| repaint | 06 Jun 2017 7:56 p.m. PST |
Any idea what to use? I was thinking of going with Necrotic Flesh from Army painter and applying a strong tone wash. Suggestions? thank you |
Pan Marek  | 06 Jun 2017 9:09 p.m. PST |
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| Martin Rapier | 07 Jun 2017 2:48 a.m. PST |
It also depends where they got their 'uniforms' from, a lot of them wore old WW2 Japanese stuff – so pale khaki with a greenish tint. |
| Joes Shop | 07 Jun 2017 5:56 a.m. PST |
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| dwight shrute | 07 Jun 2017 8:41 a.m. PST |
Greens , Greys and blacks |
| catavar | 07 Jun 2017 10:41 a.m. PST |
Besides green they were also issued Chinese uniforms I believe (that's where many were trained). Some may have worn captured French uniforms too. If they were militia they might be wearing local clothing (black, blue, etc) mixed with whatever was issued. My two cents. |
| repaint | 07 Jun 2017 1:29 p.m. PST |
thanks all, I went with a pale Khaki with a greenish tint (which is exactly what … Necrotic flesh is when I checked at the shop!). I want to speed paint my troops so I will probably just use one color only for the uniforms. thanks again all for taking the time and your suggestions. |
HestonFan  | 09 Jun 2017 3:55 p.m. PST |
I think you could use whatever color you wanted. My Osprey book said they used whatever was at hand. I am really just echoing catavar here.
A direct quote:
"Group photos show a mix of khaki drill, peasant black,
and other nondescript drab shades;long hooded rain
capes; many French bushhats, several of these civilian
fedoras, Some light drill cloth calots, and the very
occasional US or Japanese helmet; and mixed French,
Japanese and Allied small arms…"
(The French Indochina war 1946-54,
Osprey Publishing 1998, Windrow pg. 45) The point I'm trying to make is that you can really do whatever colors you want. I think the more varied the uniforms are the more "Viet Mihn" they will look. Please post some pics when you finish a few models. I would love to see your work. |
| Rick Don Burnette | 13 Jun 2017 7:40 a.m. PST |
According to Bernard Fall in his Street without Joy the "Viets" did not really have a "color" for the uniform as they continualy changed "color" to match the surrounding terrain. Fall retells the story of a French recon pilot flying over a column of Viet Minh who had completely recamoflaged before his second pass, becoming invisible. The few times the VM actually were seen in uniform sans camo was at certain set piece battles such as Dien Bien Phu. When Mobile Group 100 was ambushed, the Viets were in full camo mode, blending into the terrain.
This presents 2 problems for the traditional miniaturist.1 that the uniform guidee are useless as the Viets change their camo to blend in and 2 because they are rarely seen, and because of the nature of the fighting, from ambush, the VM figures should not be placed on the table |
| LtJBSz | 13 Jun 2017 9:35 a.m. PST |
How did they accomplish this recamouflage? Did they carry multiple outfits with them and do a quick change, and in the example above why weren't they in the appropriate color to begin with? |
| Rick Don Burnette | 13 Jun 2017 9:52 a.m. PST |
According to Fall, the Viets had some sort of mesh to insert the surrounding foliage into and were in the process of changing as the French spotter aircraft flew over. The man in front would have his foliage changed by the next man to his rear |
| Thomas Nissvik | 20 Jun 2017 4:39 a.m. PST |
Some good footage of the use of foliage for camouflage in this clip.
YouTube link |
| Virginia Tory | 06 Jul 2017 4:59 a.m. PST |
Some good info on the Vietminh here. link As you can see, there are many shades of uniform ranging from pale green to khaki colored or even various shades of blue-grey. |
| repaint | 23 Jul 2017 4:26 a.m. PST |
some of my work in progress for the Vietminh:
But it might be too green and another series but they may be too yellow :(
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| Virginia Tory | 24 Jul 2017 12:20 p.m. PST |
They look great! There should be lots of shade variation. |
| Virginia Tory | 25 Jul 2017 6:41 a.m. PST |
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