"British Paratrooper Painting Tutorial" Topic

I finally got this done…

Colors needed, all Vallejo: Green Ochre, Reflective Green, Beige Brown, Flat Earth, Flat Black, Russian Uniform Green, Red, Green Gray, British Uniform, White, and Iraqi Sand. For faces (GW paints) I used Tanned flesh, Dwarf Flesh, and Elf flesh. I used two washes, Devlin Mud, and the brown face wash.

First I start with a primed figure, which I happened to prime black.
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I paint the smock completely over with Reflective Green
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I then start to add stripes and shapes of Flat Earth, and then I also painted the main body of the canteen with Flat Earth.
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Then I do the same with Green Ochre. You should paint over the other colors, but not completely.
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Paint all the webbing with Iraqi Sand
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Then give the webbing a wash of Devlin mud
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I only washed the main creases and folds on the smock…which you can do if you want too.
While I was waiting for the wash to dry I painted the gun stock Beige Brown
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I then highlighted the webbing after the wash
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I then moved on to the face which I painted Tanned Flesh
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Then gave it a wash
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Then I painted it over with Dwarf Flesh
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Then I mixed 50/50 of Elf and Dwarf Flesh and highlighted the face.
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For the rope-like webbing and cup I used Green Gray…
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For the pants I darkened British Uniform with some black for the base color. picture
I lighted the darkened British Uniform with a little bit of white
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And finally just put on straight British uniform
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The beret is a 50/50 mix of red and Flat Earth
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About finished, I usually paint the gaiters or boot thingys last with Iraqi sand
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Helmets, grenades, mortars, etc. are Russian Uniform Green and for the camo on top the helmet I used Green Ochre and a couple different shades of brown. Also paint the eagle on the beret brass. Then I usually highlight the guns with silver.
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A few more for reference
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Or see the tutorial here: link

Hope this helps.

regards,

Brad :)

I have some British Paratroopers that are on my painting bench that I am going to have to try that on

Great stuff, thanks.

Nice, what fig is that (mfg).

Nice, what fig is that (mfg).

BAM Bolt Action Miniatures

Nice painting Janick, except the capbadge is steel/silver, not brass, possibly black over-painted (although I'm not sure when the practice was introduced). The beret appears too red, as the para beret is a distinctly dark maroon.

I mixed 50/50 of red and brown…for some reason when I did it for the tutorial it turned out a little too red for some reason…thanks for the info!

Very mice – just wish I had the skill to paint like that.

Thanks for a very nice & step by step tutorial. Now I want to collect British paras! :)

very nice, do you have any tutorials for painting German camo?

I may possibly post some in the future…as I already painted my Waffen SS platoon a while back, but sadly I didn't think about doing a tutorial at the time. Check my site for my painted Waffen SS pics in the Picture section, freewebs.com/bradswargaming

I may have some close-ups of my camo schemes I used and if you have any questions about them, shoot me an private message.

regards,

Brad :)

general btsherman – here is a tutorial on german camo I posted on the lead adventure forum: link