Landships II

Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: What color are WW1 German uniforms?


Brigadier

Status: Offline
Posts: 257
Date:
What color are WW1 German uniforms?
Permalink   


I don't know if their color is the same as WW2 field gray or not.  I have German and British figures and no idea what to paint them.  I also have only Tamiya and Model Master acrylic paints readily available for use.



__________________


Legend

Status: Offline
Posts: 3881
Date:
Permalink   

Early War was mid-grey; from Sept 1915 new green-grey began to appear.

Have a look here http://www.landships.info/landships/uniform_articles.html# and here http://www.landships.freeservers.com/german_earlywar_uniforms.htm



__________________

"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.



Brigadier

Status: Offline
Posts: 257
Date:
Permalink   

James H wrote:

Early War was mid-grey; from Sept 1915 new green-grey began to appear.

Have a look here http://www.landships.info/landships/uniform_articles.html# and here http://www.landships.freeservers.com/german_earlywar_uniforms.htm


 Would the green-grey be the same as the WW2 color?



__________________


General

Status: Offline
Posts: 345
Date:
Permalink   

WWI fieldgrey and WW2 Fieldgrey are two different hues. the Germans tended to use tended to use a dark grey for everything. this all encompassing color is called Panzergrau or Tank Grey. WWI Fieldgrey is actually a myriad of hues ranging from very grey to very green. the common suggestion, is "Reseda Green" or the humbrol equivilant #31 Matte Slate Grey. YOu really can't go wrong with it. I paint all my troops and vehicles that way. some examples:

 

Greetings, Josh



Attachments
__________________

"General, you have nobly protected your forts. Keep your sword...to have crossed swords with you has been an honor, sir." General der Infantrie, Otto von Emmich
              

Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

What model master colours do i need for ww1 french and Hungarian uniforms please

__________________
Anonymous

Date:
Permalink   

Ww1 and ww2 feldgrau is virtually indistinguishable, though it varied a lot from batch to batch. Ultimately you're looking at a dark greyish-green rather than a greenish-grey, imperial German trousers were often Steingrau (stone grey) (which in contrast to feldgrau, Is a greenish-grey) The m1915 collar is a "reseda green" (Like steingrau but more green) except on Bavarian uniforms (they retained the plain feldgrau collar). Remember, before 1917(citation needed), german leather is all a natural brown colour, before the kaiser ordered everything be oiled/polished black. French uniforms were either a pale 'horizon' blue with bright red trousers, or later in the war, a greenish-brown khaki, similar to British and Soviet uniforms. Hungarian I am fairly sure were a light kakhi but never having seen one in real life, I can't say for certain.

__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.

Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard