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A brick brown with a subdued surface

Against the saturated reds this tone is earthy and calmed down, closer to fired clay and brick. In modeling practice it keeps to three areas: the red-brown fields of late-war camouflage patterns, the layers underneath corrosion, and earthy deposits on the running gear and under the fenders, where mud has a warm cast.

Primer paint as a subject

A number of machines had a red-brown primer under the final paintwork, and it shows up everywhere the top layer flaked off. Mixing such a spot means exposing a small island of this color and only then building the flaked edge around it. The result reads as more convincing than exposed metal straight away.

Working the material

It is thinned with water and cleaned up the same way, as long as the coat has not dried. For camouflage transitions a greater degree of thinning and a lower pressure suit, while for full coverage several weak applications one after another do. The contents of the bottle need stirring before application.

What is on the packaging

The number of the shade sits in a frame in the upper part, its name below it. The left side describes the character of the surface, the right the field of use. Colors intended for period hardware usually add the country and the range of years in which the shade was used.

Other uses

An earthy brown also suits subjects beyond combat hardware: brick walls on dioramas, ceramics, clay roads and wood soaked with damp. In all these cases it proves best to lay it down as a full tone and then to break the area up with lighter patches. A uniform surface reads as unnatural on natural materials, however accurately the shade was chosen.