hi all, i have done a few german dioramas, but i have questioned their colour, sure i have got them correct but just how correct, i mix my colours to the desired effect of what the germans uniform colours were, however for my wible wind dio, i want to be 100 % exact, can anyone tell me what humbrol colour i would sue for the german uniform pant.

matt

hello matt.

the thing you want to know is a question that is around for years.
Its like this the german uniforms *same as their tanks*
have diffrent colors it started with grey and ended up with grey green and camo colors.
the more you are exposed to sunlight the lighter your uniform gets.

so any kind of green will do I guess.

I guess that didn't help #:-) but thats how I think of it.

Don't worry about the exact uniform colour too much. When you take 10 identical uniforms, you'll end up with 10 different colours. My opinion is that when a uniform LOOKS good when looking at it, it IS good !

I have to agree with Eagle. Get it close, get it within the normal color scheme for the time period and let it be 'close enough'. Especially for diorama building, your depicting an active even with dust dirt etc..... The sun can fade cloths, dirt and grime will dirty and darken them so, there will be variations.

Conversely, if you were doing a 'figure' from history you would want to 'get it right'.

hi Matt,
I absolutely agree on Danny and Juul about not to worry that much for the uniform colors because so many colors can be suitable after weathering with washes,drybush or pastel chalks.but to answer your question I use Humbrol 111 Matt Uniform Gray for Wehrmacht uniforms, sometimes adding a few drops of green tones. Shadows can be done in darker tones Humbrol 32 Matt Dark Grey also called as Field grey.for drybrushing in lighter tones you can use humbrol 111 mixing with Humbrol 147 Matt light grey.

I tend to use Humbrol 66 Matt, Had no complaints yet.........