painting spanish civil war uniforms ?

[David]

Hi
I am looking for a good guide to painting spanish civil war uniforms ?
I have a few books, I tend to use vailejo paints.
Any help would be great
Cheers
David

[Lluís of Minairons]

Hi,

Here it goes my personal Republican Army formula:

Ordnance uniform: 70.873 US Field Drab (others recommend a slightly darker tone, such as British Uniform)
Overalls: 70.988 Khaki
Gaiters (when worn): 70.886 Green Grey
Helmet: 70.890 Reflective Green (usually applied to Adrian helmets), or 70.879 Green Brown (other helmets)
Beltings, ammo cartridges and so: 70.985 Hull Red
Haversack: 70.819 Iraqui Sand
Canteen: either 70.880 Khaki Grey or an Aluminium tone
Shoes: 70.984 Flat Brown

Wish it helps,
Lluís
www.minairons.eu

[David]

Thanks it a start.
I am trying to work out the Nationalist Green colour eg:-
dark green ? olive green/gray
light green ?
David

[scrivs]

I am using VMC German Uniform for the Nationalist army unifirms on the Legion and Guardia I a, doing. I shoukd have some pics of my first attempts on the blog tomorrow,

[ts]

http://balagan.info/spanish-civil-war-painting-guide

[WillieB]

David,

The Peninsular Army had green/grey uniforms to begin with but since I use oil paint I can't give you any references. My usual mix is Chrome Green with black and white added as a basis and then a very small amount of ochre to tone the 'coolnes' of the mix down a bit.
It's actually a fairly light colour which apparently faded very quickly. Might have had something to do with the dies.
Especially for Nationalist African troops use lots of white in your mix.
Contemporary pictures show almost 'white' uniforms -even taking into consideration the older type of film material- so perhaps a very light grey with a tinge of green would do. Odly enough the yellow die in the green faded first which left a slight blueish tint on the uniforms.

Willie

[Arlequín]

There were also 'Summer' and 'Winter' uniform sets... the Summer grey-green one being mostly cotton, which as Willie says, did not hold its colour too well. The Winter one was much darker and tended towards a more 'European' colour not unlike that of the French.

Until the Republic began producing its 'new' uniform, the 'Nationalist' colour was evident on both sides and even quite late into the war could still be found alongside the more brown-tinged Republican one.

'The' book on uniforms is still Bueno's: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Uniformes-militares-Guerra-Civil-Espa%C3%B1ola/dp/8492264403 but you can buy it from Spanish online sellers far cheaper than the Amazon price... I paid 10 or 20 Euros for mine iirc.

A search on 'uniformes guerra civil' will bring up a whole load of stuff on Google Images though. 

[David]

Thanks Arlequín
I have ordered it today, just hope the import Tax is not to high
plus I also ordered The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936 Alpert, Michael

Plus the Spanish Civil War 1936–39 (1): Nationalist Forces Men-at-Arms 495 will be out in May.

I do own
The Battle for Spain,  Antony Beevor
Heroic Voices of the Spanish civil war, Peter Draman
Historia De las Brigadas Mixtas, Carlos Engel
Atlas Ilustrado de Armas Y Uniformes , Lucas Franco
Blindaos En Espana, 1a parte: La Guerra civil 1936 - 1939
The Ebro 1938 Osprey Campaign
The Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939 Osprey Men-at-arms
Internatational Brigades in Spain 1936 - 1939 Osprey Elite series
Steel Master on Espagne 1936 -1939

plus some nice pictures

I will have to order a French and Spanish dictionary.