Hi everyone.

Im currently completeing my 2nd set of us army airborne (op varsity) DML. the first set was ruined as i messed up the drybrushing and colors of the uniform.

I am in desperate need of anyones help. my problem is that i cant get the right color pain for the uniforms of u.s. army airborne.

i am using humbrol and can only get humbrol. c

can anyone , please please please help me and tell me which humbrol paints (greens) to use?

even if you cant get number humbrol, maybe copy and past a colour pic?

any help is much much needed and very appreciated.

cheers

Look up the review Alan Mcneilly did of Life color US army paint set. Here is a link

Hi there
I've got Verlindens paint mixes and will post his US colours tonight ,I'm just off to work now.

Cheers

Chris

Dont get too stressed out Matttomlin, if you get close to the color your looking for then you can be reassured its not an exact science and shades of uniform color can vary drastically from one pair of combats to another!

..on another note why dont you just let the original figures sit in a jar of thinner during the night. If they went wrong the first time, you might find with a little care and attention and a good time in the thinner the paint will come off very easily and you might have two sets of figures to play around with

Hi Matttomlin,
As promised Verlindens paint guide
Base Drybrush Dark Shadow/wash Final Highlight(subtle)
US Khaki: Khaki Drill(72) Khaki Drill(72) Base+black(33) or Khaki Drill(72) + More white (34)
+black(33) +white(34) Raw umber

US Green: USMC green(161) Base+White+Touch As above Base+white+French Art green(179) Art green(179)

Hope this helps and makes sense.

Cheers


Chris

I'm no expert on US uniforms, but I thought the US Airborne uniforms were a light tan?

Anywho, messed up a paint job? LOL, welcome to my life! hehe! Nah, seriously, if you really feel the paint job it that bad you can always strip the figures and start again Trust me, I normally have to do that

Anyway, here's a neat little site with a few colour references, albeit Testors. Have a look for IPMS Stockholm, they've got a terrific conversion chart which should assist you in converting these colours to the Humbrol equivalent. Click here: http://www.hat.com/ColorsWWII.html

Rudi