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do you shade and highlight camo clothing?

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do you shade and highlight camo clothing?
Posted by richgb on Friday, November 24, 2006 9:50 AM

Just as the title says, do you shade and highlight camo clothing? I want to build a small dio with a LRRP approaching an OH-6 Loach and liasing with the crew. It's in 1/72 scale.

Thanks in advance,   Rich

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Posted by Avus on Friday, November 24, 2006 2:02 PM

The answer to this topics title is : Yes, I shade and highlight camo-uniforms. Depending on the scale and the camo scheme, either blending shades of the different colors or with washes and dry brushing.

Due to the scale of your figures I'd suggest you concentrate more on the shading and maybe give just a light drybrush.

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Posted by rabbiteatsnake on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 11:09 PM

Hey Rich:

Good question, in short yes, easy for me, I've only done it once on my "200mm S.S sapper" and it nearly killed me. Six hand mixed enamels + six hand mixed oil shadows + six highlight tones. Can't imagine doing it in 1/35th let alone 1/72nd. If I were you I'd try Avus's advice, unless you like pulling out your own hair.

P.S Check out my sapper in this forum.

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Posted by richgb on Monday, December 18, 2006 10:18 AM

Thanks for the advice fellas. Highlights and shading it is, but only very subtley. I can only experiment can't eye.

As for pulling my hair out.....I'm completely bald. It  saves me the trouble. Nice sapper by the way. Love the muddy boots and face. Nice work.

Cheers,  Rich

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:10 AM

I always shadow and highlight the base color, and I do it first, before laying in the camo colors. I may or may not do a generic shade on the colors, but that depends on the scale and pattern.

  In 72nd scale, the above advice is the way I'd go, but don't go crazy. You don't need to shade each color, just use a generic shade color that will work with all the tones. Dark brown or black will do. But you'll need to be careful not to over do it. You don't want the shade to become another tone in the scheme.

 Thin the paint out, as in a wash, but don't paint it as a wash. Instead, get a little on your brush and then touch it to some cardboard or something, to wick away a bit of excess, so that the paint doesn't run away from you when you touch the model surface. Then carefully paint in the thinned paint into the shadows. You can thin it a little more for lighter shade, if room permits. Not a lot of room to experiment in that scale.

 I'd also consider painting the colors in acrylic and then shading with thinned oils. That way your shade color won't eat into the camo colors.

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