German camo ?

[Alan 45]

ive started my figures for the Italy dio and I've tried doing the oak leaf camo on the uniforms and I'm uncertain as to if it looks right [ATTACH]107190.IPB[/ATTACH]

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maybe it will look better with a wash and with the rest of the figure painted

[eddiesolo]

Looks okay to me. I like the fact he has a Gewehr 43 too, should look great when all painted.

[Robert1968]

Vallejo do a waffen ss set I got for my Ardennes assault and they give you a painting guide on German camo for spring autumn and autumn winter


Still painting but looks accurate to photo ref


Regards


Robert

[Alan 45]

I've added a wash to the uniform I think it looks better [ATTACH]107196.IPB[/ATTACH]

just have to do the other bits now

[Alan 45]

With the help of Robert1968 kindly sending me some close up photos which unfortunately is beyond my ability in the scale I was however able to see more clearly and come up with this [ATTACH]107197.IPB[/ATTACH]

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the close ups make it look a bit ropy but at a normal distance they look ok not perfect by any means but better

Thanks again Robert

[Tyrel]

Hi Alan. I'm not sure what reference you are using but it looks like the pattern you are trying to recreate is the Dot Pea pattern, which looks like this.


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Oak Leaf has two patterns


Spring


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Fall


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Be that as it may, if you want a really good reference for painting German camouflage I highly recommend a book from Osprey Publishing. The Title is Modelling Waffen SS Figures. The author is Calvin Tan. He has a very easy to follow narrative that details what colours to use, what mixes to get them, and which to put on first.


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Here's a few I have done using his methods.


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Cheers


Ty

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[monica]

very nice info Ty,


its a big help ,thank you,


I think for a 1st try at it Alan,its ok,as remember your not paint on a flat surface,


so the patten dose not have a real uniform shape to it,

[Alan 45]

Cheers ty I appreciate the info and your dio is superb


Cheers moni your right and in reality on a figure as small as that you wouldn't make out most of that camo but it's always helpful for doing 1/12 scale figures

[john i am]

Cheers ty I appreciate the info and your dio is superb
Cheers moni your right and in reality on a figure as small as that you wouldn't make out most of that camo but it's always helpful for doing 1/12 scale figures

Liked it that much I've just brought the book. (£10.75) Nice figure painting there Alan

[Guest]

Liked it that much I've just brought the book. (£10.75) Nice figure painting there Alan

osprey make awesome books for modelling. I am a big fan of them as well


John

[monica]

well I ,,have even noticed that one down,as it dose seam a very good ref book to have about,


and will even look into his other books,as well,As we don't see alot of work from Ty,but his figure


painting is just superb,and he has even given me a hand at times with painting guilds as well,


so keep up the great work Alan on your figures as there coming long very nicely,