Ochre Brown

The color

Ocher brown lies on the border between brown and yellow and belongs to the shades that almost never stand alone on a model. It becomes either a warmed base under a darker brown, or, the other way round, the higher tone with which edges and surfaces facing the sun are lifted. The eye reads it as an earth color, so it holds camouflage, equipment and the terrain around a model together well.

Where you will use it

It comes into its own on drier soil and dust on the running gear and the lower surfaces of equipment, on wooden parts, on the leather gear of figures and as a base coat under darker brown finishes. It also works well in the transitions between the sand and the brown areas of camouflage, where a sharp division looks hard. How many coats are needed for full coverage depends on the base, so a test on an offcut pays off.

Application

Shake the bottle well before use, as the pigment settles at the bottom and with earth shades that shows most of all. Choose the thinner and the thinning ratio according to the manufacturer's instructions on the packaging, that is a thinner intended for this range. Spray in several thin coats and let them become tacky between passes; one heavy coat floods the engraving and rounds the edges off. Wash and degrease the surface before painting, because paint holds better on a primed base. Before applying decals, varnish the area with gloss varnish, as a silvery veil forms under the decal film on a matte surface.

• a modeling paint in an ocher brown shade
• an earth tone for dust, wood, leather and camouflage transitions
• thinner and thinning ratio according to the manufacturer's instructions on the packaging
• applied in thin coats onto a clean, degreased surface

Terms of supply

The paint alone is supplied. Thinner, primer, varnishes, brushes and a model are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.