y'alls opinions!

Looks like duo-tone to me, I think the fact that it looks like tri-tone is due to lighting and weathering

 

[BDUB]

That's tough. I'm only really seeing these three colors, there might be a 4th lighter color but It's totally up to you if you wanted to include that. Personally, I'd roll with the duo-tone haha. I'd say the 4th color would be diminished returns for sure.

 

[CYNE 739]

That's tough. I'm only really seeing these three colors, there might be a 4th lighter color

See, that's the tough thing, there could be that 4th other colour. But even to me, colour 1 is sooo similar to colour 2, that it might as well be the same.

So I think I'll still purchase a Navy Blue BDU set, and paint on colour 3 to match the camo pattern. I think it will be accurate enough to reach that Tier 3 rating. UNLESS you guys think that I will need that colour 1 included to hit that Tier 3 benchmark.

 

[SpartanSweed]

I basically just tried to get as close as I could with what was available on Amazon, it’s worked well so far

 

[CYNE 739]

I basically just tried to get as close as I could with what was available on Amazon, it’s worked well so far

your BDU is Multicam black, isn't it? Looking at your deployment photos, it definitely conveys the H2A ODST look, however the colour is a lot closer to brownish-grey than the blueish-grey the references show.

I don't mean any offense brotha, I'm just trying to go for 100% accuracy with my suit, and all the options I've found online haven't made that 100% cut.

 

[Parzival]

See, that's the tough thing, there could be that 4th other colour. But even to me, colour 1 is sooo similar to colour 2, that it might as well be the same.

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So I think I'll still purchase a Navy Blue BDU set, and paint on colour 3 to match the camo pattern. I think it will be accurate enough to reach that Tier 3 rating. UNLESS you guys think that I will need that colour 1 included to hit that Tier 3 benchmark.

I agree with what you have shown, to me I see three different shades/colors. The tear shape on the left thigh stands out of the shape it's overlapped with.

I also agree with using this model for paint reference.

Lastly, a good idea to try and paint over navy BDU's, I didn't think of that!