Lead Adventure Forum
Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: CarlLeyland on November 13, 2016, 10:14:19 PM
-
Hi Chaps,
I am about to paint some Israeli armour in 20mm and thought of using Vallejo 886 green grey as a base and 884 stone grey as a highlight (I think I got this combination from here). Has anyone anything to add to this? All advice welcome as I have never done these colours before.
Thanks in advance.
-
I think the colour varies greatly from war to war and even front to front. Early kit (1967-73) appears sandier coloured than the post 1973 'Sinai grey' seen in Operation Litani (1978) and Lebanon 1982+. Just my 2ps worth!
-
Mig Ammo do a small set of IDF colours, though I think that they may be for more recent colour schemes;
migjimenez.com/en/acrylic-sets/196-idf-colors-smart-acrylic-set-.html
-
Thanks for this Guys...I had not took int o account the different colours! I will be going with the 80's scheme which I think was grey
Looking up the mig colours now, thank you
-
Life colour also has a couple of IDF sets, inc one for armour I think.
-
Thanks Mike, I have never used these before but will take a look
-
I've used Testors Model master SAC bomber tan (enamel spray)as a base-coat and then dry-brushed Isreali armor sand acrylic over that to bring out the highlights. A final, light dusting of off-white helps finish it off.
This one is 1/48 scale,but I've used the same scheme for 1/72 and 1/87 tanks. The colors work with the scale reduction petty well,with only a little more highlighting to keep the tank from being too dark.
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6465_zpspabxmds7.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6464_zpsssxlxkmn.jpg)
-
:o That is amazing....thanks for sharing I have kept the pic for reference if thats ok?
-
No problem. I'll try to get some pics taken of the 1/72 and 1/87 tanks.
I thought I had some saved, but apparently not.
I like using the Testors paint line because I can get the same colors in Spray enamel, bottle enamel and acrylic.
-
Schriv, is that the Academy kit? Very nicely done.
-
That is the Kitech/Zhengdefu with the open bottom of the turret built up with plastruc.
I've got a couple of Academy kits waiting on the shelf for me to get to them. Along with a few Aurora Centurions.
These are all 1/72 scale kits done in the same scheme.
An Armourfast Achilles with some extra bits added:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6572_zpsacaagw3z.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6570_zpsakei1jdv.jpg)
An old MPC M48A5 kit:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6568_zps3vh8itkd.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6567_zpskb6rvdvu.jpg)
This is a current production Revell M48A2C:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6569_zpsgdyh27iq.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6566_zpsflgwseux.jpg)
Old version of the Revell M60A1:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6577_zpspcvm7s4m.jpg)
An old MPC Merkava 1 kit:
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6576_zpsuxn35n55.jpg)
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w248/kschriv/Miniatures/IMG_6575_zpsoiriwvgm.jpg)
-
In awe utterly of the quality of those kits! :o