MiniWargamer Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I tried to shade this up higher but still don't quite know how high to bring the color shift. Comments, as always, appreciated. The skull, BTW, comes from a MSP bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kutz Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 I would probably look at bringing the shadows lower...till you can barely see the pattern in them. If you try to get the highlights to bright you run the risk of making it look like a cheerful happy grunt...which would likely ruin the mood. I like to keep my traditional military minis much more grim and brooding. I'll leave the happy colors to things like elf armies and other froofie types (like Napoleonics). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerridwyn1st Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Just out of curriosity, do you have a picture of what the cammo pattern looks like IRL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniWargamer Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 No, I made this one up based on my experience with tanks, BDUs, etc. It's supposed to be a 1946-9 WW2 style figure so I got inventive. It fits the European temperate area as opposed to the Nordic or other unusual areas. Just out of curriosity, do you have a picture of what the cammo pattern looks like IRL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniWargamer Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 I think you are right on that. I probably should make the highlight color the actual color and the color on the flat a darker version of it. I'll give that a shot on the next figure. (The nice thing about this squad is that they are all apparently dressed for late fall or early winter so use lots of blamkets!) I would probably look at bringing the shadows lower...till you can barely see the pattern in them. If you try to get the highlights to bright you run the risk of making it look like a cheerful happy grunt...which would likely ruin the mood. I like to keep my traditional military minis much more grim and brooding. I'll leave the happy colors to things like elf armies and other froofie types (like Napoleonics). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanker22 Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Like how it came out. Toned down would be alittle better. Here I go again The pattern looks alittle to standerdized if thats the right word. There seems to be a pattern within the pattern if that makes sense. All the cammo I've worked around had varying shapes and sizes to break up the outline of what ever it was. Just something to think about, looks good the way it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerridwyn1st Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 No, I made this one up based on my experience with tanks, BDUs, etc. It's supposed to be a 1946-9 WW2 style figure so I got inventive. It fits the European temperate area as opposed to the Nordic or other unusual areas. Just out of curriosity, do you have a picture of what the cammo pattern looks like IRL? I was currious. The pattern you have isn't typical for camo. Usually camo is blocks of color on top of a ligher color. What I've done to paint camo in the past is paint a solid background color and then the darker "splotches" go on top of that. The lightest splotches go first, with the darker ones later. If you were really picky about your camo, what you could do would be paint and highlight the background color, then paint your splotches. Highlight any that need it to match your background. Then shadow your recesses as previously discussed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironworker Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 No, I made this one up based on my experience with tanks, BDUs, etc. It's supposed to be a 1946-9 WW2 style figure so I got inventive. It fits the European temperate area as opposed to the Nordic or other unusual areas. Just out of curriosity, do you have a picture of what the cammo pattern looks like IRL? I was currious. The pattern you have isn't typical for camo. Usually camo is blocks of color on top of a ligher color. What I've done to paint camo in the past is paint a solid background color and then the darker "splotches" go on top of that. The lightest splotches go first, with the darker ones later. If you were really picky about your camo, what you could do would be paint and highlight the background color, then paint your splotches. Highlight any that need it to match your background. Then shadow your recesses as previously discussed. It looks similar to the camo patterns the Germans use to paint on their helmets in World War One which by the way was one of the first uses of cammo by individual troopers. Not sure if the Russians ever used a similar pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Kutz Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Pea pattern of the official patterns - nearly every country used it at one time or another. Russians used it for their tanks for sure in WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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