Read Time: 5 minutes Soviet Colors in the Great Patriotic War The colors used by the RKKA to paint its armored vehicles during the Great Patriotic War have been the subject of much conjecture over the years. While I do not claim to be an expert in this subject, I have come across some useful books and articles, both […]
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Read Time: 3 minutes Soviet Armour and Soft Skinned Vehicle colour is a controversial topic at the best of times with polarized proponents arguing “any green will do”, “it’s close enough”, “crews used whatever is available” to those wanting to have “accurate colour reproduction” for authenticity. Actually, there is a thread of truth woven throughout the tapestry of such
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Read Time: 2 minutes Soviet Armour and Soft Skinned Vehicle Colour is a controversial topic at the best of times with polarized proponents arguing ‘any green will do’, ‘it’s close enough’, ‘crews used what is available’ to those wanting to have “accurate colour reproduction” to be as close as possible to authenticity. Looking at black and white photographs from
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Read Time: 2 minutes QUICK TIP: “Painting cockpits with Zenital Light” by Diego Quijano Aircraft cockpits, especially those of WWII fighter planes, are a perfect spot to apply overhead -or zenithal- light paint effects. We are going to show a very simple method to do it. We start by applying preshading using the Black & White technique with black,
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Read Time: < 1 minute DUSTING WITH PIGMENTS by David Perez 1. This is the part we have selected for this short step-by-step article. It represents the surface of a rusted vehicle with faded green camouflage color. 2. We deposit small amounts of pigments onto the surface with a brush. It´s neither stippled nor moved around with the brush, just
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Read Time: 2 minutes Pic N1: We use the spare tire of a M 26 recovery vehicle as example. First the tire is painted with the acrylic color Zashchitniy Zeleno XB 518 A.MIG-083. Then we apply paint chips of different sizes and shapes on the edges with Reseda Green A.MIG-003 acrylic paint. Pic N2: We scrub the entire surface
