- Member since
May 2006
- From: South Africa
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Posted by Panzerjaeger
on Thursday, September 7, 2006 3:22 PM
Hi SteveM
I recently painted a 1/16 scale Fallschirmjager with splinter pattern smock (check out my posting : http://www.finescale.com/FSM/CS/forums/672355/ShowPost.aspx ). The secret to doing this very difficult scheme is to paint the entire smock with the dominant colour, in this case the light kakhi / buff. Once this has been done, use a reddish brown and paint jagged irregular shapes all over the smock remembering not to make them too large and too many as the base colour should still be dominant. Repeat the procedure with the green. Once you have done this, you will notice that the shapes are too prominent and pronounced. Have no fear! We will deal with this later. For the "raindrops" mix your green colour with a bit of very dark brown or black so that you have a blackish green. Using a 5 "0" size brush, get some paint on the brush and then take most of it off leaving the brush with just enough paint to be able to paint in a thin line. You will have to repeat this procedure every two to three lines until you have added enough. Once done, you now need to blend all the shapes and stripes together. Mix a dark grey colour into a very thin wash, slightly thicker than water and apply this to the entire smock. The first wash will probably not be visible so you will need to apply a secon and perhaps even a third. At this stage the hard edges of the splinter shapes should start to become "blury". You can add more of the wash to your deep shdow areas to darken them slightly more. Highlights can be done using your original base colour. If your "raindrops" disapear, they can always be touched up again using the same black green mixture but thinned slightly. This is indeed a very challenging and time consuming scheme to paint but if you get it right, your end product will look amazing!
I hope this helps!
Good Luck
Arthur
Work, work, work! You gotta put models on the table somehow!
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