8th Army Indian Infantry
Short truck- short cut
Got my second transport finished just tonight. Took me only about an afternoon to paint this up – including basecoating the model. I applied the same method as described in my former post and – again – I’m quite happy with the outcome.
The model is the Bedford dropside truck (civilian pattern) by Warlord Games. It may be referred to as the “little brother” of the Bedford OY 3ton lorry…as seen in the last picture, with the latter being the main transport for my ever mobile 8th Army Sikhs. I will mainly use the dropside truck for rushing around my weapon teams over the battlfield…at least that’s the plan, but all you tabletop tacticans know – plans and reality, two very different pairs of shoes. Now have a glance yourself…
Great progress, @shoop77 ! I have my DAK trucks in progress -primed, base-colored, highlighted, some block colors … the next step is wash, which is what I wanted to ask you about. Are yours pin washed? How did you get the wash (in general terms). I’ll admit, I’m half-afraid to start the wash on mine.
Hello @oriskany, yeah things are starting to getting together…I didn’t pin washed the trucks – I just washed them all over with Army Painter Soft Tone (but any light brown wash would do the job I assume) and afterwards applied the initial colors again. I just tried to leave out all the creases in which the wash had drooled. Especially on the load beds, with the wooden planks. And if I painted a tad bit too much of the paint and hit a crease I thought of it as a Bob Ross kind of “happy mistake”:-) which added to a… Read more »