So taking a look at it I see an Olive Green, White, A fresh mud kind of brown, and black. Layered in that order. Looking at it I tend to see more stripes than blobs, so that's what I decided to try out. First though I had to get my base coat on using Camouflage Green (Vallejo 72031).
This particular shade has a property that I encounter from time to time which is the opacity of the color. Some colors look more opaque before you apply them, resulting in a mess of wavy brush lines/strokes
The best way to overcome this is to make sure your paint isn't too thinned out (which can cause this) as well as multiple coats. Just give your first coat a chance to dry and then layer it again, repeat as needed.
Moving on to my next layer I mentioned stripes.
The stripes ended up being a bit thicker than I would have liked, and you can see that I probably used too much white towards the front. As I was painting this layer I began to realize something about painting camo: the second layer is a pain in the ass. It's not difficult to per say, it's just that looking at it all I can see is a bunch of squiggly lines that look NOTHING what they're supposed to look like. I had the same issue when I painted the Aussie Cam Tank. My advice would be to finish all the layers before making a call one way or the other as the layers build on and cover each other giving it the camouflage look.
Splotchy brown stripes. Going off of my inspiration pic it's hard to tell if the brown spots are supposed to be more blob like or line like, and the more you look at it the more you begin to see how things vary. I decided that mine would be more blob like with tentacles sticking forth. I can slowly begin to see the final product, and each successive layer helps me to feel better about that 2nd layer. The last layer of cam to put on was the black.
When I put the dark green on the Aussie cam I found it to be stark and contrasting, and rather than blend the whole thing together it seemed to draw more attention to it. That's not a good thing when you don't want to be noticed. For the Russian cam though it was different. The darker brown acted as a good medium in the blend, and as I started painting the black on it seemed to be more natural. This made me feel better about using darker colors for future camo spreads. All in all it turned out nice. I put some metal down on the treads and hit it with a watered down black ink to help add some depth. The final product looks pretty decent IMO.
As I'm practicing camo in order to paint a friends models I asked his opinion. While appreciated he felt that more bloby and splotchy while less stripy would be better. Time to try again I suppose.
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