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Offline Hupp n at em

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Paint scheme - need suggestions
« on: 03 March 2011, 03:19:31 AM »
I will soon be painting some plastic SST Mobile Infantry from Mongoose, and am pretty set on  imitating Bundeswehr Flecktarn for the armor.  So my question is, what should I paint the clothes underneath?  I am stuck on what would work well. (doesn't help that I am 5 hours away from both my paints and the minatures themselves at school  :? ) Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim

Offline Glitzer

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Re: Paint scheme - need suggestions
« Reply #1 on: 03 March 2011, 07:00:22 AM »
The real Bundeswehr wears Felcktarn under their armour, but that would of course look very stupid on a mini. How about some really dark olive drab with some decent horizontal stripes in black (merely visible). Another option would be some dark browns.
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Offline Hupp n at em

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Re: Paint scheme - need suggestions
« Reply #2 on: 03 March 2011, 04:33:40 PM »
I was thinking about some sort of tan underneath; my first thought was desert camo but that's far too confusing.  lol

Offline basaint

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Re: Paint scheme - need suggestions
« Reply #3 on: 03 March 2011, 09:45:58 PM »
Id probably agree with Glit, something dark.  We had that fugly brown under our BDU's.

Offline Hupp n at em

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Re: Paint scheme - need suggestions
« Reply #4 on: 04 March 2011, 04:52:27 AM »
I am also debating black armor with flecktarn underneath; thoughts?

EDIT:  Going to try the flecktarn armor with black underneath; realize this is a bit of a bore as threads go, thanks for bearing with me.
« Last Edit: 04 March 2011, 06:12:42 AM by Hupp n at em »

Offline Glitzer

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Re: Paint scheme - need suggestions
« Reply #5 on: 04 March 2011, 01:51:47 PM »
I was thinking about some sort of tan underneath; my first thought was desert camo but that's far too confusing.  lol

Weren't those the colours the BW wore in early Afghanstan? Back when the armour was only available in the Woodland Flecktarn. I think I remember some Photos with that combination in the Loyal magazine (that's the Magazine of the German equivalent to the National Guard of the US).

 

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