Paint mixing help?

[Alzarakh]

Hi all, So I'm trying to learn how to mix GW paints so I can replicate the paint style of a wraith that I bought off of ebay a few weeks ago.

Basically from what I can tell, primed black. Then they layered up to skull white using blues. But I cant for the life of me mix the colours right. The colours I mix are all coming out too blue and not light enough.

Pic:
The one I'm painting is on the left. I can't get the colours light enough.
http://s1101.photobucket.com/albums/g43 ... TVC003.jpg

Colours I own:
Regal Blue
Ultramarines Blue
Ice Blue
Skull White

(I have more but that's it for blue)

So far I've tried to layer up by mixing 2:1 of the darker (regal blue), then 1:1 then 1:2 and so on up to a ice blue/skull white mix. This is my second attempt and I don't want to have to start from scratch again. So I wanted to post here before I keep going.

In the pic I've only gotten to a 1:1 regal blue and ultramarines.

I think he may have mixed in a bit of grey.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also I'm in the middle of moving so buying new paint will have to wait until I'm settled again

[HarlequinZero]

I think he layered up to white using something like Space Wolves grey rather than blues and white.

[cursedmydice]

yepr harlequin is correct, they started with a base of grey (space wolves or codex grey) to start them lightened the highlights out to white. The white is going to retain that blue tint otherwise.

[Alzarakh]

Okay, thanks for the responses. I'll take a look through my paints, I think I have space wolves grey. I'll give it a try and see how it works out.

[kturock]

you can buy reuglar grey primer. Test it on scraps to see how dark it is. If it's too dark, spray it from a further distance away. if it's too light, just use lighter colors over it.

also, strip it before you reprime it, if you primed it black.