"German Colonial Tropical Uniform Colours" Topic
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| Dicymick | 23 Feb 2014 9:35 a.m. PST |
I have a load of Copplestone Darkest Africa German Marine and Askari figures to paint. Looking on the web the uniforms are described as khaki but look light brownish. I use Vallego model paints but can't see a straight out of the pot colour to use. Any advise on which paints to mix to to get the correct colour would be much appreciated. |
| 11th ACR | 23 Feb 2014 10:16 a.m. PST |
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| Dicymick | 23 Feb 2014 2:17 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the response 11th ACR. I found your link already. The problem is matching/mixing that khaki!! colour. |
| Sigwald | 23 Feb 2014 3:44 p.m. PST |
I used Vallejo #988 Khaki on a platoon of Schutztruppen. I think its very close to the real deal
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| No Name | 23 Feb 2014 4:35 p.m. PST |
Washing and the sun would fade them fairly quickly, so I used Vallejo 'Dark Sand', 'Iraqi Sand' and 'Desert Yellow' to represent uniforms at different levels of fading. |
| kallman | 23 Feb 2014 6:30 p.m. PST |
Yep Vallejo 988 Khaki and then several layers of Khaki mixed with a bit of white to show highlights and weathering under the African sun. |
combatpainter  | 23 Feb 2014 6:57 p.m. PST |
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