Tips needed on Camo painting

[Red Laser]

I have decided as some of the Oktober Guard namely Daina and Volga are very hard to come by I will try to get a Bombstrike figure for Daina minus her hat and a lady Jaye for Volga next year. On YoJoe it shows Volga is just a repainted Lady Jaye to the point of having the same equipment she is in camo fatigues can someone give tips on how to paint a camo pattern thanks. Here is Volga

[humby248]

On a small item like a figure I think the only thing you can do is blow the picture up large to be able to see to copy it properly and use a good fine tip brush. Thats what I did for my custom figures with camo.

[scoobydie]

Find the predominant colour for the base and do that first.
Then find the other colours and paint them one at a time in random shapes.
The one issue I did find was that if you take the figure apart to paint it, when it is screwed back together the
pattern doesn`t match properly.
Probably best to put the leg and torso sections together for finishing the seams.
Classic example of this mistake is here
viewtopic.php?f=55&t=3981

[Red Laser]

Thanks guys. I'm not comfortable with taking apart a figure and being able to put it together as good as it was though. I am thinking of getting an anniversary issued Jaye to use as Volga rather than use my ARAH one.

[The Baron]

Not sure if it'll wokr on figures, but there's the blu-tack technique recommended in the panini comic. Paint the light colour first, cover it in blu-tack splots, paint the darker colour, repeat for each colour and then remove all the blu-tack. I've not tested it myself...

[Red Laser]

Bombstrike is hard to come by loose but I bought an Agent helix today which may be another good base figure for Daina again she has no hat but that isn't too important.

Here is Daina's figure

[DAMartin]

Well, Daina changed her hat for a skullcap later, and didn't wear any headgear inside the ship when the Oktober Guard helped the G.I. Joe Star Brigade (outside the ship, she wore a helmet), so making a hatless Daina/Vorona is okay.

[Red Laser]

That's great to know DA I have been painting her just now, the undercoat wasn't going over smoothly so it doesn't look wonderful.