75th Anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino and Northern Italy (Army Build)
Commonwealth Infantry - Getting the base coat down
While I have a couple of platoons of Gurkha, having seen the size of the German infantry I think that the allies need some additional boots on the ground. So I’ve started some Commonwealth infantry. I’m hoping these should be a little quicker to paint given that there is no cammo pattern to paint on.
These platoons will cover my use of British, NZ, Canadian, South African and Polish forces in the coming Italian campaign. (They’ll probably also cover for some Americans as well as I’m not going to get US army painted up in time!)
In this wave, I have 150 men making up,
1st and 2nd in command plus two sniper stands
3 full platoons of infantry
1 Pioneer engineering platoon
1 Hvy machine gun platoon
Let’s get started!
Having clipped and stuck the models to wooden sticks, they’ve all been given a prime. I then tried airbrushing on the main base colour, British Battledress but I don’t have an airbrush version. I tried diluting it, got a very watery consistency and gave up and painted it on.
Next I’ve gone through and painted the boots with a black/brown.
Clipped, stuck and primed
British Battledress base coat applied
Boots painted. Next step will be the flesh and then probably the webbing/backpacks etc. I’ll leave the helmets to last.
Great project to see continued, @redvers – are these PSC Late War UK Infantry? I only ask because I think I have the same kit. 😀