The Commander Series Forum

Evening all

Does anyone have a quick & effective method of painting camouflage patterns on 6mm infantry? I have tried on some 1960s Paras in Denison smocks with a sand colour as a base and then brown & green splodges added, but they show too much of the sand colour for my liking. Am I better off ignoring how DPM is coloured in real life and use an olive green as a base? Does anyone bother or do people mainly do infantry in monochrome? I have an Afghan National Army company in mind (GHQ Soviets), who seem to wear US forest pattern.

Hi Andy
In 6mm I wouldn't worry too much when I do camo I then give it a wash to tone down the colours.
I do this on my 6mm and 10mm figures.
If you look at a few people's blogs you'll see most of use use this. Also in 6mm at table top distances the figures should blend into the background.
Regards
Sean

As Sean says I use a Warpainter Dark Wash to tone down the colours.

Cheers

Richard P

With 6mm camo you need contrast I think - and use only the predominant colours. For generic NATO I use a lightish olive green with chestnut splodges and then a light wash to tone back down if needed. For Denison style I'd probably go khaki-tan base with green splodges and a wash if needed.

The splodges are from an old battered brush that I load with a little paint and do a pointy end "wet brush" approach along a strip - lets me do a load with ease.

Andy...

Try a base of green...then brown and sand on top.
At 6mm ...The eye will pick out the lighter colour more...so less of that needed.
A quick wash with a colour of your choice (maybe a dark green) should work to finish.

Good luck.
AJ

For 'splodging' I have used an old brush with the bristles cut short, so only 2 or 3mm remain. Put a little paint on it and wipe most of it off again. Then use it at right angles to the figure to 'stamp' some splodges on. You get very little control as to where the splodges go, but that's OK since you'll be aiming for a general impression. You need a bit of experimenting to get the right colour combinations. And a wash to tone it down again.

I had the same problem on my first go at painting para's.
As already mentioned its better to use the brown as the base with the other colours on top.
Then a wash if needed (not too dark), although a matt varnish should tone it down enough.