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Best paints for french modern armor (Leclerk)
talib
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Moscow City, Russia
Joined: June 05, 2003
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Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 05:54 PM UTC
Hi!

I'm new to french armor, so have a question:

what is the best paints for Leclerk? Acrylycs prefered: Tamiya, valejo, Gunze.

Thanks!
bison126
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Correze, France
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Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 06:44 PM UTC
Hello,
I usually work with the following refs in the Tamiya range :
XF5 Flat green, XF64 Red brown and XF1 Black. The Tamiya NATO shades are not suitable for the French camo.

Olivier
talib
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Posted: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 09:03 PM UTC
Oliver , hi!

Thank you! You made a great job on Leclerk tweak list. I use it building my model.
I think that wil be nice, if you add paint advice in it.

One more question: you use colours "out of the bottle" or mix them?
bison126
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Posted: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 - 12:12 AM UTC
I'm glad to see the tweak list is helping. I'll consider adding some painting advices, thanks for the suggestion.

To come back to your question, I use the paints straight from the jar. But depending on how worn out you want to depict your model you may add some lighter colors.

Olivier
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