Can anyone please give me the the color number (prefer Tamiya) for German regular infantry uniforms? It seems to be an almost blue is it XF25? Can I also get some inputs as to the best way to color flesh? Would that be XF15 with a black primer coat? Any sugestions on painting leather pouches? Any input would help! [:)]
i’ve got a leather color paint from model master that is really good. you might want to try that one. I cant help you on the othere though. sorry
For the uniform colour, try this link: http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=489
This will take you to a discussion on Field grey in the Figures section.
For faces there is no quick answer, I use Windsor and Newton Artists oils, over a base of desert yellow/flesh mixture. The techniques with oils involves laying down the colours, then brushing away almost all the paint, esentially leaving just a stain. Starting with the darke shadow colours, then working into the highlights.
For brown leather, start with a medium brown paint, then using oils apply a thick coat of darker brown oil paint, and using a completely dry soft brush, carefully wipe most of the oil paint off. this will leave a nice finish, but you must leave it for about a week to dry thoroughly.
For black leather simply paint with matt black, then dry brush with burnt sienna oil paint. this will impart a nice subtle sheen, and add a hint of brown, just taking the edge off the black.
FLESH!!! Experiment, Experiment, Experiment. What works for others may not work for you, but give them a try anyway.
I use a mixture of XF-65 field grey, and XF-63 german grey.
the 65 is a lighter greyish green, and the german grey is a darker more carbon (like the carbon on the M-16) kinda grey? but if you experiment with some mixing you can get the effects you want, don’t forget that a lot of the old german uniforms had variations in hue when the were produced.
good luck Msgt.