1. Copying kits is a crime that hurts original artists & producers. Help support your favorite artists by buying their original works. PlanetFigure will not tolerate any activities related to recasting, and will report recasters to authorities. Thank you for your support!

1/9 german Parachute

Discussion in 'Painting Techniques' started by xtrapee, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. xtrapee New Member

    Country:
    Germany
    Hi Modellers,
    this 200mm figure I have finished lately and it's my first contribution here. It's from Warriors range and I have painted it with Oils (Face and Arms) and Acrylics (Clothing).
    The camouflage pattern was most challenging to me. After a priming coat (applied with airbrush) I have decided to use self made stencils for patterns at easy accessible areas. By this some patterns could be sprayed, all other patterns as well as the camou stripes I have painted using a normal brush and Vallejo acrylics. The base is part of the product (except for the wooden base).
    Hope you like it.

    Happy new year to all you guy's.
    Patrick

    Attached Files:

  2. Black Army Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Hungary
    Hello Patrick,
    wellcome on the Planet! Your Falschirmjäger is very nice.
    Congratulations!

    Cheers,
    Balázs
  3. Martin Vlcek Active Member

    Country:
    Czech-Republic
  4. eissteban Active Member

    Country:
    France
    welcome here, Patrick
    your FJR is really impressive.
    Another comrade for Tony's ANZAC ;)
  5. xtrapee New Member

    Country:
    Germany
    Thanks a lot for your kind comments. Have added two PS-works (just for fun).
    Cheers
    Patrick

    Attached Files:

  6. Henri New Member

    Hi Patrick.
    Very good painting job, and a lot of atmosphere too! I would not mess with this fellow. Now a question: where did you get the pattern of colours for this guy? The german smock , when camouflaged, was usually in one shade of brown and one of green, on a greyish/beige or pale green background, with small vertical green lines, supposed to imitate rain(!!!). Your pattern sems to me made of green and kaki. Any reason or particular sources?
  7. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Excellent painting Patrick. Welcome to the planet.
  8. xtrapee New Member

    Country:
    Germany
    Thanx Guy and Henri for your compliments.
    Henri, you've asked for an interesting topic on german uniforms. Germans have had different camouflaged uniforms for Wehrmacht, SS and Luftwaffe.
    The I took reference to "Deutsche Uniformen 1939 - 1945" by Jean de Lagarde (ISBN 3-613-01869-1).

    This smock here is about the 3rd model of german parachute blouse in german Luftwaffe Splinter Camouflage. I've tested several color mixes to fit the colors shown in the book as best as I could. Lately the jacket got a priming coat of Tamiya's medium gray XF-20 with a bit of flat earth (XF-52) added. The base (large) camouflage patterns I have painted with a mixture of XF-26 "deep green", XF-68 "Nato brown" and XF-65 "field grey" in a ratio of 80:5:15. Followed by a grey-blue pattern in a mix of "black", "pale sand" and "russian uniform ww2" (all colors from Vallejo range). The camouflage stripes are XF-26 "deep green".
    The trousers (german term for this type is "Tropenüberfallhose") got a complete coat of pure khaki.
    Well, in fact it's an approximately coloring only.
    I case of any more questions, just let me know.

    Cheers
    Patrick
  9. pkw4 Active Member

    Country:
    Italy
    Hi Patrick
    lovely work.Very realistic
    Happy new year
    Roberto
  10. Rob Brown Member

    Country:
    United-States
    great job on that one and love the photoshop work also.
  11. Bad91Fellow Member

    Country:
    Germany
    moin patrick!
    dein tolle figur kenn ich ja schon!
    frohes neues
    Lennart
  12. vergilius New Member

    Country:
    Belgium
    Sehr gut gelungen !!
    Die Fallschirmjäger sind ja auch meine favoriete Einheiten
  13. xtrapee New Member

    Country:
    Germany
    Thank you guys again for your comments and kind words.
    Danke Männers. ;)

    Patrick
  14. Roc Active Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Good work Patrick, thanks for sharing.

    Cheers
    Roc
  15. dinovision79 Active Member

    Hi Patrick,

    superb job, I really like the shades you used!

    Happy New Year and thanks for sharing!
    Denes

Share This Page

planetFigure Links

Reviews & Open Box
Buy. Sell & trade
Articles
Link Directory
Events
Advertising

Popular Sections

Figure & Minis News
vBench - Works in Progress
Painting Talk
Sculpting Talk
Digital Sculpting Talk
The Lounge
Report Piracy

Who we are

planetFigure is a community built around miniature painters, sculptors and collectors, We are here to exchange support, Information & Resources.

© planetFigure 2003 - 2022.