Tamiya Field Grey

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:33 pm

I use this color for Modern German vehicles. For me its the closest I've found for their "Bronzegreen".

Paul

jb · Post by jb » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:38 pm

I can say nothing really good about brushing on Tamiya colours,but they spray just great striaght out of the bottle. They also have some very good color/shades,i.e. dak yellow is good for panzer dark yellow. Nato green is self explanitory and is great for the monotone for the Stryker with a lighter green dry brush. I can find pros and cons from every paint manufacturer...

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:07 am

Ol' XF-65, yes it isn't grey but neither is Feldgrau which is what (I think) Tamiya was trying to mimic. Its a bit dark straight from the bottle for 6mm but is IMHO a good match for larger scales. The only problem is getting the consistancy right for brushwork. As JB mentioned earlier, its a great line for airbrush.

What are you painting with it? Uniforms or something else?

Troy

Cav Dog · Post by **Cav Dog** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:45 am

This picture is of an infantry stand with the figure in the front painted Tamiya Field Gray, the center figure's trousers are Vallejo field gray and his tunic is Vallejo green gray with relective green and chocolate brown splinter camo and the machine gunner in the back is Vallejo field gray.

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:00 am

Gotcha, Yes there is a difference - I think the Vallejo looks much more to scale. I would either only use the Vallejo or try and lighten the Tamiya a bit - or just use it for contrasting new uniforms.

Nice Infantry!

<edit> For those that are interested, I have adjusted the color chart for Feldgrau on my site due to a bit of experimentation. Originally, I used Humbrol 111 by itself. I the tried H31 which looks great untill it dries. Finally, I have settled on H111 mixed with about 40% H90. It gives a nice green/grey that just looks 'right' to me and is not too dark.

Troy