"Painting Italians in standard early war uniform" Topic
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| flooglestreet | 11 Mar 2013 11:52 a.m. PST |
Title says it all. I prefer Vallejo colors. I don't know if they have a suitable grey green, which I guess is the correct overall color. |
| (Stolen Name) | 11 Mar 2013 1:23 p.m. PST |
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 Doms Decals  | 11 Mar 2013 2:45 p.m. PST |
That's what the Flames Of War boys use. Looks good to me, but definitely a colour to highlight up from – if you're a "black wash" painter, it'd probably want lightening up a bit. |
| ubercommando | 11 Mar 2013 2:47 p.m. PST |
Officer uniforms were a paler grey colour; in some photos it seems really light. |
| (Stolen Name) | 11 Mar 2013 2:52 p.m. PST |
Khaki of Officer Saharina jackets IIRC – again from BF files
I would definately do a ligher highlight on the olive grey |
| Arrigo | 11 Mar 2013 3:10 p.m. PST |
according the pictures of by great-uncle in Africa… officer uniform was the same color but, as TT said, sometime he was wearing a Sahariana jacket of very light grey sometime almost cream (ok it is from black and white pictures). The Sahariana jacket was not very widespread in Europe. |
 Grelber  | 11 Mar 2013 8:35 p.m. PST |
The FoW folks use Olive Grey 888, as TT and Dom suggested, then highlight it with a mix of Olive Grey and Stone Grey 884. I think they also suggested Green Grey 886 as a highlight. Grelber |
| (Stolen Name) | 12 Mar 2013 3:51 p.m. PST |
I used green / grey as a highlight worked quite well IMHO |
| spontoon | 16 Mar 2013 5:52 p.m. PST |
I used a Folk Arts Acrylic colour called Poppy Seed for teh grigio verdi bits; Most reference books show the uniforms too light and a bit blue; probably to show detail better. Officer's uniforms are lighter and a bit more grey. I compromised and put mine in grigio verdi trousers and helmet with khaki jackets. |
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