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                        suitable paint colors for

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                        trakpin
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                        suitable paint colors for
                        Posted by trakpin on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:51 AM
                        tamiyas German infantry set, but excluding the tank crew. already know they have black uniforms. been a while since i last worked up a figgie

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                        camo junkie
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                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:42 AM
                        it's completely up to you. any paints are "suitable"!!! what matters is your preference to paints. enamels or acrylics!!
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                        trakpin
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                        Posted by trakpin on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:46 AM
                        doesn't really matter, enamel/acrylic. the box art suggests a shade of green, but i suspect that changed sometime after '42, which is when they'll be set

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                        camo junkie
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                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:13 AM
                        well...that's very vague but let's see, humbrol enamles are all i ever use and if you check out my mayhem in the hood dio  (pg19) in that forum you'll see the results i get figure painting wise from them. alot of people swear by vellejo acrylics (no me but whatever). some people use model master enamels/acrylics. some people use just oil paints...ya see my point here trak?? Wink [;)]
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                        ajlafleche
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                        • From: Massachusetts
                        Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:25 AM
                        Vallejo have a large and small German camo packs as well as specific individual colors, e.g., for splinter/rain camo. The large pack has
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                        WWII German Camouflage Pack. Sixteen 17ml eyedropper bottles of Model Color acrylic paint.

                        Pack includes: VC-801 "Brass", VC-816 "German Luftwaffe Blue", VC-821 "German Beige Camo", VC-822 "German SS Black Brown Camo", VC-823 "Luftwaffe Green Camo", VC-824 "German Orange Brown Camo", VC-825 "German Pale Violet Brown Camo", VC-826 "German Medium Brown Camo", VC-830 "German Field Grey", VC-833 "German SS Bright Green Camo", VC-835 "Salmon Rose", VC-871 "Leather Brown", VC-896 "German Camo Extra Dark Green", VC-964 "Field Blue", VC-969 "Park Green", & VC-997 "Silver"

                        And the smaller one has VC-821 "German Beige Camo", VC-822 "German SS Black Brown Camo", VC-824 "German Orange Brown Camo", VC-826 "German Medium Brown Camo", VC-830 "German Field Grey", & VC-914 "Green Ochre"

                        They are available from Colorado Miniatures

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                        trakpin
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                        Posted by trakpin on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:30 AM
                        saw those here, in figgies. i'll likely go with mm acrylics, but what i'm wanting to know is what the uniform colors were post late '42

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                        camo junkie
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                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:43 AM
                        oh, well, that's a bit different than the question you asked. however, i'm not expert not even close on any ww2 stuff, but plenty of people are and im sure will give you the info you need! good luck! Thumbs Up [tup]
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                        Hans von Hammer
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                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:46 AM

                        Heer uniforms were Feldgrau (Field Grey), a shade of grey-green... The EXACT shade is a crap-shoot, since the color varied according to year of manufacter, number of launderings, etc.. Tamiya's Field Grey is pretty close to "new" Feldgrau... I use it as a base color, then start the shade variations...

                        There's some good repro-pics here to help out with color selections..

                        http://www.epicmilitaria.com/section.php/3/1/german-uniforms

                         

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                        trakpin
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                        Posted by trakpin on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:40 PM
                        danke Herr von Hammer, camo, et al

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