"Painting British Airborne Berets?" Topic

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11 Dec 2021 7:45 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill

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Artilleryman	11 Dec 2021 4:50 a.m. PST
I am looking at building a small force of British Airborne troops in 28mm. Can anyone recommend a good base paint for their maroon berets. I am considering Vallejo Dark Red 70.946. What do others think?
pzivh43	11 Dec 2021 7:11 p.m. PST
I use a craft paint: Ceramcoat Maroon. Looks good to me. And it's cheap!
epturner	11 Dec 2021 11:56 p.m. PST
Another vote for Ceramcoat. Something I have found is it also depends on the colour of the primer you use. I use grey, so I sometimes will wash the figure with brown or chestnut ink, which darkens the paint up a little. Eric
Heisler	12 Dec 2021 5:15 p.m. PST
Here is how I did mine link
Artilleryman	13 Dec 2021 7:53 a.m. PST
All useful advice. Thanks.
Cormac Mac Art	13 Dec 2021 9:42 p.m. PST
I use Vallejo Game Color Scarlet Red 72.012
cent at war	16 Dec 2021 4:09 a.m. PST
The paras Berets colour is Maroon not red or any other colour.
The GM	29 Jan 2022 12:20 p.m. PST
I played with several Vallejo and Citadel colors, and settled on the dark red you are considering. After wash it's pretty much spot-on to my eye.

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