Camouflage By the Numbers
This page guides you on how to paint a combination of modern day camouflage patterns, contributed to by Sigma-7!
Desert Battle Dress Uniform (DBDU)
Known as the Chocolate Chip pattern, this American camouflage pattern was used in both the first and second Gulf Wars, and after retirement with the Americans; surplus made its way to armies around the globe.
Step 1
Basecoat with a light tan or warm grey, I used Army Painter Gargoyle Grey though AK Warm Grey is a close match.
step 2
Paint rough horizontal splotches of Army Painter Tanned Flesh and Dryad Brown with an old brush, best results are when the bristles are slightly splayed!
step 3
Now for the actual chocolate chips!
Take an off-black or very dark brown (Pro Acryl Dark Neutral Grey used here) and use a fine tip brush or a ripped chunk of packing sponge to randomly apply the darker chips.
step 4
Again using a fine tip or sponge, apply a very light grey or off-white (AK Silver Grey used here) only on the areas you applied the darker chips to, overlapping them if possible.
A brush gives you a more precise application while a sponge gives more irregular shapes.
step 5
Finally, apply a flesh wash such as Army Painter Soft Tone or Citadel Reikland Fleshshade.
I used a watered down layer of Citadel Guilliman Flesh contrast paint as that’s what I had on hand.
Finishing touches
With that, the Desert BDU is done and you’re free to paint the rest of the model.
The gear - multicam
Your tacticool operator cant go anywhere without some stylish plate carrier or rig, and what better camo then Multicam!
One of the most popular patterns in the world, you can adjust any of the colours and you will end up with a version of Multicam that was sold somewhere.
step 1
Basecoat the target areas with a light tan or warm grey, Army Painter Gargoyle Grey was used here
step 2
Paint some horizontal splotches with a light brown, ProAcryl Light Umber was used here.
step 3
Repeat this step with a medium green, such as ProAcryl Camo Green. Leaving plenty of the tan and brown still visible.
step 4
Using a fine tipped brush, paint on some thin snaking lines of dark brown, like ProAcryl Dark Umber.
step 5
Repeat previous step with off-white or light grey, AK Silver Grey was used here.
step 6
Finally, wash over all the target areas with Army Painter Military Shade wash or Citadel Athonian Camo Shade wash.
With that all being said, refer to the images above and finish off the details!
