"Painting NVA (Vietnam war)" Topic
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| Nick Bowler | 12 May 2019 1:27 a.m. PST |
I am painting some NVA for the Vietnam war. All of the painting guides recommend a khaki colour. However, when I look at pictures on the web, the vast majority of uniforms in museums are a jungle green. I assume the uniforms faded, but I would like some advice. How common were new (green) uniforms?
Were recruits fed to units, so a unit would have a mixture of colours?
What paints are recommended for the green? |
| haywire | 12 May 2019 5:46 a.m. PST |
I use Citadel's Goblin Green. You want to use a different green than your US forces or else you will get confused. This is why Khaki is nice. |
| irishserb | 12 May 2019 6:06 a.m. PST |
I compared my paints to actual uniform material and ended up using ModelMaster Forest Green, shaded with a lightened mix of the same. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that it is still available after Rustoleum deleted much of the product line. |
| The Nigerian Lead Minister | 12 May 2019 1:13 p.m. PST |
I went with Vallejo Japanese Uniform, which is a greenish khaki. |
 Extra Crispy  | 12 May 2019 2:34 p.m. PST |
The NVA as I recall transitioned from khaki to green. The advantage to going with khaki is being able to tell them apart from the US or ARVN…. |
| Joe Legan | 14 May 2019 2:48 p.m. PST |
Crispy is right. they transitioned from one to the other. I went with a lighter green to tell them apart from the free world forces but like you Nick, khaki just seemed wrong. I also varied the color from batch to batch as I doubt 2 uniforms every looked the same. Heck, my uniforms never look the same.
either way I think you are good. Joe |
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