Pthalo Green

How the hell do you get pthalo green to cover? This stuff is practically transparent. I put like 50 coats over my base coated mallard head andnow I'm trying to sand it off. Do you need to base coat in white for this stuff?

I assume you are dry brushing it on Mallard heads? 1st dry brush neutral grey then dry brush the Phatlo green to get the highlights

Not really dry brushing, just trying to get a nice green base coat. Because this is a shelf decoy, I want the head lighter than a gunner. I just base coated in white, then mixed pthalo green with cad yellow and black for a head base. Seems this will work. I f'ing hate painting.

what I would do is base coat black, dry brush grey, dry brush Phatalo Green and then dry brush the back portion of the head with Ultra Marine Blue I think that would give you a nice irridesecent look. but there are many ways to skin a cat

mars or carbon black and thalo green, a bit heavier on the green--Then, when paint is tacky, stipple cadmium yellow, medium into the cheek area. For s&g, you can introduce some metallic bronze when micing the green and black.