WAFFEN BROWN – FIGURES

Waffen Brown - an acrylic for figures, AK interactive 3rd Generation

A bottled water-thinnable acrylic from the 3rd Generation Acrylic range, from the subrange meant for painting figures. The shade belongs to the group of tones with which the brown areas of German uniform camouflage patterns of the Second World War period are reproduced on figures. It is thinned with water or with acrylic thinner of the same brand, and brushes are washed in water right after work.

The shade and where it comes into play

A middle brown with a muted undertone shifted toward gray, that is without the red or orange cast that would look unnatural over a small area. It is used as one of the colors of a pattern laid over a lighter base, or on its own for leather equipment, boots and straps. Over a dark base it covers only partly and needs more passes; over a light base it behaves richly and decisively.

Airbrush: distance makes the soft edge

The patches of a camouflage pattern are not drawn on a figure with a hard edge. How soft a transition you get depends above all on the distance of the nozzle from the surface. Close to the model, a matter of a few centimeters, you get a narrow patch with an almost sharp edge; with every centimeter of distance the edge blurs and the mark widens. The best way is to keep a low pressure and heavily thinned paint and to tune the edge by moving your hand, not by raising the pressure. On a figure in a small scale, though, a brush often handles freehand patches better.

Who the paint is for

• modelers of figures who reproduce multicolor uniform camouflage patterns
• those who build the color up by layering over a lighter base
• users of a brush and of a fine airbrush
• modelers looking for a muted brown for leather equipment and straps

Keep out of the reach of children, work in a ventilated space and shake the bottle thoroughly before use.