Rooting Around - Turnip28 Spring Clean Challenge
Painting up the Chaff (Part 2)
Next step is to tone back the base coat colours and to add the dirt and grime – quickly achieved with a heavy wash of Vallejo Umber Wash.
Could call it done at this stage, but some selected highlights help lift the figure. For most areas, it is a case of going back in with the base colour and picking out raised parts, but I did use a few lighter colours in places, whilst ignoring some things entirely:
- Musket/ Backpack/ Ammo pouch – VJMC Flat Earth
- Jacket/ Plumes – VJMC Violet Red
- Cuffs/ Turnbacks – VJMC Olive Green
- Trousers – VJMC Prussian Blue mixed 1:1 with VJMC Pastel Blue
- Greatcoat – VJMC Medium Sea Grey
- Straps – VJMC Off-White
To add some more grime to the armour, I stippled some patches of VJMC German Camo Black Brown over selected areas, followed by some VJMC Orange Brown over the top, giving a fast rust effect with little effort.
For basing, I used Vallejo Dark Earth texture paint, drybrushed with VJMC Flat Earth. I added bullrushes and small brown tufts from Tajima1 to finish them off, with the colour of the rushes intended to echo the jackets. I left the base rims black.
All in all, a pretty quick and dirty paint job, but I am quite happy with the end results.
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