Painting camouflage uniforms

Master Box does an excellent job with their figures. As for painting the smocks, they have the colors on the back of the box on how to paint them. What you have to do is first paint on the base color of the smock. After it dries, paint on splotches of the other colors in various parts of the smock. Then paint the spots on in contrast to the color underneath i.e. Grey base color-green,yellow & black spots; green splotch-yellow & black spots etc. Let your imagination do the rest. Try also checking online for German uniform/smocks which will give you a better closeup of the camouflage designs. If you have any figures that you are not going to use try practicing on them before you do the ones from you Master Box kit. I hope this helps.

The camouflage smocks depicted on your MB figures are in reversible spring/fall Oak-Leaf pattern. The fall pattern has patches of very dark brown and the spring side has very dark green, but neither scheme has any black in the pattern.

If you really want to do this correctly, invest $18.95 in Osprey's; Modelling Waffen-SS Figures. This will give you the proper colors and techniques to produce these complicated camo schemes.

And if you don't already have one, I highly recommend you buy at least a 10/0 brush, I personally use a 20/0 brush for detailing figures.

Hi Tiger II and Ixion Thank you very much for the useful advice. I'll take a closer look at what's on the MB box and refer to that, and I'll obtain the Osprey book. I work in a library and hey, it's got a copy of the said book. I will borrow it. I'll endeavour to keep it well away from the paints though. Had a quick look at it today while in work and the illustrations inside show some fine tipped brushes. Brilliant work carried out by the author in such fine details. I must buy brushes of the type you mentioned. Thanks and all the best.

I would definatly echo that Osprey book. My SS figures have come on leaps and bounds since following that. It users vallejo pints and i have switched to those almost exclusivly for firgures, but you will be able to find the relevant coiours in other ranges.

And that set looks nice, didn't know it was out yet. I hope you will post some pics when your done.

One point, if I may.

It's easier to paint dark colors over light colors rather than the other way around.