Hello, my nickname in the game is GepardNL. I am from the Netherlands and this is my entry to this Camouflage Contest – Italian Destroyer Aviere
For my entry I did some "google" research into the camouflages used within the Italian Navy during WW2 and my design is based on this as well.
· The hull is completely covered in a camouflage consisting of broken polygons, colored with 2 contrasting shades of grey, namely light gray and dark gray. Slightly influenced by German camouflage schemes as applied in 1942 within the Regina Marina.
· The camouflage scheme moves from the hull to the superstructures of the ship.
· The underwater side of the hull is painted dark green with a black line on the “waterline”
· On the fore and aft of the hull above the waterline, waves are painted in 4 shades of blue to give extra dimension and speed to the ship. And to confuse the opponents about speed and size of the ship.
· Amidships I have applied the Italian flag and on a platform amidships the gun turret is colored red just like the Italian flag on the hull to emphasize the Italian identity.
· I kept the Life rafts yellow to give contrast against the camouflage scheme
· The bow of the ship features the well-known diagonal red-white aerial stripes.
· Personally, I like the deck in wooden planking color better, but the deck was painted in dark gray later in the war, so I opted for a gray color.
I hope you like my entry and thank you for your votes
PS : The basic drawing, the 3D and views, I colored by hand using pencils and markers. No digital programs used for the coloring.
Greetings from GepardNL
