Manda (Amachan) goes to the Eastern Front

So, here is the test Cossack going through the painting….. blender? Not sure where I was going with that, but here we go.

I started with a base coat of Vallejo Model Color German Cam. Med. Brown (70.826) applied with my airbrush. I then painted the rim of the hat with Vallejo Model Air Dark Sea Gray (71.053) and did the trousers and the shoulder loops with Scale 75 Scalecolor Cantabric Blue (SC-53).

Next up I did the metal bits of the rifle with Vallejo Metal Color Burnt Iron (77.721). The brush I use for my metallics isn’t as well pointed as my main brush, so the sooner I did that the better. Then I did the top of the hat and the stripes on the trousers with a bit of Vallejo Model Color Flat Red (70.957) followed by the wooden stock of the rifle and the handle of the spade on his back with Vallejo Panzer Aces New Wood (70.311).

The bag he was carrying I did with Vallejo Model Color Red Leather (70.818). I then started to do the cross and the dot on the hat with Scale 75 Scalecolor Sol Yellow (SC-40) and then the skin with Scale 75 Scalecolor Basic Flesh (SC-20).

All the equipment he is packing and his boots I did with Vallejo Panzer Aces Leather Belt (70.312) and then I did the hair and my attempt at a moustache with Vallejo Model Color Black Grey (70.862).

And that is the acrylic colours on the first Cossack of the 9th Guards Cavalry done.

I really enjoyed painting him, the size was not a problem for me at all and I may actually enjoy it more than painting 28mm models. Although you should ask me if I still do after I painted hundreds of them like this…..

As you can see in my reference on the top, not all them have blue trousers and not all of them wear the hat. The trousers that I don’t do in this blue will just be in the base colour I apply in the first step and the helmets will be painted using Vallejo Game Color Goblin Green (72.030).

My camera was stuggling way more seeing the detail clearly on these models than I was, so the quality isn’t always the best due to cropping and such.