How to Paint 1/35 Fallschirmjäger Splinter Camouflage TUTORIAL

In this long anticipated painting video we tackle the iconic jump smocks

[@kennysmart8273]

Needing to paint some Fallschirmjager myself so come to you, got them & a US 6x6 truck which you done too so now you’re my go to guy for tips. Thanks Shane appreciate your work & videos

[@longlance67]

cheers mate! really glad I could be of help!

[@jjab99]

Nice one Shane, This pattern has always scared me a little, but after watching this video it scares me a lot!!! No just kidding; taking it one step at a time seems to make it look a little easier than I thought. Many thanks for this and all of your videos, they are so useful and I find myself re-watching some again and again for reference. Cheers mate and have fun, Joe

[@longlance67]

once you break it down these camo schemes become a lot easier to deal with , glad you found it useful mate !

[@fsr170409]

Thanks for posting amazing tutorial, this will really help me with my masterbox falshrimjager set that has been sitting on my work bench in primer since Christmas.

[@longlance67]

glad to be of help! the FJ camo schemes are time consuming to paint but look very nice once you slug through it! enjoy my friend

[@tigertanktoo]

Yeah man, those buses will hurt you. Great tutorial on the splinter pattern camo. I learned a bunch there. Thank you.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate, glad you found it helpful was a fun challenge to tackle filming splinter but totally worth it ;)

[@andrzejgulik7475]

Great tut Shane , personally I do not really like to paint figures but with your help i will do one more try :D Thanku very much my friend. Take care.

[@longlance67]

no worries at all my friend if there is anything you need just ask :)

[@uncle7215]

Great tutorial Shane. Very helpful with a nice approach. Will use this technique to paint some Wehrmacht trousers for my 2nd Normandy GB entry. Cheers :)

[@longlance67]

Yannick Oliveres cheers mate hope it helps

[@uncle7215]

It certainly does.

[@MrFloppyXXX]

Nice tutorial. Few comments though. In the splinter camo there were no rounded edges. All the brown and green patches were really geometrical. I still see a lot of rounded edges here. But I understand that can be a bit tricky on this scale. More disturbing is that the water bottle was NEVER blue. Some Luftwaffe field gear was. Things like the bread bag and ammo pouches for the mp40 for instance, but the water bottle was the same issue as the Heer. The FJ used both LW and Heer breadbags, so both LW blue as khaki/brown/green are correct. Also the placement of the water bottle is an impossible one here. The water bottle had a hook to attach it to a D-ring on the breadbag. And a leather strap to loop it through the leather loop on the front flap of the breadbag. So it was always secured to the breadbag. There was no other place for it. You are putting so much time in painting an as accurate as possible camo, if you do not get these things right as well, you might as well have painted the uniform purple with yellow dots.

[@michaelslack5269]

Some WWI Storm troopers in a trench setting would be fun to watch...

[@longlance67]

perhaps a future project

[@BramsCommando]

You have to cut out that music, I can barely understand you

[@paulbryson1692]

ive being doing my best to do wath you just did i didnt try the rain streaks thou but am glad to know that my ones are sort of of the same thou not as good am on the right road another good vidoe showing us to give it a try cheers

[@longlance67]

keep at it! Its not an easy pattern to get right but it gets easier the more you work on it :)

[@johnvoss7103]

I have a shitload of these guys waiting to be done for a dio, so all the help i can get is appreciated, cheers.

[@longlance67]

glad to be of help and best of luck with your dio!

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

you picked a very interesting path to get the figure painted, it was a nice video to watch (and will certainly be rewatched once i get to the point where i dare to build a cassino diorama).

[@longlance67]

it was one of those videos that was a bit of a journey to make so it kinda reflects it on the edit, but I will refine the followup Monte-Cassino video that's in the work ! ;)

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

ohh great news :) i am waiting patiently!

[@longlance67]

Hamilkar Barkas using one of the FJ's you sent me ;)

[@welshwarrior5263]

Beautiful work again! Well done mate.

[@longlance67]

thanks very much mate!

[@welshwarrior5263]

@@longlance67 No problem. Love your work.

[@NapFloridian]

Nice... very nice

[@longlance67]

thanks mate !

[@ArmourEmpire]

always quality tutorials Shane

[@longlance67]

thanks Mark !

[@neilmackay7475]

brilliant work mate you lost me once or twice but what a result buddy well done

[@longlance67]

thanks Neil ! sorry for the video being a bit jarring but I should have my audio sorted in the next videos so hopefully it will be more natural to follow :) thanks mate !

[@neilmackay7475]

no mate cool video I got lost with the color,s I watched it after a 12 your shift at video has given me load's it

[@neilmackay7475]

of tips thank you buddy

[@longlance67]

Neil Mackay ah I get ya mate, do stay tuned for a follow up video dealing with scratch building a base for this chap ;)

[@neilmackay7475]

will do buddy looking forward to it

[@junglelands9119]

Shane is your wash, water or oil based. maybe I missed you saying, great video by the way. Keep up the great work.

[@longlance67]

it was a waterbased wash made by Gamesworkshop I tend not use oils on my figures to save time :)

[@dmather6007]

Shayne, would you consider doing som of the Italian Telo Mimetico uniforms that the 12th SS seems to have used at Normandy? I have a 120mm that I will try the appropriate LifeColor shades on, but not sure where to start! Thanks!

[@longlance67]

I have been looking to doing Italian camo for a while now so stay tuned as might see it in the near future

[@schweinhund227]

Love the camera angle. . nice work my friend ..

[@longlance67]

thanks Norm ! it is much better I feel, and I like you guys like it too !

[@TheGreywulff]

You are becoming one of my favorite Modellers to watch ! Keep up the great work !!

[@longlance67]

thank you very much for the kind words and support :)

[@kennyb4871]

Great tutorial Shane. Figures have almost always gone in the trash bin for me AFTER I build the model. I am going to change that and this is good reference for me. This figure is Resin? One note. The music was really drowning you out at a few points in the video. Great commentary, and very fitting music, just not at the same time.

[@longlance67]

thanks Kenny ! in later the videos the music and commentary is balanced easier to follow. the figure is a plastic Gen 2 figure from Dragon models really great to hear that this video is helping and encouraging you to tackle figures again ! Hope you have fun with it !

[@squizzy6143]

wow, phenomenal work... thank u so much for sharing

[@longlance67]

thanks very much for the kind words it means a lot ! :)

[@foxhound3943]

BUEN TRABAJO SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO

[@Leehensman]

Fantastic video, thankyou.

[@longlance67]

Flash photography Lee Hensman thank you

[@Leehensman]

Shane Smyth - scale models was real handy, I normaly stick to vehicles but I got the ac models 1/16 Sas Falklands model for christmas and not to confident on my skin tones and uniform so your vid realy helped but still not feeling to confident.

[@longlance67]

Flash photography Lee Hensman seems to be a very mini to paint up I've seen them floating around online

[@Leehensman]

Shane Smyth - scale models well worth it the detailing is amazing, is quite large for the scale as well.

[@liberator2408]

Great video mate.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate !

[@Peter-ri9ie]

Another great tutorial! Why add wash before the camo?

[@longlance67]

the wash is to add shadows to the smock before I add camo, I now manually paint in my shadows but at the time I used to washes to achieve this

[@majorleaguegaminchannel6396]

Hey Shane do u have a tutorial on painting boots ?

[@longlance67]

as for painting boots I don't have a dedicated video but tend to feature a short section in my tutorials but may well do a dedicated video in the future

[@majorleaguegaminchannel6396]

Thanks

[@neilmackay7475]

I watch all your work mate

[@longlance67]

I am humbled Neil thank you for giving me your time mate !

[@neilmackay7475]

no thanks for all the best tips

[@fredmulvaney7559]

Have you tried any of the Vallejo panzer aces splinter camo paints?

[@longlance67]

no but I would imagine they would be similar to the AK set

[@davidfagan5769]

Inspiring👍

[@longlance67]

David Fagan thanks my friend!

[@Duececoupe]

👍👌👏

[@Tiger1AuasfE]

Very nice.

[@longlance67]

thanks my friend !

[@michaelslack5269]

Hello Shane :) For some odd reason I can not find my link to the 'community'. Could a fella get the link from ya please? Thank you for your time in this matter goode Sir. Hoping your day is splendid...

[@longlance67]

I see your already a part of the community hub

[@michaelslack5269]

Shane Smyth yeah I can't find the link...not even on my puter. weird.

[@franzpat1380]

music too loud. can't ear you

[@longlance67]

noted shall bear in mind for next time

[@markmorgan2893]

Ummm. The rain drops you painted are way out of proportion. They were much smaller when looking at zeltbans and real jump smoks.

[@longlance67]

Have you tried painting them in 1/35 ?

[@markmorgan2893]

@@longlance67 not yet. About to. That’s why I’m looking at tutorials to see how to paint the rain drops.

[@jefframaley1494]

your lossing your lite /34 way thru, otherwise great show.

[@longlance67]

thanks Jeff, trying to sort the lighting setup to stop this in future projects cheers mate :)