"Need help with paint for modern Marines" Topic

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Charles Besly	17 Mar 2013 10:10 a.m. PST
Hello I am venturing off into modern warfare ,unfortunately back in my day we used woodland pattern camo and chocolate chips. Things have changed. Can anyone help me find the eureka painting guide to the seal team six figures. Also The green color for the new SMAW (the weapon color) team is bang on does anyone have a vallejo reference? A light green color for gloves? and last I am looking for a quality reference for woodlands MARPAT. I appreciate the help.
Cherno	17 Mar 2013 11:08 a.m. PST
Hello, I suggest visiting the Ambush Alley forums, they have a lot of painting guides for modern forces. Then there's this method for painting digital camouflage, I used it for my Desert MARPAT Marines: link The gloves you are talking about are available in green and tan, they are called NOMEX gloves: however, nowadays many soldiers, sailors and marines wear Mechanix Gloves in the field instead.
RKE Steve	18 Mar 2013 5:40 a.m. PST
I recommend the Guild as it has a great guide for painting marines. link
Murphy	18 Mar 2013 6:11 a.m. PST
Most folks I know seem to paint their marines in the desert MARPAT colors. I did mine in the woodland MARPAT and with 15mm scale, it was a bit of a chore to get the right blend. Took long enough, but I think I got it done correctly…
GROSSMAN	18 Mar 2013 9:04 a.m. PST
What scale are you painting? makes a difference in technique.
Charles Besly	18 Mar 2013 12:28 p.m. PST
I am painting 28mm figures, trying to get as much detail as I can.

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