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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Erestor90 on 03 April 2014, 09:20:16 PM

Title: Wehrmacht
Post by: Erestor90 on 03 April 2014, 09:20:16 PM

Hi all,
i tried a new fieldgrey on them, what do you think ?


(http://s7.directupload.net/images/140403/advx2wkb.jpg)

(http://s1.directupload.net/images/140403/iwr9h3w9.jpg)

(http://s1.directupload.net/images/140403/xlrlc7go.jpg)

Title: Re: Wehrmacht
Post by: Amalric on 03 April 2014, 09:29:53 PM

Very nice

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Post by: CorvetteK225 on 03 April 2014, 09:40:17 PM

Great looking figures!  :-*

As per your question: Very nice looking color but quite strong on the green side. I would say that is an attractive color for early war figures' tunics. German wool became less and less natural, virgin wool and more and more recycled and man made fillers or pulps. The fabric tended to dye into a grey-er/browner color as the fabric quality increasingly decreased over the years.

Another item for thought: often, the paint manufacturers' fieldgrey paint is actually a RAL match for fieldgrey paint and not fieldgrey uniforms. This paint was applied to items such as helmets and mess tins. Check to see what color you are using and see what the manufacturer described their color as.

David

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Post by: Helen on 03 April 2014, 09:47:30 PM

Very nice work.

Cheers,

Helen

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Post by: gamer Mac on 03 April 2014, 10:48:10 PM

Lovely :-* :-* :-*

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Post by: Paleskin on 03 April 2014, 11:32:33 PM

Lovely brushwork
Agree they do have a slight green hue to them but it doesn't 'spoil' them at all,they look great!

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Post by: mellis1644 on 03 April 2014, 11:52:14 PM

Wow - I wish I could do something close to this good...

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Post by: discok3 on 04 April 2014, 12:03:52 PM

Stunning...20 or 28mm?
Breathtaking brushwork o_o

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Post by: Stan Hollis on 04 April 2014, 01:28:14 PM

Quality brushmanship there mind...

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Post by: Keith on 04 April 2014, 01:35:18 PM

Bloody lovely!  :-*

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Post by: joroas on 04 April 2014, 01:44:47 PM

I like that green colour!

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Post by: tomek917 on 04 April 2014, 01:52:32 PM

They look great!

Crusader miniatures?

Title: Re: Wehrmacht
Post by: Erestor90 on 04 April 2014, 02:13:54 PM

Thanks a lot to everyone  :)

Thanks for your answer CorvetteK225, i will try to paint some darker fieldgrey.

Left and right are from Crusader and the centre figure is made by Artizan Designs.

Regards

Title: Re: Wehrmacht
Post by: Stan Hollis on 04 April 2014, 02:36:35 PM

Just mix them in and do slightly different shades throughout your army and you will probably achieve what the more ragtag look of an army over the months/years and the slightly piecemeal nature to the uniforms they would have seen.

Title: Re: Wehrmacht
Post by: Calimero on 04 April 2014, 03:07:56 PM

 :o :-* :o

I think they look great… It might be my computer screen, which usually show darker pictures than they really are, but I think the are perfect, not too green at all (at least for the early war period). which color did you use?

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Post by: Gothic Line on 04 April 2014, 06:38:34 PM

 
 28mm at its best both the minis and the paint job!!! Well done!

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Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 04 April 2014, 06:57:18 PM

Wow. Lovely paint jobs.

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Post by: flags_of_war on 04 April 2014, 07:31:35 PM

I think these look great  :D

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Post by: Captain Blood on 04 April 2014, 07:44:32 PM

Very nice painting. I've always liked my field grey a little bit greeny-grey. I had about 100 Tamiya Germans once upon a time, and they all had uniforms this colour  :)

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Post by: Gazjones on 04 April 2014, 09:32:23 PM

I think they look stunning! A brilliant colour in my opinion. I would like to paint mine in that hue.

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Post by: Atheling on 05 April 2014, 05:41:28 AM

They are excellent  :-* :-* :-*.

Uniform is fine  8) 8) 8)

Darrell.

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Post by: warburton on 06 April 2014, 01:16:01 PM

I think they look perfect. What paint did you use?

I look forward to seeing more.

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Post by: aircav on 07 April 2014, 09:00:54 AM

Fantastic  :-* :-* :-*

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Post by: Argonor on 07 April 2014, 09:30:20 AM

My parents told me that the german occupation force was referred to as 'the green ones', so at least on the whipcream front, many uniforms must have had an obvious green hue.

Title: Re: Wehrmacht
Post by: lordbert on 08 April 2014, 01:02:06 PM

Fantastic looking minis fella, I'd be well chuffed if mine looked like that!

What did you use for the basing? I'm always keen to expand my range of basing materials and I love the look of what you've done there, any chance of what paints and materials used?

Title: Re: Wehrmacht
Post by: cram on 09 April 2014, 08:45:18 PM

Stunning!!!! :-* :-* :-* :-*

More please!!