Hi, I'm just about to do my first diorama which is going to feature a German infantry group being protected by a Panzer III in a street scene (walls/other features etc. etc.). Biggie question here is, should the soldiers uniforms be in a fairly dark green or German gray, I'm tempted to go with the German gray but don't want to make a real screw up by painting the uniforms all wrong only to find out just as I finish the damned thing!!
Any hints or tips (?) would be appreciated.
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German uniform Eastern Front, Sept 1942

CaptainCanary

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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 06:47 PM UTC

Hohenstaufen

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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2007 - 09:32 AM UTC
Definitely not dark green. You need German Field Grey, many manufacturers offer this colour, but I prefer to mix my own, as the colour varied widely & it's unrealistic for a group of soldiers to be in exactly the same shade. It can vary with wear & age from a warm grey-green to almost a greyish khaki colour.

CaptainCanary

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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 03:12 PM UTC
Thanks for that, so much for following the box artwork!! Field grey/khaki with it is.

SFraser

Joined: May 21, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 05:06 PM UTC
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Hi, I'm just about to do my first diorama which is going to feature a German infantry group being protected by a Panzer III in a street scene (walls/other features etc. etc.). Biggie question here is, should the soldiers uniforms be in a fairly dark green or German gray, I'm tempted to go with the German gray but don't want to make a real screw up by painting the uniforms all wrong only to find out just as I finish the damned thing!!
Any hints or tips (?) would be appreciated.
Hi mate, I would suggest that if its German infantry group in a street, I would do their helmets a kind of field grey base coat and then add spots of brown and yellow to look like dust and such, same with the uniforms as well. Hope this helps
Scott
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