The colors are decided and done!
As I mentioned before, I took a TE greave to Lowes and Home depot and just held it up against the cardboard sample swatches. I found some pretty close options mentioned above, but I do NOT recommend using them on bare metal without primer. I still think they are a great starting point if someone has primered armor (plastic or steel) or are painting over the top of other existing paint.
That said, I did something nearly completely different! I used:
-Base green: Model Masters 2091 Dunkelgrun RLM 82 (Airbrushed on). This color does exist in an acrylic, but I used enamel for durability. Took 5 jars.
-Dark/black green: MIXTURE of the above mention "Valspar" (Lowes) brand: "Nocturnal Green 5011-1", an off the shelf Forest Green Acrylic, and a touch of generic white acrylic. This mix increased the durability of the paint and brought out the green a bit more in it. It was almost black as it stands. *Mixing latex and acrylic is perfectly cool, but don't mix enamels with either latex or acrylic!
-Brown: "Americana DecoArt" Raw Umber DA130. $2 bottle acrylic off the shelf of any craft store and maybe even walmart. Straight up.
-Tan: "Model Master" Dark Earth ANA617. I did throw a few drops of a generic brown in there to darken it up a bit. I actually like it a lot in its base form and think it would look great as it stands with some weathering on top, but I wanted to match the TE tan off the bat so needed it darker.
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Since the colors are pretty spot on, I am not planning a lot of weathering. A grate polish treatment will make everything too dark, so I am just planning some lightly applied black rattle can overspray/dusting to finish it off. Of course I need to finish the graffiti first.