Hi all

Has anyone got any tips or links to usable tutorials for painting the WW2 German Dot Pea Pattern, that would help a beginner to figure painting.

Thanks for any help

Paul

It is time consuming but not difficult. I actually think the smocks had a much harder pattern to paint. The ones with the palm leaves on them for example. Sheesh!!
The best place to start is to look at the trunk of a sycamore tree. Study to patterns in the bark as this is where the inspiration for the german patterns comes from.
Pea dot has 4 base colors and these vary from uniform to uniform. I use german yeallow,khaki,dark chocolat brown and USAAF interior green for the bases. Devide a pants leg up and paint these 4 colors in uneven fields so you get a mixure of the 4 base colors. Then paint the dots,using the same colors but putting the green on top of the khaki and yellow and brown fields.
If you have ever seen the ambush scheme on a german tank it is the same concept,only tighter and smaller.
Hope I am clearer than mud here as I hate to type.
J

link

Hi Paul,
Al's link & hard work is great. Thanks Al ! What I did was get myself a copy of Osprey's "modelling Waffen-SS Figures" #23 by the great Calvin Tan. LOTS of great tips and techniques for painting German camo patterns. But faces and equipment too. Have fun !
Tom

I cannot echo enough Calvin Tan's Osprey book "modelling Waffen-SS Figures".

You should check out his blog too - I found these on there that may be useful for you - he even has pics of his paint bottles used for colour reference....:
http://zyclyon.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Alpine%20Miniatures%20-%2012.SS%20Pz.Div%20HJ%20PzRgt.25%20Normandy%201944

have a read through the rest of the blog - he's incredibly generous in sharing his methods and thought process

Rob

Or, to save yourself a headache and terrible eye strain, you could use this: http://www.pacmodelscatalog.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=PCM&Category_Code=Shin

Thanks for the replies guys.

Paul