My first attempt at a Reproduction Afrika Korps helmet

[Aragorn243]

Further research into helmet decals is the tri-color was no longer put on them after 1940 so maybe I should just paint over that side. Repros show them but they also use decals which were never used for the DAK emblem, all were hand painted.

One helmet is showing a D with a line through it in place of the tri-color as a unit designation and this is white painted over the sand color.

I'm also thinking I should tighten up the paint around the tree to make it less green

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Behr flat latex enamel. Basketry is the color. They make up little plastic containers of it to use as samples. I could still probably paint 20+ helmets with it.

What about sand? I've seen a couple of originals that look like they mixed sand in the paint.