Landships II

plastic fan · General

Uniform color

FR73 · General

Don't no much about Vallejo but see if they can match Humbrol 93 desert sand I used it to do Marines on a dio for my nephew it would be pretty close based off what I read. Hopes this gets things started.

Some pics:

Greetings, Josh

plastic fan · General

Thanks. That helps and your right, it should get me started. I will check the Humbrol/Vallejo equivalent.

FR73 · General

don't mention it. smile

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greetings, Josh

Excelsior1 · Major

US uniforms were khaki in WW1; same shade as the British ones. I'm afraid I have no idea of the Vajello code for this but Humbrol's is no. 26.
Be warned: it's a nightmare to shade - am doing Metal Modeles' US infantryman at the moment and it is sending me MAD!!!

plastic fan · General

Thanks. I will look up the Humbrol color. I thought that shading may be a big issue. Let me know what you come up with.

FR73 · General

well Humbrol 93 I thought was pretty spot on and I never do shading if I can match the color outright. From the Humbrol chart I use here: http://scale-models.nl/cc-humbrol.html

Khaki might be too dark, the US shade was lighter from all the uniforms I've seen. You have to do some tests to find which shade works for you.

Greetings, Josh

-- Edited by FR73 on Friday 6th of July 2012 02:40:54 AM

Excelsior1 · Major

plastic fan wrote:
Thanks. I will look up the Humbrol color. I thought that shading may be a big issue. Let me know what you come up with.

�When it's finished, I'll put the photos on here.� Replacing the garage roof got in the way over the past week, so the project has stalled, but work re-commences tomorrow.� I'll be glad of a rest!

As for shading, I'm using khaki with a spot of black mixed in for the first round, then chocolate brown (Humbrol 98) for the darker nooks and crannies.� This latter works on the webbing and equipment's deep shading, too, so it�allows for a nice overall result on the finished article.� The only problem is that Humbrol's khaki is horrendously unco-operative and soft blending is difficult.

My figure is 54mm.� Colours are open to interpretation and scale makes a big difference; as Josh says on here, you might find that a lighter colour is suitable (if your figures are small scale).� Also, cloth shades and tones varied enormously; there was no definitive "khaki" in the British army, and the same applied to horizon blue in the French, so you can use artistic licence with Americans as well, I'm sure.

Good luck and enjoy your project.� Some of my efforts are on here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/67435418@N07/

-- Edited by Excelsior1 on Friday 6th of July 2012 10:49:22 PM