75th Anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino and Northern Italy (Army Build)
Fallschirmjager - Finishing the Painting
A big thank you to all who gave advice on the issues I had with the matt varnish. I tested a couple of the options and while the olive oil created a slightly better solution, it wasn’t particularly noticeable, especially at 15mm. So I painted a gloss varnish over everything and then re-coated with a matt varnish. This seems to have corrected all of the problems you can see with the naked eye.
Following the extra work, I liked the dulled end results. At Cassino, the Fallschirmjager were shelled and bombed numerous times, so the dirty, dusty look fits. I wasn’t keen on the dulled metal work though so went back in and highlighted the gunmetal areas. I also added a brass to where the bullets would be in the MG belts.
Finally, I felt it needed just a little contrast, so I added little highlights of chrome to parts of the metal work where they might catch the light.
I now think that these are finished and ready for basing!
The completed 'hoard'
This is the model that was badly affected by the matt varnish in the previous post. While there is still a little speckling, it's much improved (and you actually can't see it with the naked eye!)
One of the squads
MG Crew
Command team
Rear of the command team. I have bought a box of Heavy Weapon squads to add some additional fire power. These include MG42 teams, light and heavy mortar team and a recoiless infantry gun.
I will paint these squads up before basing the whole lot in one go. I’ll paint these squads in exactly the same way as those I’ve just completed so will update this project when they are done.
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