I recently bought Nato In Miniatures US Infantry on patrol set which I highly recommend and I had a painting question. The figures are painted in ACU but is Multi Cam also appropriate given their current uniforms?
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tutdiesel
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 06:21 AM UTC
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 06:51 AM UTC
Yes, if you want to depict them in A'stan wearing Multi-Cam uniforms you could. The cut of the Multi-Cam is the same as the cut of the ACU uniform (with a few changes such as buttons replacing some of the velcro, etc.). Visually in 1/35 scale, they are the same though. They need to be placed in A'stan since Multi-Cam is only being issued to troops deployinhg there, but not in Iraq.
tutdiesel
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 06:53 AM UTC
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Yes, if you want to depict them in A'stan wearing Multi-Cam uniforms you could. The cut of the Multi-Cam is the same as the cut of the ACU uniform (with a few changes such as buttons replacing some of the velcro, etc.). Visually in 1/35 scale, they are the same though. They need to be placed in A'stan since Multi-Cam is only being issued to troops deployinhg there, but not in Iraq.
Gotcha. Thanks for the reply!
kurassier
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 07:15 AM UTC
What colors are you going to use on the cammo?
Maki
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 01:02 PM UTC
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The cut of the Multi-Cam is the same as the cut of the ACU uniform (with a few changes such as buttons replacing some of the velcro, etc.).
Are you sure about that, Gino? Crye Precision is the company that developed MultiCam pattern and Crye stuff definitely has a different cut from ACU... the main differences can be seen on knee and elbow inserts, additional pockets, etc:
More on Crye Precision stuff can be found here: Crye Precision
and some great uniform "walkarounds" here: Military Morons
Now, I own a pair of BDU cut pants that were made of MultiCam material and I have seen ACU cut uniforms in MultiCam pattern as well... but I don't think those are issued to troops in Afghanistan, only original Crye uniforms in their specific cut.
Mario
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 01:24 PM UTC
From all the Army bulletins I have seen, the cut of the uniform accepted and fielded by the US Army is the same as the ACU cut. Maybe the original Crye prototypes were different, but fielded uniforms look the same to me.
panzerIV
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 01:46 PM UTC
the multicam uniform that is in question is also being issued out to the british army replacing the old british DPM which weve had for forty years now. all of the british forces shall be issued the multicam uniform ( MTP ) by end of march 2011
just thought id add that for any british modern modellers looking to do this sort of camo
tony
just thought id add that for any british modern modellers looking to do this sort of camo
tony
Maki
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 09:23 PM UTC
OK, this was an interesting topic for me so I browsed a bit...
Although SF operatives were wearing MultiCam for years now (those guys obviously had a possibility to wear whatever they wanted), 75th Ranger Regiment was first to receive MultiCam in Stan. They started with Crye’s Multicam BDUs, with the knee and elbow pad inserts. Those were not in ACU cut. I've seen loads of pictures of those (link)... However, I also found several pictures of troops in Stan wearing MultiCam uniforms not in Crye original cut. Those are often ACU cut, but also BDU cut. Now, I have no clue what is the standard MultiCam issue uniform for US Army in Stan... I do know Crye stuff is expensive and they had problems taking large orders some time ago. So perhaps, US Army decided to test MultiCam in their original Crye cut and then decided to bypass Crye and use their ACU cut as a good enough MultiCam alternative?
Mario
Although SF operatives were wearing MultiCam for years now (those guys obviously had a possibility to wear whatever they wanted), 75th Ranger Regiment was first to receive MultiCam in Stan. They started with Crye’s Multicam BDUs, with the knee and elbow pad inserts. Those were not in ACU cut. I've seen loads of pictures of those (link)... However, I also found several pictures of troops in Stan wearing MultiCam uniforms not in Crye original cut. Those are often ACU cut, but also BDU cut. Now, I have no clue what is the standard MultiCam issue uniform for US Army in Stan... I do know Crye stuff is expensive and they had problems taking large orders some time ago. So perhaps, US Army decided to test MultiCam in their original Crye cut and then decided to bypass Crye and use their ACU cut as a good enough MultiCam alternative?
Mario
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 09:30 PM UTC
Does anyone know if the controller used for those...robots...(no idea what it's actually called) is indeed that of an XBox 360?? *see Marios pic
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Posted: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 11:03 PM UTC
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Does anyone know if the controller used for those...robots...(no idea what it's actually called) is indeed that of an XBox 360?? *see Marios pic
yes they do use xbox 360 controllers, the most frequent used controller ive seen is a logitech console controller.
black55
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Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 07:45 AM UTC
Regular Army uses ACU cut multicam uniforms.Crye Multicam is used by SF, Rangers, PJs , Ciombat Controlers etc.They use ACU cut multicam as well /except Rangers/.
jon_a_its
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Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 09:10 AM UTC
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Quoted TextDoes anyone know if the controller used for those...robots...(no idea what it's actually called) is indeed that of an XBox 360?? *see Marios pic
yes they do use xbox 360 controllers, the most frequent used controller ive seen is a logitech console controller.
I hadn't noticed!
but just right for the Digital Generation? 
Pumpkinking01
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Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 03:48 PM UTC
The current issue Multicam uniform is the ACU cut being manufactured by Propper. How ever private purchase uniforms by Crye, TRU-spec and ultra force (usualy the BDU cut ones you see) in different cuts are seen often as there was not enough Propper uniforms at the time of approval for regular units in Afghanistan to begin wearing them.
tanknick22
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Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 04:03 PM UTC
multicam is the new camo patern for troops going to afganistan its is only being issued to US army troops going there and it may eventully be issued the the entire USArmy in the near future
Maki
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Posted: Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 07:04 PM UTC
Thanks for the info guys!
Mario
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