Author Topic: German uniforms (Read 6835 times)

Argonor · « **on:** February 09, 2007, 11:33:12 AM »

What colour(s) do you people use for the greenish-grey of WWII Wehrmacht uniforms?

I just got myself a whole bunch of Osprey titles covering the last years of WWI to the first years of WWII :mrgreen:

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2007, 12:07:27 PM »

Oh dear, that´s quite a bone of contention...

My preferred method for ease of painting:

1. Basecoat white or black, depending on if you wish the final look to be bright or dull.
2. Then paint a thorough coat of Vallejo WW2 German Uniform on the field blouse.
3. Wash using Vallejo WW2 German Grey (which is Panzer Grey, to my mind).
4. Highlight using a mix of Vallejo German Uniform and some light Khaki tone, I use Vallejo Khaki Grey and Vallejo Buff for the final highlight.

The pics ain´t too good, but that´s pretty much the final look:

Argonor · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2007, 03:51:12 PM »

I agree about the grey - definitely meant for vehicles.

I'l be having a look at the Vallejo colours when visiting the nearest local games store.

Thanks!

dominic · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:31:29 PM »

I just use Vallejo German Uniform straight out of the bottle.

More pics here:

http://www.napnuts.com/gallery_midwar.htm

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:33:02 PM »

Effectively the same finish, isn´t it?

: Seems like you could omit the intermediate steps...

dominic · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:37:26 PM »

Wupps! Sorry Chris!

In detail:
- Basecoat black
- Vallejo German uniform out of the bottle
- paint in German grey into the creases
- highlight with German uniform + a bit of white

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:43:32 PM »

That´s practically the same that I do, indeed! Apart from that I use a wash...

dominic · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:47:13 PM »

Sorry Chris.
I was replying to Argonor's first question on the colour to use.
I did not think about the detailed steps.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:48:46 PM »

Great minds think alike! :

:

I have to say that German Uniform from Vallejo must be one of the MOST USEFUL paints ever. I absolutely HATE to mix that tone - I mean, Panzer Grey is easy, but Feldgrau ist damn difficult to achieve.

dominic · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:50:43 PM »

Damn! I don't even know if Feldgrau is green or grey! :wink:

PeteMurray · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2007, 04:55:05 PM »

Quote from: "dominic"

Damn! I don't even know if Feldgrau is green or grey! :wink:

It's gray, obviously. Otherwise, it would be Feldgrun.

warrenpeace · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2007, 07:25:45 PM »

Memories of seeing the color prints in Paul Carrel's book "Hitler Moves East 1941-1943" give me the impression that it was slightly more green than grey. Too bad I don't have access to a copy of that book.

Westfalia Chris · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2007, 08:08:20 PM »

Jup, Wehrmacht Feldgrau is definitely a Green-Grey, but since I don´t have the RAL code at hand, I can´t comment on the definite tone. From my sources and personal experience (museums), Vallejo´s interpretation is the closest.

Argonor · « **Reply #13 on:** February 19, 2007, 11:51:59 AM »

Another question:

Osprey shows some uniforms all grey,
some with only the jacket,
none with the breeches in 'Feldgrau'.

Any known evidence to only jackets - and not all - and never breeches - being Feldgrau? (Osprey isn't always quite accurate,
as my studies in the Napoloeonic period has shown)

SgtPerry · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2007, 12:09:51 PM »

I either use Foundry's Palette and Vallejo

Storm green Palette (the problem is that Storm green A and B are very similar not say identical while Storm Green C is far too light.)

Method 1
* Storm green A + Vallejo German Grey
* Storm green B
* Storm green B + Storm Green C

Method 2
* Vallejo german Uniform + German Grey
* German Uniform
* German Uniform + Storm Green C

On this picture, the field uniform are painted with the 1st method while the long coat are painted with the 2nd method.

Olivier

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