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.
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
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.
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 8)
Quote from: nikharwood on 29 March 2010, 09:55:54 AM
(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...)
:D
Camoflarge ? ;)
Quote from: Leon on 29 March 2010, 04:36:42 PM
(You'll need to point me in the right direction...)
:D
Thats some mighty fine camoflage if even you can't find them... ;D
;D 8) ;D
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 ;)
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.
hidden spotter :
(http://www.ukstrike.co.uk/photo_gallery/myalbum/sniper2.jpg)
(http://www.ukstrike.co.uk/photo_gallery/myalbum/sniper.jpg)
(http://www.ukstrike.co.uk/photo_gallery/myalbum/sniper1.jpg)
Basically try to keep the camo to a minimum, or it loses its appeal...
Wow, just clicked on your link, very,very impressive. I like your bases besides painting cammo its the other thing i struggle with.
I've only just seen this topic 8)
Dazza,is that German patter `43`?
Its a spoof, theres no one there.
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