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Bolt Action Japanese 1000pts army

Bolt Action Japanese 1000pts army

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The Paints

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The Paints
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.

The Paints
The Paints

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