E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne - a Band of Brothers Bolt Action project by Bothi
... 3 years later ...
After the existing part of 1st Squad was finished I stopped working on the project for about 3 years. So it was only a few weeks ago when I went back to this army. This time I am commited to at least finish 75% of this army that has grown over the years to more than a hundred minis.
First problem was to recreate the paint scheme. Fortunately I had writen a step by step painting guide for these. For anyone interested, here it is (loosely translated from German):
Step | Title | Color | Comment |
1 | Base Coating | Brown Violet Green | Entire Minis |
2 | Skin | Bestigor Flesh | |
3 | Highlights Skin | Elven Felsh | |
4 | Large Highlights Uniform | Brown Violet with Hellion Green | don’t forget the chin strap |
5 | Fine Highlights Uniform | Brown Violte with more Hellion Green | Light drybrush on Helmet and don’t forget the chin strap |
6 | Base Color Equipment | Baylor Brown with Hellion Green | |
7 | Highlights Equipment | Baylor Brown with more Hellion Green | |
8 | Inner part of mouth | Red Gore | |
9 | Teeth, Eyes and Helmet | White | Spade on Helmet, Officers with vertical line |
10 | Mouth Edges and Eyebrows | Bugmans Glow | |
11 | Eyes | Black | |
12 | Corrections Face | Elven Felsh | |
13 | Corrections Helmet | Brown Violet Green | |
14 | Helmet Camo 1 | Bestial Brown | |
15 | Hair | Bestial Brown | |
16 | Helmet Camo 2 | Steel Legion Drap | |
17 | Helmet Camo 3 | Caliban Green | |
18 | Helmet Highlight 2 | Baylor Brown | on topof the Steel Legion Drap |
19 | Helmet Highlight 3 | Brown Violet | on top of the Caliban Green |
20 | Weapon Holsters and Boots | Bestial Brown with Red and Black | Pistol Holser, Knife Sheath and entire Boots |
21 | Highlights Holsters and Boots | Bestial Brown with Red | Pistol Holser, Knife Sheath and Boots |
22 | Helmet Highlight 1 | Bestial Brown with Red | on top of the Bestial Brown |
23 | Bootlaces | Baylor Brown with more Hellion Greed | |
24 | Wooden Parts | Bestial Brown | Rifles and lower parts of the entrechment tools |
25 | Wood Highlights | Steel Legion Drap | 50% on the same parts, upper half |
26 | Metal Parts | Gunmetal | Rifles, SMGs, Grenade, Ent. Tool shafts, Knife handles, Drinking Bottle Clasp, Other Claps |
27 | Rifle Shading | Nuln Oil | Rifle metal parts |
28 | Metal Shading | Black Ink | SMGs, Grenades, Ent. Tool shafts, Knife handles, Drinking Bottle Clasp, Other Claps |
29 | Base | Bestial Brown | Only where needed |
30 | Decals | Flag and rank right, Eagle and rank left | |
31 | Decals fix up | Army Painter Matt Varnish | |
32 | Dipping | Army Painter Dark Tone | |
33 | Matt Coating | AP Matt Varnish with a drop of GW ‘Ardcoat | entire mini |
34 | 1. Snow Layer | Snowpaste by Noch | use a lot |
35 | 2. Snow Layer | Snowpaste by Noch | bullet holes, explosion craters, don’t forget the gras |
36 | Blackshading | Nuln Oil | bullet holes and explosion craters |
37 | Blackshading 2 | Black Ink | centre of bullet holes and explosion craters |
38 | Blood | Blood for the Bloodgod | only where needed |
39 | Edge Cleaning | get rid of excess snow | |
40 | Black Rim | Black |
Epic work and task list! Very informative. 😀