Vapian's Hobby League German Army by Chris
Layers on Layers on Layers
I made the rookie mistake of grabbing my brush and going at the Panzer IVs and Panthers with my wash to start the pin wash. You saw the results of this in the last post. For posterity, below is the Pzr IVs after their wash in the nooks and crannies…
Can anyone spot the rookie error? Muggins here went at the models without priming the surface with a gloss varnish. So instead of simply wiping away the excess wash from my models, getting some nice shading, and then highlighting the models for a time saving plan of action – I have spent the full Bank Holiday weekend tidying up the models with a small brush, with dunkelgelb (Colours of War – Panther Yellow) from the bottle. Due to using a rather earthy, dark brown wash, it actually took me 3 layers on each tank to cover my mistake.
Eurgh.
However this is the finished result for my basecoat and first wash
Lunchtime today I started to wash my Troops from the first post. This is one Panzergrenadier platoon shown above with the Panzers and Panthers.
This is the majority of my army on one green cutting board. The only thing missing from this is my other PzrGdr platoon which are still awaiting my delicate touches with a wash.
And this was after spilling a whole pot of Agrax Earthshade across my desk and getting finger prints on the sides of my Panzer’s Schurzen. Sigh. I never make it easy for myself!
My Panzer Grenadiers are made from an old metal set I had in my draw of shame... perfect excuse to get them out and on the battlefield. Plus I can't wait for the new plastics sets to come out!In another glorious achievement this weekend, I decided on my colour scheme and knocked up a couple of test pieces to see what the result would be. Vallejo Reflective Green will be sponged on with a blister sponge in a haphazard pattern to break up the Dunkelgelb. I’m aiming for a ‘applied with a tree or mop’ fashion of camo, and when completed with decals and a drybrush with Vallejo Iraqi Sand over the model, I will call them completed.
Same with my test HQ scheme to check my colour pallet. These guys are going to be my Pzr Gdr HQ and nicely round out my 100pt force of x2 formations supporting each other. It’s a nice easy pallet of colours, achieved through base, wash and drybrush, with the main details like hands, harnesses and weapons picked out in brighter colours
If I don’t knock over another pot of paint in the meantime!
And my apologies for these pictures being all over the place. PCs and me do not mix… I will ask the OTT team to hack into my post and turn them around as I cannot work it out, despite help from the community.
Does this knock off some of my hobby points in the challenge between myself and @johnlyons??
I think I just dislocated my head 😀
First of all ouch, I hope you won’t do that again, second that’s a beast of a force you have got buddy and will look great on the table. I really like the muted colours you have gone with on your armour and the infantry are looking great too.