Hi everyone,

Did anyone out there paint the MMM bust of this Vietnam era Grunt? Need help in getting the right colors on that uniform. Thanks for your help.

Joel

enter on google image : "bust vietnam grunt" and you will see the variation in colours : 1 day worn, 6 months worn, 1 year worn ... by dry day, by rainy day
Mitches Military Miniatures, big fat chance, they are 3xM because with only 2xM,they are at least 10 differents names, nor forgetting the true colours of MMM, sorry, M&M

I've used this on a grunt before (Vallejo/Modelcolour):

Base: 893+896 (1:1)
Highlights: Base+821 & Base+986
Shadows: Base+965 & Base+black 950
Some tones with dark blue over the shades.

I used 893+821 for the tan coloured pouches
and 896+986 (1:1) as base colour for the helmet cover, highlighted with more 986.

See my vBench for the figure (Hamburger Hill).

Cheers,
Adrian

Thanks Adrian. Greatly appreciated.

Joel

Match the color on my uniform, at left...
Not a grunt but the uniform's the same!

Joel, there is always this if you want to go down the acrylic paint set route.

http://ak-interactive.com/v2/product/vietnam-u-s-green-camouflage/