US OLIVE UNIFORM – QUICK GEN COLOR

US Olive Uniform - an AK interactive acrylic paint, the Quick Gen Color range

US Olive Uniform is a muted olive shade from the Quick Gen Color range. It is a water-thinnable acrylic for figures and gaming models. Olive is a rewarding middle tone: in a thin coat over a dark base it moves into depth, while over a light base it comes forward and reads as dusty.

Frost kills an acrylic, and heat does it no good

An acrylic paint is a water dispersion and freezing ruins it beyond recovery. It is enough for a parcel to spend a night in a van at sub-zero temperatures, or for a box to be left in an unheated garage. You will see it straight away: once stirred, the paint is curdled, holds together in flakes, cannot be brought back into a smooth mass and leaves a grainy film on a model. Neither stirring nor thinning will save it. In winter, therefore, let a delivery warm up indoors for a few hours before opening it and store paints in the living part of the house, not in a garage or on a balcony. The opposite extreme, a permanently high temperature by a radiator or on a windowsill, will not curdle the paint but speeds up evaporation and shortens its life.

Use

• Olive uniforms, packs, tarpaulins and equipment on figures.
• A middle tone that takes both highlighting and a dark wash.
• It is applied with a brush; for the airbrush it has to be thinned.
• It mixes with the sand and brown shades of the same range for a dusty look.

Who the paint is for

For figure modelers and players who need a versatile olive in an acrylic with no solvent smell.

Store it in a closed bottle out of the reach of children, protect from frost, do not inhale the aerosol while spraying and work in a ventilated room.