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Chris Smith
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 British battledress I'm stuck on what colour to paint battledress. The colour I used looked ok on the first coat while the tan plastic was showing through but now looks too green. Any suggestions that point me in the right direction would be a great help.
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Vinnie Branigan
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Re: British battledress Chris, for the Resicast figures I painted I used a custom mix of Vallejo...but I don't know how big a range you have?
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Chris Smith
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Re: British battledress I've got a reasonable selection of Lifecolor and odds and sods of everything else  Chris
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Vinnie Branigan
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Re: British battledress It's a shame I didn't make a note of it at the time, but as far as I can remember I think I used 70805 German Orange mixed with 70983 Flat Earth. If you play around with drops of those two you shuld get an approximation and then adjust to suit?
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Rob Matthews
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Re: British battledress Chris
Vallejo Model Colour Green Brown 879 is acceptable and less "rich" than English Uniform 921. The Andrea English Uniform is also "quieter". It is said (For what its worth) that the Canadian uniform was a greener shade of "english Uniform" (if that makes sense)
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Gary Boxall
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Re: British battledress Chris I use Tamiya Flat Earth. Have look at this dio to give an indication of how it looks - http://www.modelarmour.com/index.php?op ... &Itemid=59Gary
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Chris Smith
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Re: British battledress Thanks guys. I used Tamiya Flat Earth mixed with some Khaki in the end. It'll do especially as it means not having to order any paint.
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Simon Briggs
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Re: British battledress Chris, I used Yellow Ochre and Black which gave a good approximation. That said when you take into account fading and dirt and the fact that most of the old soldiers (really old who wore this kit) said it was almost impossible to get a set with matching trousers and jacket, it gives quite a range of latitude when painting.
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