WIP Arnhem Para...

[chailey]

Hi chaps,
I'm currently flexing my muscles with the painting of a 200mm paratrooper and could do with some advice regarding the Denison smock...using photo reference of a surviving smock I'm fairly happy with the general look but it looks far too pristine for war conditions, any thoughts of how I can give it a subtle faded look without a complete repaint...I'm using Andrea and Vallejo acrylics!

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Hi chaps,
I'm currently flexing my muscles with the painting of a 200mm paratrooper and could do with some advice regarding the Denison smock...using photo reference of a surviving smock I'm fairly happy with the general look but it looks far too pristine for war conditions, any thoughts of how I can give it a subtle faded look without a complete repaint...I'm using Andrea and Vallejo acrylics!

I had the same question earlier this year. Check out https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/pvt-sandy-cortmann-3-para-arnhem-1944-1-16.688000/

Colin

 

[chailey]

I had the same question earlier this year. Check out https://www.planetfigure.com/threads/pvt-sandy-cortmann-3-para-arnhem-1944-1-16.688000/

Colin

So very, very different to mine...oh dear, back to the old drawing board as they say, the inks used seem a great alternative to paint alone!
A great many thanks Colin.

 

[Colin_Fraser]

So very, very different to mine...oh dear, back to the old drawing board as they say, the inks used seem a great alternative to paint alone!
A great many thanks Colin.

Actually if read through I gave up on inks. I think I used Life Color for the base green and Golden artist acrylic for the brown. A dry brush of lightened base colour over the top. Some ink washes for shading along the way but my plan to use them to layer in the green and brown failed.