Heinrich Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 Hello Skinners, I found this document in my archives, thought it could be handy for creating the RLM colors. RLM.doc Klaiber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaiber Posted February 12, 2019 Report Share Posted February 12, 2019 Thanks Heinrich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pragr Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 RLM color is damn complicated subject, particularly when when it gets to late war color. I'm making models for some 35 years now and I'm always in deep hell when I pick camo for late war LW plane. I post following link to illustrate how hard is to find "right" shade of particular color: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/luftwaffe/colors.html There you can see how the color shape is developing during years. It's a bit outdated source though, because according to last one or two year reaserches, RLM 83 was Dark Blue! used on plane using over sea areas. Klaiber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich Posted February 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) RLM color is damn complicated subject, ..... Fully agree. I think color in itself is a difficult subject, very difficult. Talk with my girlfriend. I painted the walls in my house in a blue tint, my girlfriend talks about the green walls, I still see them as blue, and that's just one item Colors depend on the light which strikes it. Morning, noon, evening sunlight give the same surface a different reflection. Noon in the tropics gives a different effect than at the Polar Circle. I use most of the time Vallejo colors, but you're not going to find my body in a ditch over the argument that their Black Green is the correct RLM 70. In the past when using photo film I liked Agfa, because to me Fuji was to green, Kodak to blue. But that was how I saw it. I use the template above as an start point, but comparing it to the rare color pictures makes me sometimes alter it just a little. Am I wrong? Is the picture correctly colored? When was it taken? With all you're modeling experience, I think I will like each skin or model you produce. Edited February 25, 2019 by Heinrich Klaiber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93rd Aero, R.Talbot Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I painted the walls in my house in a blue taint... Gross Heinrich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonrd Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Gross I have a feeling that Heinrich won't get this... Heinrich, Google the urban dictionary for the word "taint" Heinrich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britchot Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Tint is what Heinrich was trying to say, but yeah, my first reaction was the same. Heinrich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonrd Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 As to color... we're all probably seeing the colors differently due to how our monitors are calibrated. I have to sometimes do color matching when I'm painting a (Real Life) aircraft and the light source makes a huge difference. I have a special "daylight" lamp but still get subtle differences when the plane is outside. Counter-intuitively, sunny gives a less correct interpretation than a slightly overcast day. Reflected light from buildings, trees etc changes things also. For what we do as skinning I think the relative "look" is what's most important. Britchot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich Posted February 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 I have a feeling that Heinrich won't get this... Heinrich, Google the urban dictionary for the word "taint" That's terrible I have edited it. Sorry It was tint, but than it showed as wrong and came up with t***t. A check with S3-Translator, showed in Dutch exactly what I was trying to say. US English is already difficult enough now I have to check another dictionary as well, thank you Vonrd Okay, I'm dead again, my weekend is gone to smithereens Vonrd, Britchot and 93rd Aero, R.Talbot 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93rd Aero, R.Talbot Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRFC Hawkeye Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hello...it's your cataracts, folks . Everybody has some level of them except children. Ask somebody who's had them removed, and they'll tell you what white looks like again. They tint everything yellow... Doc says mine aren't even very bad, but I need a lot more bright light to read, and I don't even feel the need for sunglasses on sunny days much. And then there's the monitor thing too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britchot Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 No worries, Heinrich, we all knew your intent, just the typo made it humorous Heinrich and 93rd Aero, R.Talbot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich Posted February 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2019 Stumbled over this book: https://ak-interactive.com/product/real-colors-of-wwii-aircraft/ I have put it on the "to buy list" (which in itself is a 500 page book) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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