CRC's Crazy Compendium 2; Eclectic Boogaloo
At least the Cpl. remembered the compass...
Slightly poor lighting here, but I haven’t attached this chap to the base yet and I wanted to take the opportunity to go over the webbing a little.
For anyone not in on the jargon, ‘webbing’ is the term given to the ammo pouches/packs/assorted accoutrements that the Tommies carried. The name comes from the material it’s made of, but the subject here is the colour. The webbing was a beige colour, but the British used a substance called Blanco to protect the belts and is turned them to a green colour. Now I think there’s variation in this colour, but my original colours on the loader and gunner were far too bright, so I dulled them down with some Agrax Earthshade. For the Cpl. of the section I decided to paint it a bit less bright. Annoyingly this is what I did on the Sgt. I painted a while ago…but forgot about…
The actual gear on this chap is a little different, but the general kit uses the same colours.
This may show up better with better light pictures (hopefully available tomorrow), but the main basecoats for the webbing haven't changed and I still use Loren Forest. You could use Castellan Green if you wanted a darker basecoat, though. Over the basecoat I applied the same Biel Tan Shade.
The main difference here is that I then layer back up with Loren Forest, rather than jumping to Elysian Green. I edge highlight with Elysian Green and if you feel like adding fine highlights of Ogryn Camo, you can, though I didn't here.
And the Lloyd shot! This scheme is a lot closer to the reality of the colours, which is good. You could also probably get away with shading with Agrax Earthshade if you want to save on paints, you'd just have a slightly browner colour to the weebing that still works.Hopefully the weather will be less overcast tomorrow and I can get some better pictures. I should also have all three chaps on the same base…even if I haven’t got the basing on by then. 😛 May the 4th be with you, you mad buggers!
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