Xpress Lizard Green

A lizard green with a yellow core

A distinct yellow is mixed into the green here, which gives the shade a tropical freshness. It is used on the backs of lizards and dragons, on poisonous frogs, on young foliage and on warning features that are meant to catch the eye at first glance. Thanks to the running into the hollows, a scaled surface looks drawn out after the very first application.

Masking over a colored area

As soon as you start combining several colors, masking tape comes into play, and with it the most common damage to this type of surface. The thin film holds on the ground well, but the adhesive of the tape can lift it as it is pulled off, especially when the coat is fresh. Two measures will reliably solve that: let the paint mature for at least a day and reduce the tack of the tape before sticking it down by laying it on the back of your hand or on a piece of cloth.

Pulling the tape off

Take the tape off slowly, at a low angle and toward yourself, never straight up. Anyone planning sharp divisions on a large area will do best to fix the colored part with varnish first; masking can then be done even repeatedly.

Where a yellow-green suits

In nature a tone like this is worn mainly by what warns or is only just growing: the body of a rainforest frog, a fresh shoot, young grass in spring. On a model it therefore looks lively and draws the eye where you want it, which can be used even on small parts that would otherwise be lost.

Ground and combinations

On a white base the shade glows, on a light gray one it calms down. It goes well with the brown and bone tones of the same line, which suit the claws, horns and undersides of reptiles.