75th Anniversary of Battle of Monte Cassino and Northern Italy (Army Build)
Commonwealth Infantry - Base coats
It’s been a long production line of painting, basically taking each colour at a time and applying it in turn to every model before starting the next colour. Not the most exciting painting approach but the most efficient.
Following the boots, I applied the following colours in this order,
Medium brown for the wooden rifle stocks and strap
Khaki to the belts, back packs, webbing and gaiters
Barbarian flesh to the skin
Olive drab to the water bottles
Reflective green to the helmets
Gunmetal to the barrels, SMGs and Bren Guns
Cavalry brown to the helmet straps
This left me with the following look
The entire company
Close up of the base coloured modelNext up comes the shading. Like the Fallschirmjager before, I will brush on the quick shade medium as it is so simple and quick. It looks awful once dry but with a coat of matt varnish, it transforms the models.
A rear shot
And the front of the same modelsIf I had the time and patience, I would consider a light dry brush from here to really bring them out. But, time is not on my side and I also quite like the dark, dirty look. It reflects the state of the troops at Cassino. I think given the 15mm scale here you can get away without a dry brush, probably couldn’t at 28mm.
Next up will be the basing.
Awesome detailing on these infantry, @redvers . I think I have these same figures, although your came out better than mine. 😀
Thanks @oriskany. All of the Rifle Platoons are from the PSC British boxed set. The MG teams, Engineers and snipers are Battlefront.