Royal Model - Waffen SS Tank Crew 1944-45

 Slowly getting there.....

You can observe some back-and-forth on the refinement of the 44' Erbsenmuster pea dot camouflage. This pattern can be both easy or tedious to paint - depending on how precise you wish to replicate it in miniature. For most people, a couple of random dots will do the trick. However, a careful study of the pattern reveals two features of this pattern; The distinctive patches or "continents" and how the dots (especially the sand/pink dots) are clustered.  

I used a combination of AK11120 Mud Brown, AK11109 Dark Brown and  ABT1142 Paynes Grey from ABT 502 range to create the tones for the brown base. The olive green portions are AK11346 USMC Forest Green. AK11411 Light green for the bright green spots. AK11402 Light Flesh mixed with |ABT 1135 Amethyst from the ABT 502 range. ABT1142 Paynes Grey for the dark patches. Shading was mainly done with washes of AK11418 Brown Black - which has replaced AK11027 Rubber Black as my favourite colour for shading.  I will take a pause for now on this figure as I await the groundwork to arrive from the HQ of Royal Model.

Cheers,

Calvin