75th Anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino and Northern Italy (Army Build)
Fallschirmjager- Starting the Camo
Fallschirmjager camouflage is a base of Camo Beige with a Camo Medium Brown splinter pattern over the top, interspersed with patches of Reflective Green. I’ve primed my models with Dunkelgelb which is lighter than Camo Beige but as I plan to put a wash over the top, this should darken it down to roughly the right colour.
In 15mm, I’m going to start with the Reflective Green patches. If I were painting this in 28mm, I would do the green last as, at that scale, it would be easier to get the patches in the right spot. However, as the green in the pattern is the least prevalent colour, I’m going to put it on first and then apply the Camo Beige as this will cover some of the green. In short, given the number I need to paint and my limited skill, carefully applying the green over the brown won’t be an option, hence why green first in this project.
As you can hopefully see in the photos above, I’ve ‘blobbed’ the green over just the tunic. I’m not bothered whether I get it over the ammo pouches or elsewhere as these will get painted over later, so as long as it is only going on the tunic, I should be good here!
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