Camouflage washes

[Carl Edward Sambrook]

I have just painted a British DPM jacket and now need to make the DPM look not so "Painted" what is the recommended wash to use ( I paint in acrylics) any help would be gratefully received. Thank you.

 

[Helm]

Depends on where you've set the figure mate, for my Falklands bod I used a very thinned out grey/brown to dirty it up, if it's urban/dryer I'd use a very light version of the lighter brown
Steve

 

[gforceman]

A glaze of German camo black brown in the shadows of folds etc is a good start. The start adding more and more black and go over the area's that are in darker shadwos. If you like it you can put a final glaze of pure black in the deepest shadows.

i hope this helps,

Gino

P.S. Next time you paint camo it might be a good idea to highlight every colour as you put it on. This is much easier to do then when you do it once all the camo is on.

 

[Ferris]

Sound advice from Steve and Gino.

Only thing I'd like to add is the tip to use a bit of Tamiya matte medium (X21?) in the glaze/wash. This avoids everything to go glossy, but test the mix first, as too much of the medium will result in whitening that is very hard to correct.

And for the next camo project I suggest to mix in a bit of the base colour into all the other colours in the pattern. This will harmonize the colours from the beginning, reducing the need for the glaze/wash.

Cheers
Adrian

 

[gforceman]

Sound advice from Steve and Gino.

Only thing I'd like to add is the tip to use a bit of Tamiya matte medium (X21?) in the glaze/wash. This avoids everything to go glossy, but test the mix first, as too much of the medium will result in whitening that is very hard to correct.

And for the next camo project I suggest to mix in a bit of the base colour into all the other colours in the pattern. This will harmonize the colours from the beginning, reducing the need for the glaze/wash.

Cheers
Adrian

Or you can use the matt varnish from the Army Painter once all the work is done. I find this a very, very good varnish to be used with a brush. Haventh airbrushed yet. The Matt medium mentioned by Adrian is the better solution but as he said you can't use too much or it will mess up everything. Should this happen, make sure the layer is perfectly dry, otherwise you'll take the white in the new layer and it will be very hard to get rid of it.

Cheers,

Gino

 

[Ferris]

Thanks for that ref to a brush-paintable matte varnish Gino. I find airbrushing varnish a very scary step that could ruin everything in seconds, so anything to reduce that risk is highly appreciated. Will have to try this one.

Cheers
Adrian

 

[gforceman]

Hi Adrian,

The matt varnish by Andrea is great too for brushing, but the Army painter does dry even a bit matter. Please let me know what you think of it when you have teste'd it. Always curious to hear an other painters opinion. Have a nice weekend,

Gino

 

[Jimmy S]

Carl what was your base coat that you painted the cammo pattern on? I always go for that as a wash.

 

[Carl Edward Sambrook]

Jimmy it was the German Field Grey No 1 from Life Color.

 

[Jimmy S]

Try a couple of thin washes of that on a test figure.