Painting Camoflarge

[YORSTONS]

Anyone got any ideas/tips for painting camoflarge in 10mm. I have WW11 and Indo China troops to paint so any suggestions would be great.

Cheers.

[nikharwood]

Good question! I'd always recommend doing a couple of things for camo in 10mm:

- find some good pics - source pics are great if you can get them, well-painted figures too [and look across the scales as well]
- make your eyes go a bit blurry when you look at the pics: that's what you want to recreate in 10mm for the tabletop
- be prepared to do some test-run figures
- the basecoat should be the lightest colour & work from that
- go for impression, not recreation of the detail: even if you do manage to get the pattern absolutely spot-on, in 10mm it'll look a bit stark & fake
- limit yourself as well: if you know you can't paint highlights onto the camo pattern - then don't stress yourself by trying!
- be confident - go for it with a test fig & see what happens
- don't forget to shade: a nice subtle wash & then featherlight re-highlight will work wonders

Have a look here for some WW2 camo I did a few years ago - I can do better now I think [I think Leon's got some of my more recent camo work knocking around somewhere...]
http://nikharwood.pbworks.com/BKC+commission+German+paras
http://nikharwood.pbworks.com/BKC+British+Airborne

These are moderns & not PD figures - but you can se more examples:

http://nikharwood.pbworks.com/CWC-Balkans-KFOR-US-Army

[YORSTONS]

Cheers Nik,
I guess i am going to need my magnifiying glass. If anyone else has some photos of there efforts i would love to see them both for ideas and insperation.

[nikharwood]

I'd encourage you to *not* use the magnifying glass for camo - seriously, what you're looking for is the effect of your figures blending into your table...so a bit of blurriness on the scheme makes sense I think 

[Leon]

(I think Leon's got some of my more recent camo work knocking around somewhere...)

(You'll need to point me in the right direction...)

[Luddite]

Camoflarge ?   

(You'll need to point me in the right direction...)

Thats some mighty fine camoflage if even you can't find them... 

[nikharwood]

 

I did some late war Germans for Dave about a year ago - some completed bases & then some WIP progression figures on painting sticks: I'm 99% certain he said they were for you...maybe he liked them so much he decided to keep 'em 

[Leon]

I'll have to ask him where they are!  I've seen the WIP strips, they're on the side somewhere, we've got the pics of those as well for the painting guides. 

[Dazza]

hidden spotter :







Basically try to keep the camo to a minimum, or it loses its appeal...

[YORSTONS]

Wow, just clicked on your link, very,very impressive. I like your bases besides painting cammo its the other thing i struggle with.

[Fenton]

I've only  just seen this topic

[marie]

Dazza,is that German patter `43`?

[GordonY]

Its a spoof, theres no one there.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Several points -

In 10mm don't try to do an accurate pattern
In the field the uniform is going to be dirty - either dust or mud.
The jacket and trousers of a cammo suite may well different shades (mine were)

So - paint the base colour - either lightest or darkest but what ever is the bulk colour - but don't attempt to get an exact match. Then light dry brush the second most common colour. Finally - if 3 colour add the last as small dots........ very small dots.

IanS