Easy Model Painting: German World War II Ambush Camouflage, For Flames of War, Miniatures & Wargames

[@darklingeraeld-ridge7946]

It wasn’t a factory applied pattern. Dark grey was the early war colour. Later, Dunkel Gelb (dark yellow) RAL 7028 was applied at the factory - the green RAL 6003 and red brown RAL 8017, or substitutes might be applied, but often in the field, sometimes by airbrush, sometimes by hand with brushes, including mops. The idea was that it would be adapted to local conditions, and there was considerable variation of result. Of course it would also be subject to fading (reds particularly tend to be transient) grime and wear. And in winter a thin wash of white might be applied. There was no hard standard ‘ambush’ pattern - only variants of an idea.

[@MorangRus]

You are wrong. Factory ambush patterns came after the period when vehicles were factory painted in dunkengelb all over and then camouflaged with green and brown in the units. Because supply chain became more strained as it got closer to the front, units often lacked paint or prescribed thinners (or time to spare). So cons outweighted pros of camouflaging the tanks locally and in August 1944 Germans started applying three-color factory patterns. More complex of them are usually called "Ambush" patterns. There are at lest two - Daimler-Benz (large blotches of three base colors covered by contrasting dots of yellow over darker colors, brown over yellow) and "disc camouflage" applied using a stencils of overlapping discs (by MAN, MNH, Krupp and Skoda, two latter possibly used a different color application sequence than two former affecting the look of the border of disc-covered areas), an perhaps a corn-chip camouflage (though I'm inclined to think that it's just some photos of disc camouflage where triangular holes between discs in the stencil are visible, but festooned stencil edges are not obvious). And also large blotches/thick streaks of three colors without contrasting small elements (these usually aren't called "ambush" schemes). And diagonal stripes by MAN, used on Bovington Jagdpanther, but usually it's depicted in three commons colors unlike green-less version by Bovington (i don't know what were Germans thinking conceiving this pattern... urban combat or tree trunks maybe). These factory applied patterns are different from the improvised mess sometimes seen in the period where tanks had to be painted in the units.

[@Eugen_TV]

nice model! subscribed!

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

Thanks a lot!

[@The3DPrintingWarrant]

Did you glue a sprue to the tank to hold on to it?

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

Hi I use an old trick. Here is the video on how to do it.

[@gunberyl3075]

I must try this technique on some German armour. Nice job guy!

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

You should. and cover it on your channel. It could be a sort of collaboration!

[@WargameMiniatureTuto]

Nice tutorial! Hello from france 👍

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

Hello! Hopefully when COVID-19 is over I can get back to France!

[@RestorationAustralia]

Great effects.

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

Thanks!

[@CraftyRic]

Always great tip and tutorials i need to start using filters more often, Thank you very much !

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

I find filters at 1:100 scale situational. Sometimes it needs it sometimes it does not.

[@ashram7345]

Great video ! Please add in the video info all the colors and tools used, thanks!

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

Sorry I did not do it for this one. I will try yo get back back in the habit.

[@ashram7345]

@@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies what is the filter you used ?

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

Mig Ammo 1511- Brown for Dark Yellow.

[@davidlarge8894]

Should use a cocktail stick dip in paint get red of excess and just dot where you want it .

[@MiniatureLandscapeHobbies]

Good thought. I am going to do this scheme on some Hetzers in the next day or 2 so will give your idea a try!