The colours used are as follows (All Vallejo):
Basecoats: Some uniform and caps: Russian Uniform; Helmet & gas mask holder: Green Brown; Some uniform & caps, webbing, bread bag, gaiters, etc: German Camo Beige; Boots, rifle stocks, entrenching tools: Saddle Brown; Flesh: Medium Fleshtone; Barrels, bayonet scabbard, armband etc: Black
They are then washed with Sepia wash and then highlighted as follows:
Uniform: Russian Uniform mixed with increasing quantities of Pale Sand
Helmet etc.: Green Brown mixed with increasing quantities of Pale Sand
Webbing etc.: German Camo Beige mixed with increasing quantities of Pale Sand
Boots etc.: Saddle Brown mixed with increasing quantities of Dark Sand
Flesh: Medium Fleshtone mixed with increasing quantities of Ivory
Scabbards: Black Grey
Weapons: Black mixed with Gunmetal Grey
I then paint any goggles with Sky Blue and then a dot a white.
The armbands have two this bands of White and then two thin bands of Flat Red.
The cap badges are picked out in Black and White
White piping is added to the shoulder boards.
The detail is then picked out in Windsor & Newton Peat Brown ink.
Sorry the images are so shonky, due to poor light this time of year I shot them in the garden between breaks in the rain!
Nice work as always, Paul. They appear to be more realistically proportioned to some other makes. I like these a lot. BTW, I don't see any in shorts or pith helmets - not sure how often those were worn in combat though. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteThere are cork helmets in the box, but Quinton built them as later troops in soft caps and helmets. If I do any there will be a fair share of cork helmets.
DeleteGotta love the Pith Helmets and shorts! :)
DeleteVery well done on these DAK guys.
ReplyDeleteThanks chaps. Dean, like the Desert Rats they are more fine-scale than what we are used to.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you all.
and the Daks look great too.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Dan