Grasshoppers and Elephants
More US marines from the gringo40s range
These models were a lot of fun to paint, they are great models and full of character wheather they are aiming down their rifle if rushing for cover holding their helmet on. I also like the fact that they have extra bags and packs to carry ammo and other supplys giving them the feel of a unit that has seen some action.
the marines uniforms are painted vallejo russian uniform over a grey seer base coat.
the m16 and boots are vallejo german grey.
the webbing is a mix of kahki, russian uniform and us field drab.
the skin was painted various flesh tones.
the models thdn had a wash of 50/50 nuln oil and lahmian medium.
once that was dry the base colours were highlighted with the base colour mived with vallejo buff.
The helmet cammo is blobs of green and chocolate brown.
the last thing i dud to them was a layer of nuln oil over the rifle and boots, and some devlin mud in the creases of the flack jacket and trousers.
They will get some tufts on the bases when they arrive in the post.
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