UA466 - German WWII Panzer Division Commander Coat

A commander's coat as a separate area

The shade from the Lifecolor figure range is a water-based acrylic paint. Its name assigns it to the coat of a tank unit commander of the Second World War period, that is to one particular garment and not to a whole figure.

The largest area on a figure

A coat is usually the largest thing you will see on a figure, which is why every unevenness of the coat shows on it. It pays to work with several thin coats rather than one heavy one and to let each coat set. The long vertical folds of a coat will take somewhat more pronounced shading than a tunic, but even here both shadow and highlight are mixed from the same tone. Added black would turn the coat into a dark patch without a surface.

Recommended procedure

• The base in two or three thin coats without filling the folds.
• The shadow vertically into the folds, from the lower hem upward.
• The highlight on the ridges of the folds, on the shoulders and on the collar.
• Paint the buttons, collar tabs and leather equipment in separately at the very end.

Who it suits

It will serve figure painters who paint crew and commander figures in the scales usual for diorama scenes, and everyone who assembles a palette by individual garments instead of mixing from a few base tones. The advantage lies above all in repeatability: the second and third figure of a scene get exactly the same starting tone.

Keep out of the reach of children, ventilate while working and do not put the paint near food.