I need to tone down my camo. pants on a german ww2 figure.Do I use a black, gray or what wash to do the job.


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I've had this problem occasionally. The way only way I've found is to do a dark grey wash and dry brush with only slightly lightened base colour, then a final light dry brush with a lighter shade. It sometimes takes a couple of washes and three or four drybrushes before I'm satisfied.

I use a wash of burnt umber oil paint to tone down and shadow my German camo patterns. Works well for me.

brandy or diomans methods should work just fine. I will sometimes apply a light coat of pastels all over to tone things down a bit. This is more subtle than paint/washes and may not 'fit' with the other figures or AFV you've got. Its just another option.

Thanks guys:
I'll try the washes but I'm useing Tamiya figures and we all know how much detail they have (one dosen't even have ears) so I don't know about how easy drybrushing is going to be.
But thanks for your help.

That's what I do. :-)