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USMC Painting Guide

Hello ladies and gents! Tobu here to run you through my recipe for painting US Marines. The scheme Ive

been using is from later in the war, featuring the camo helmet cover. All paints used are Vallejo unless otherwise

indicated. Hope you enjoy!

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Base Colours

Paint the fatigues with Gunship Green (Model Air 71014 if youve got an airbrush, or Model Color 70895 if you

dont).

The skin is painted Orange Brown 70981.

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Paint the wooden parts of the rifles (and any entrenching tool handles etc), plus the straps that keeps the inside of

the helmet attached to the outer (theres gotta' be a better way to say that) with Flat Earth 70983. Any metal parts

and boots get a base coat of German Camo Black Brown 70822.

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