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Dressing French Tanks For Battle
Dressing French Tanks For Battle
with Jeremy Painter
All French tanks had their camouflage applied in the factory before being sent to their units. Each factory had their own camouflage schemes, although they changed over time. It was common for replacement tanks to have a different camouflage scheme from the rest of their unit. The painting guide below can be applied to suit any of the French camo schemes shown in this article.
Learn about the French Early War Paint Set here...
Learn about the French Early War Decals here...
Painting French Tanks
Step One
Undercoat the tank with black primer, then basecoat with
GI Green (FWP347)
. Wash with
Black Shade (201)
then lightly drybrush with
GI Green (FWP347)
again.
Step Two
Apply
Motherland Earth (FWP383)
as the base coat for the brown patches and as an undercoat for the yellow patches, as yellow will not cover the green well.
Step Three
Paint
Sicily Yellow (FWP362)
over the brown camouflage undercoat to build up a good base for the yellow. Give the entire tank another thin wash of
Black Shade (201)
.
Step Four
Paint the yellow patches with
Sicily Yellow (FWP362)
. Touch up the brown and green patches with
Motherland Earth (FWP383)
and
GI Green (FWP347)
, leaving black in the recesses.
Step Five
Paint a thin line of
Grease Brown (FWP320)
, around each camouflage patch. Paint the tracks
Worn Rubber (FWP302)
, wash with
Black Shade (201)
, and drybrush with
Dark Gunmetal (FWP480)
.
At this stage you can apply decals using the guide shown below.
Weathering
Paint chips of
GI Green (FWP347)
over the camouflage patches and
Dark Gunmetal (FWP480)
over the base colour to show paint chipping back to the base colour and metal. Drybrush
Motherland Earth (FWP383)
and
Comrade Khaki (FWP326)
over the tracks and bottom half of the hull to represent dust and dirt.
Brown Shade (200)
can be used to add rust streaks.
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