"Soviet Greatcoats" Topic
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 Mserafin  | 27 May 2014 8:34 a.m. PST |
These are usually described as being a nondescript "grey-brown" color. Does anyone have a paint suggestion for this? I'll be using it on 15mm, so maybe something little lighter than what one would use for 28mm. Thanks for any help,
Mark |
| Martin Rapier | 27 May 2014 8:50 a.m. PST |
Definately more brown than grey, it is very coarse wool with a bit of grey in the weave. Humbrol Dark Earth is actually a pretty good match! This sort of colour: link compare and contrast with the cotton uniform behind. |
| jeffreyw3 | 27 May 2014 8:56 a.m. PST |
I use the Reaper Khaki Brown triad for mine. But really, anything between dark grey and dark brown will work. |
| rvandusen | 27 May 2014 9:30 a.m. PST |
Don't be too concerned with an exact match. The greatcoat varied in shade from the aforementioned grey-brown through browninsh khaki. The book "Red Army Uniforms of World War Two in Colour Photographs" has nice side by side photos of the front and back of a Winter War Soviet rifleman. The book's author purposely used two different great coats and the variation in shade is quite noticeable. |
| Mr Canuck | 27 May 2014 10:34 a.m. PST |
As Google images show, and 'rvandusen' says, you can pretty much go with anything in the "grey-brown" range and be OK. Different dye lots, different manufacturers, various levels of wear-and-tear all contributed to no exact colour. But from the majority of these pics, a more greyish "grey-brown" (sort of like dirt, oddly enough) seems to be the 'norm.' link |
| 79thPA | 27 May 2014 12:34 p.m. PST |
I just used a gray that was already in my paint box and I was satisfied with the results. |
| (Stolen Name) | 27 May 2014 9:09 p.m. PST |
Used Vallejo US Tan Earth for mine with a dark ink wash then highlight lt grey |
| Triccor | 15 Jul 2014 11:43 p.m. PST |
I quote Truscott Trotter. The Vj US Tan Earth looks good also for rolled greatcoat on khaki grey soviet uniform. |
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