Hold Until Relieved. Hold Until Relieved.
Getting some colour down (well grey mostly)
Time to get painting! I started off with the uniform which in retrospect was a big mistake. I’d watched a youtubes of someone painting a German Grenadier and they’d left the flesh to near the end and think that was in my mind but it was a bit silly. Especially on these models where most of the flesh is hidden. Should have stuck to the old paint from the inside out mantra.
Anyway, mistakes were made but the first base coat went down in the following colours (Vallejo unless noted)
- Uniform & Field cap: German Fieldgrey
- Bread Bag/Anklets/Helmet: German Cam. Beige
- Boots/Water Bottle: AP Oak Brown
- Gas Mask Canister: German Cam. Dark Green
- Gun Mount: Khaki Grey
- Canteen: AP Desert Yellow
- Blanket: AP Uniform Gery
Next up time to apply some camo to the helmets and blanket (not sure if this is historically accurate). Not going for anything in particular, just a random 3-pattern scheme. So on with a few blurbs and lines of AP Oak Brown then a 50/50 mix of German Cam. Dark Green and German Cam. Bright Green.
Next up – good old Strong Tone.
Finally onto the skin – as I said this was a bit of a pain in the hoop, but with a very fine brush and some contortions, I managed to get a base of AP Tanned Flesh down without requiring too many touch ups on other parts of the mini. This then got an AP Flesh Tone wash.
Don't leave the flesh to last!
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