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Painting Guides

All guides were developed and are copyright 2004 - 2008 by Matt Hingley. Please distribute freely and credit the author. Older Guides are available at the bottom of the page. New Guides will be available soon.

Painting Waffen SS Oak Camo - The easy Guide © 2008

Suggested colours:
Smock base colour Vallejo Violet Brown
Dark Base: Vallejo Black Green
Bright Green: German Cam. Bright Green

Paint your smock a pale brown colour, allow to dry and select you dark shade and mimic the pattern below:

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Then take your bright green and paint inside the dark green areas.
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Reapply a few dots of dark colour inside the bright green
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If you want mix a brighter green and add afew other dots in raised areas, and paint dark dots on the brown area.
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Sorry about the basic nature of the images, probably easier to follow though.


Older paint guides in PDF format (you will need to be able to view Adobe files).

How to paint Waffen SS Oak smocks

How to paint US Paratroopers (Normandy)

How to Paint British Paratroopers 

How to Paint German Army Splinter Camo