1:35 Paint Masks Set For Octopus Camouflage Pattern

The tentacle Octopus pattern as a universal subject, 1:35

The tentacle-like curved bands the pattern is named after run across the whole surface and interlock with one another. Unlike most of this brand's range, the set has no particular machine in its name - it is a pattern sheet, not a cut for one hull.

What such a pattern does on equipment

A softly drawn wave works differently from angular, broken camouflage. Where sharp wedges cut the shape into areas, wavy bands pull the gaze across the machine and deliberately run over edges, hatches and superstructures. The eye then has more trouble finding the real edge of the vehicle. That is exactly why organic patterns appeared on equipment that operated in cover rather than on an open plain.

The freedom you have to allow for

Being universal has a drawback: you have to work out the layout yourself. It is best to print or sketch the silhouette of the model from the side and from above and to think through where the waves will run, so that they carry over the turret and the hull. Hide the transition between two pieces of film in an engraved division or under the tools. Apply the paint in two passes, otherwise a visible ridge will form at the edges of the thick bands.

Suitable for

• modelers who like to work out a scheme themselves
• dioramas with vehicles in dense cover
• completing finishes of your own outside period regulations
• equipment on which an angular pattern comes across as too hard

The delivery consists only of films, not of paints or a model.