Achtung! Reichbusters: Projekt Vril

Washing with Army Painter Strong Tone on the cloth and Nuln oil on the black.

For flesh I used Reikland Fleshshade.

For highlights I used the base color to pull the area out from the shade then used Buster Flesh to lighten the color.  I then drybrushed and/or edge highlighted depending on the piece.

The uniform I did not use the base color.  The color of Russian uniforms is a light brownish green.  I used the following ratio of colors

• Russian Uniform
  • Army Painter Veteran Leather (1) + Army Painter Grunt Green (1) + Army Painter Comrade Brown (2) or
  • vallejo ochre brown 70.856 (3) + vallejo olive green 70.967 (2) + vallejo red leather 70.818 (1)

I switched to a ratio as it is a waste of paint if I did full drops for such a small painted area

I also painted the eyes by putting down a black under circle for the eyes then I used xx6 claw to paint the whites then added a dot of black for the pupil.  I then used Buster flesh to clean up around the eyes and then flesh wash to merge everything.

Lastly I put a coat of AK Interactive Ultra Matt Varnish

Paints used

• Rifle
  • Wood
    • Army Painter Veteran Leather
  • Metal
    • Army Painter Matt Black
    • I will add gun metal after varnishing
• Rifle bandages and Knee pad strap
  • Army Painter Comrade Brown (1 drop) + Army Painter Buster Flesh (1/4 drop)
• Leather strap, belt pieces gun holster
  • Army Painter Black + Army Painter Veteran Leather
    • because of the black it is hard to ratio the colors it is a black with a tint of red to highlight I more veteran leather

Paints used

Note: for a lot of the painting I add just a bit of matt black to darken the color.  The Matt Black is very strong and it does not take a lot to turn everything more to the dark side (hah) so be be cautious with the amount of black used

• Cape and Knee pad
  • Army Painter Grunt Green (1 drop) + a bit of Matt Black ( a brush tip)
• Boots
  • Army Painter Matt Black
• Hair
  • Army Painter Vril Red (1 drop) + a bit of Matt Black (a brush tip)

Paints used

• Uniform
  • Army Painter Veteran Leather (1 drop) + a bit of Matt Black ( a brush tip)

Paints used

• Primer
  • Base
    • Stynylrez – Black
  • Zenith
    • Liquitex – White
• Flesh
  • Face, hands
    • base
      • Vallejo (Nocturna) Base Flesh 74.004
    • second coat
      • Army Painter Buster Flesh

I tried to post these as individuals but the site keep dumping me back to the start of the project.  I think it is the size of all of the pictures so I put them in a single strip.

Before I highlighted the mini I varnished it with AK interactive Ultra Matte.

I added the following colors

• Added wood to gun
  • Army Painter Veteran Leather
• All metal bits including highlighting gun (buttons, leather buckles, canteen cap, knife handle parts)
  • Gun Metal
• Collar/shoulder strips along with cross outline and arm insignia
  • Army Painter 6XX Claw
• Goggle lens reflection
  • Gun Metal
• I used base color of individual parts and added a little of Buster Flesh to create the highlight color.
  • I used dry brushing on some items along with edge highlights
• I painted the base
  • brick area
    • Veteran Leather + Comrade Brown
    • washed with Agrax Earthshade
    • highlighted with base color
  • street area
    • Matt Black + Shrieker Grey
    • washed with Nuln Oil
    • highlighted with base color + 6XX Claw (a little bit)

I finished the mini with another coat of AK Interactive Ultra Matt Varnish skipping metal parts.

I then varnished flesh, leather with vallejo matt varnish (I find it to be a semi matt)

lastly I varnished the lens with gloss.

Complete.

I used the following washes

• Face
  • Reikland Fleshwash
• Black areas to include leather
  • Nuln Oil
• Back items, jacket, pants and helmet area
  • Army Painter Strong Tone (thinned)

I forgot to take pictures between these items but I did figure out a better way to take the pictures.

Paints used

• Goggles
  •  strap
    • Army Painter Veteran Leather with a touch of Matt Black
  • glass rim
    • Matt Black
  • lens (later I add a few reflections with gun metal)
    • Army Painter Doktor Blue with a touch of Matt Black
• Leather belts, straps, ammo packs (under gun), pistol holster, knife grip, grenade straps and grenade top cover.
  • Army Painter Matt Black wit a bit of Veteran Leather
• Gas Mask Canister (Same as helmet)
  • Vallejo German Camo Dark Green (979) or
  • My mix of Army Painter Reich Green and a touch of Matt Black
• Canteen
  • Veteran Leather
  • Cap will be painted later with Gun Metal
• Shovel Handle
  • Army Painter Comrade Brown
• Shovel Top and Grenade tops (same as coat and shirt)
  • Field Grey (830) or
  • my mix of Shrieker Grey (2x) + Reich Green (1x)
• Knife Sheath and Bread Bag (bag between knife and canteen)
  • Army Painter Veteran Leather (1x) + Army Painter Comrade Brown (1x)

I painted the boots, gloves, gun and neck/face cover black.  I used Contrast paint Black Templar but you can also use Army Painter Matt Black. I actually used both to play with coverage.

Paint used

GW Black Templar Contrast

Army Painter Matt Black

The inside shirt and outer coat is the same color and the pants are a different color.  From my research the pants could be the same color as the shirt and coat but I wanted to make them a bit different.

Shirt and Jacket use (again from battlefront)

Army Painter Shrieker Grey (2 drops)

Reich Green (1 drop)

From Battlefront they use

Vallejo Field Grey (830) I color matched the above to this one

I apologize for the picture it is a little washed out.  The pictures will get better later as I played around with testing the camera and different backgrounds and settings.

The helmet and back gas canister will be this color.  I found from battlefront website the colors to use German Camo Dark Green (979).  I do have this paint but I wanted to use the Army Painter Reichbuster paint set so I mixed the paint from those to match the German Camo Dark Green (979).

I mixed 1 drop of Army Painter Reich Green with a tip of Matt Black.  You have to play with it as the black will over take the green quite quickly.

Paints Used

Army Painter Reich Green 1 drop mixed with Army Painter Matt Black (1/10 drop ish) (about a brush tip worth)

I matched it to vallejo German Camo Dark Green (979)

I start with the flesh and then work my way out.

I used Vallejo (Nocturna)  Base Flesh first then I used Army Painter Buster Flesh for the face and hands.  I later will paint over the hands as I realized after the fact that he is wearing gloves.

Paint Color used:

Vallejo (Nocturna) Base Flesh 74.004

Army Painter Buster Flesh

I use Stynylrez black as the base primer and then used Liquitex white for a strong zenith.  I wanted a strong white as I planned to use contrast paints.  I ended up getting the Army Painters Reichbusters paint set which I will use.  I will post the paints used and amounts and will try to use different manufactures on subsequent minis and post the colors I used later.