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vietnam colors??
Posted by rwwilliams3 on Friday, November 21, 2008 10:00 PM

Having a hard time using bottle colors or mixing own vietnam uniform colors....have tried MM acryls...haven't tried vallejo.

any suggestions, for mixes or brands?? 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, November 21, 2008 10:10 PM
Shade OG 107... I use Testor's MM Green Drab (34086) and just add a little white for the "washed-out" look of mildy faded jungle fatigues... The European Dark Green (34092) works too... Enamels, that is... I don't use acryllics on figures much, and I've never tried Vallejo either..

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Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, November 22, 2008 12:09 PM

Jungle fatigues start off in a nice dark olive green color, shade OG-107 officially. They faded quickly with wash and wear. I had sets that varied from a tanish green (similar to RLM02 or Slate), blueish green (similar to SAC green), or grayish green (RAF cockpit green).

Here is a lighly faded set.

 

 

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Posted by rwwilliams3 on Saturday, December 6, 2008 11:59 PM
Thanks for the suggestions, tried them and they seemed to work.  I'll try and get pics up to see if they're close.
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Posted by SlashSmiley on Friday, April 10, 2009 8:56 AM
I'm in the same boat; I've tried Vallejo Olive Green, but that is waaay too bright. I'm thinking maybe German Green (more of a grayish tint.) Any ideas (with Vallejo)?
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Posted by rwwilliams3 on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:57 PM

A couple figures I've been working on looking for any tips for the uniforms.  The photos came out just a little darker in photos than in person.  Haven't really done much with the skin except get a little color to start with.

 

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Posted by ajlafleche on Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:12 AM

First, check the white balance on your camera. It lookslike you're have a daylight setting under incandescent bulbs.

Second, in Photobucket, three are 4 boxes that appear when you scroll over your thumbnail image. Copy  the text from the bottom one labeled "IMG Code" to post here. The pictures you've posted are too small to provide any real feedback.

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:10 AM

Those figures are wearing OG 107 jungle fatigues (see Stik's above) rather than Sage Green flightsuits...  The flight helmets would be Olive Drab overall, but since they're a personal item in a combat zone, you'll see a lot of custom ones, so anthing goes, almost.. Here's a few examples..

Mine, an SPH-5B:

 

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Posted by rwwilliams3 on Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:44 PM

Here's another attempt at getting the pictures up.

 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:36 PM

If my eyes (and screen) aren't deceiving me, I'd say that your basic shade OG 107 is what you got on them right now..  The body armor color's right too, although you may want to stain/fade them a bit here & there... Although you might wanna work on those seams a bit more..

Aircrew boots are all black, but a number of them wore jungle boots anyway...

Here's yer basic Jungle Boot... These are newer issue, circa 1990s, but that don't matter in 1/35th scale..

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  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:03 PM
The fatigues look good! You wanna get the collar to in the same color, as I dont think the aviator's body armor had a collar piece. Staining on the vest will mainly be around the collar and arm openings.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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