RE: Gurkhas uploaded

You mean that I shouldn't just paint my figures like green plastic army
men?
:-)

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Brian Bell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derk Groeneveld [SMTP:derk@cistron.nl]
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 10:25 AM
> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject:	Re: Gurkhas uploaded
> 
[snip]

> It's based _loosely_ upon tiger stripe patterns in an old military
> illustrated (although they certainly did not feature the brown-yellow
> stripe). Most of the vietnam-era tiger stripe patterns were rather
silly
> HORIZONTAL stripes, whereas for effective camo, when standing/moving,
> you'd want vertical ones.  So these blokes got vertical stripes :)
(The
> disadvantage of any stripey patterns is that they work best either
prone
> or standing, not both) 
> 
[snip]

> The packs weren't drybrushed, really. They were painted khaki-mixed
with
> black, worked up to khaki in several layers, then from khaki to buff.
The
> whole figure was drybrushed buff _very_ slightly to help bring out the
> folds in the camo pattern and such, the boots a bit stronger.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    Derk