Am I nuts? Camouflage in 1/144

i spoke with a semi-local modeler at a meet one day about how he paints 28MM OIF figures that he converts to current standards for his wargames.  He related that  the simulation of the current DCU digital pattern in very small scale is more effective than trying to actually replicate such a thing. He showed me his finished work, and I understood his point: At a distance of roughly 300 feet and beyond, only the broadest of color demarcations will be visible. He uses the colors *(corrected for scale effect) and applied broad swaths per his own uniform samples.   He shades and highlights as well.  At viewing distance, the colors combine and look "correct" to us. 

 HTH

David

the overall effect of the camo, yes. remembering that a digital pattern print is rougly 3/16" to 1/4" on each pixel, with four colors of pixels overlapping to form one shade.  Take a look at a swatch of digital camo material (you can get some inexpensively now at Walmart, its not regulation but looks great and I use it for model displays in libraries and such).   You will see very ragged "bands" of color.  A figure in that small of ascale is a viewing distance of over 60 yards away, you will see the most irregular of the outlines, and on a figure, it looks better to the viewer than trying to actually simulate all the dots.  Even in the old BDUs in this scale can be made  with a simliar technique.   here is a link to a helpful site plus ther are other articles on painting HardCorps troops on other gaming sites with jungle camo.

http://rebelminis.com/store/ 

(Nevermind the store ending, this is how you get to the site, otherwise use www.rebelminis.com) 

HTH

David

David