I had my first break on the first weekend in May. My daughter was doing a vintage fare near to where she lives in Hereford and my wife and I would pop along to see them and to also take out her boyfriend for a while as it could not be that exciting for him sitting there at a vintage fare. So after a morning in the tea rooms at Goodrich castle with Victoria and an afternoon in a pub beer garden with George I had stuck all 38 figures together.
Last Sunday evening, Partizan was over and my itch could be scratched. I grabbed 19 of the figures and made a start on painting them. The formula used was as follows (all Vallejo Model Colour paints unless noted otherwise):
- US Tan Earth/Dark Sand (50/50): Helmets without covers, radio equipment, 2" mortar
- Stone Grey: Some shirts, some socks
- Khaki: Some shirts, some socks, covered helmets, gaiters, rifle slings
- Buff: Some shirts, some socks
- Iraqi Sand: Shorts
- Saddle Brown: Rifle stocks, helmet straps, bayonet handles, some boots
- Black: Some boots, rifle fittings, bayonet fittings, soles,
- Beige Brown: Flesh
- Brass: Rifle butt plates
- Gunmetal Grey: Bayonets
Once the figures were base-coated they were given a wash with Vallejo Sepia Wash
I then went on to apply the highlights:
- Dark Sand: Dark Sand, then Dark Sand mixed with Pale Sand
- Khaki: Khaki, then Khaki mixed with Pale Sand
- Buff: Buff then Buff mixed with Pale Sand
- Stone Grey: Stone Grey then Stone Grey mixed with Ivory
- Iraqi Sand: Iraqi Sand then Iraqi Sand mixed with Pale Sand
- Saddle Brown: Saddle Brown then Saddle Brown mixed with Dark Sand
- Black: Black Grey
- Metallic Black: Black mixed with Gunmetal Grey
- Beige Brown: Beige Brown then Beige Brown mixed with Medium Flesh-tone
- Brass: Brass
- Gunmetal Grey: Gunmetal Grey then Silver
Paint the bases Yellow Ochre, dry-brush with Yellow Ochre and Pale Sand, then Pale Sand. I am still thinking about what I want to do with the prone figures, the 40mm x 40mm bases supplied are a bit too small, I think they will be based on bases with rounded corners.
Here is the finished result so far:
Great to see these painted! They look to be some fine miniatures. Are you planning to get some desert opposition (DAK/Italians) for them?
ReplyDeleteThose look great mate.
ReplyDeleteVery helpful painting guide as well! :-)
For Bolt Action I'm assuming.
Very nice thanks for the painting guide.
ReplyDeleteJohn
Great work on these in record time. I took a look at a sprue of these when Guy Bowers visited last month. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff. Perry have turbaned heads coming out soonish, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks chaps, we have had a game of I Ain't Been Shot Mum with them so far, and given the scale of the project we are working on, I think that Bolt Action will be too small to cope, but no doubt they will see some Bolt Action games too.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering about the skin tone until I saw your post on LAF naming them as 4th Indian. Looking good, I like the variety in shirt colours.
ReplyDeleteWhoops, put nothing in this post about them being Indians.
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