Acrylics Ww1 Fieldgrey For Verlinden 120mm Kaiser

[BESPJL]

Hi,

I searched (maybe not correctly) here for possible mixes of fieldgrey for the 120mm Verlinden's Kaiser but found none. Is there anybody that can help me?

Thanks.

Cheers.

 

[Ernest]

For this one I will use a mixture of fieldgrey + a bit of olive grey for the jacket and fieldgrey with a bit german grey for the trousers, all lights adding sunny skin tone, and shading with black [all color from Vallejo Model Colors]

 

[Einion]

Mix base green, add grey until it's dull enough.

Einion

 

[BESPJL]

Ernesto: Gracias
Einion: Thank you

 

[Mike Stevens]

I would go for a much lighter and smoother grey as it the Kaiser's uniform and it would have been custom fabric and tailoring.

 

[renarts]

Its all about context. Close is good enough.

 

[badger]

its the kaiser, i am sure no one would tell him his uniform shade was wrong/ badger

 

[Dan Morton]

"its the kaiser, i am sure no one would tell him his uniform shade was wrong/ badger"

LOL!

1914 - You're absolutely right. Nobody would have corrected him.

1917 - Ludendorff would have corrected him.

November 1918 - Nobody would have cared enough to correct him.

Ain't history fun?

All the best,
Dan​

 

[Mirofsoft]

Well it's an interesting piece
I remember painting it with Humbrol ( yes Humbrol ) almost 30 years ago
But as others already said : He is the Emperor, not standard issue, better fabric....

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

Hello Paulo, Whatever color you use, I would go for a smooth tailored uniform look, as in these photos:View attachment 125838View attachment 125839Just a suggestion. Regards, SG

 

[Sturm Grenadier]

 

[Hammond_Lord]

Bear in mind that Kaiser's uniforms were privatley tailored, so the discrepancy between tunic and trousers were probably nonexistent. On the other hand, maybe you could try to paint different shades of trousers, it would be a nice contrast.

 

[badger]

it would be better to have some variation in the shade between jacket and trousers but not too much, and if you concentrate on the helmet and face, this will draw attention away from the uniform slightly. but i am sure you will do an excellent job of it./badger

 

[smudger1960]

Hi Paulo
I paint in oils and the colours I use are 3% black + 1% blue + 1% yellow + 6% white, these are mixed together to form a basic field grey, I add or remove yellow depending on how green / greyish I'm looking for

 

[badger]

sounds excellent/badger