"Pig Iron Swat/Black Ops test paint" Topic

Here's something I've wanted to do for a while – paint up some Near Future figs in a swat/black ops style for general gaming uses. I've made up 25 figs using a mixture of torsos with body armour etc and added the gas mask head with ballistic helmet.
This is the first test paint using a black undercoat with grey drybrushing then wash it back with black and blue – then flick on some highlights in grey/grey blue. I didn't want to spend ages on these so I've just added green for the lenses and some tiny red insignia to give the fig some 'life'.
The highlights are quite harsh in these shots and are more subtle in 'real life' – which is better.

When I've done the full 25, I'll blog them up here on some scenery.

Si

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Looks good! What brand of color do you use?

I tend to use GW paints but do tend to start mixing colours together to create lighter and darker shades. Mixing washes can give some nice results. Si

Excellent simple but very effective .

I like this a lot. This is a really nice job. The fact that it is simple is even better.

Thanks for great comments. Si