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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Suetonius Paullinus on November 30, 2019, 08:50:39 AM

Title: Great War Germans. What’s your favourite recipe for Fieldgrey?
Post by: Suetonius Paullinus on November 30, 2019, 08:50:39 AM

Gentlemen
I am planning a 1917/18 WW1 project for next year and was wondering about paints.
I rather like my Feldgrau to be be fairly green-ish and actually use Citadel’s Death World Forest

(https://i.ibb.co/WKQKgc1/F9-BE2283-652-F-41-AB-B70-B-5252-C9525-DA0.jpg) (https://ibb.co/BsmsqgR)

But for Late War I thought maybe something more grey-ish?

What’s your preferred recipe?

Thank you for any inspiration  8)

Title: Re: Great War Germans. What’s your favourite recipe for Fieldgrey?
Post by: Hang Tuah on November 30, 2019, 01:41:00 PM

Not mine, but there's no debating Mark's ability to inspire: http://over-open-sights.blogspot.com/2014/11/ww1-uniform-triads-from-ak-interactive.html

And in case you miss it:

"...my normal field grey recipe of a base of VMC Olive Drab, a mid tone of VMC Field Grey and a highlight of Field Grey lightened with the addition of a little light grey paint."

Title: Re: Great War Germans. What’s your favourite recipe for Fieldgrey?
Post by: Over Open Sights on November 30, 2019, 01:54:36 PM

Yup....that's what I use for tunics. For the late war rtunics in Field Grey and the trousers vary in shades of dark grey and some brown. Puttees in shades of dark grey.

Title: Re: Great War Germans. What’s your favourite recipe for Fieldgrey?
Post by: Suetonius Paullinus on November 30, 2019, 04:30:23 PM

How could I possibly forget this?!?
Thanks for the beautiful reminder  8)

Hard to argue with this but shoot if you have anything else!

Cheers

Andy

Title: Re: Great War Germans. What’s your favourite recipe for Fieldgrey?
Post by: waterproof on December 06, 2019, 11:17:37 AM

I find the early uniform is more grey and later the grey-green prevails. I use VMC German Field-Grey as base for the tunic.  And mix darksea-grey into the basic colour as a second step. Then I brighten it by adding bleached bone.

Rather greenish uniform skirts were to be found nevertheless with the jäger companies.

I think that the tunic M1916 was similar in color to the tunic of the Wehrmacht.