Bolt Action Japanese 1000pts army
The Paints
You can follow the Warlord Games paint set advice:
Stone Grey (Vallejo 884): Officer’s shirt
Japanese Uniform (Vallejo 923): Tunic, trousers, caps, uncovered helmet and water bottle
Flat Earth (Vallejo 983): Boots, belt, ammo pouches
Flat Brown (Vallejo 984): Weapon stocks
Green Grey (Vallejo 886): Shirts and puttees
Gunmetal (Vallejo 863): Metal parts
But I ended up mostly using citadel colours instead:
Medium Fleshtone (Vallejo 860): Skin Highlight
Bugman’s Glow (Citadel): Skin base
Japanese Uniform (Vallejo 923): Tunic, trousers, caps
Morghast Bone (Citadel): Shirt collars and webbing
Mornfang Brown (Citadel): Boots, belt, ammo pouches and weapon stocks.
Zandri Dust (Citadel): Helmets, bread bags and puttee highlights
Lead belcher (Citadel): Metal parts
Retributor Armour (Citadel): Brass buttons, cap badges
Skin – I used a base of Bugman’s glow, a small amount of Riekland Fleshshade and then highlight of the Medium fleshtone.
Main uniform – I used a base of the Japanese uniform paint followed by Agrax Earthshade and then a highlight of the Japanese uniform paint again.
The webbing – Once the majority of the model had been hit with Agrax Earthshade I simply picked out the straps with Morghast Bone (Occasionally using the bone to highlight high areas on the uniform.)
Boots, belt, ammo pouches and weapon stocks – I used the Mornfang Brown as a base and used a heavy wash of Riekland Fleshshade and then highlight of the Mornfang Brown again.
Helmets, bread bags and puttee highlights – The Zandri Dust is very close to the Japanese Uniform Vallejo colour, but different enough to make the contrast worth changing colour for. I used two washes of Agrax Earthshade on the puttees and then did a rough dry brush / highlight with the Zandri Dust.
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