"15mm WW2 mid-late German fast and dirty paint-up" Topic

Hi all

I have posted a short guide on how I painted up my mid/late war German infantry on my blog.

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Hope you enjoy.

G.

Very nice, how long time wise did it take?

Very good, there is some nice detail coming through after your base coat, they look like nice figures.

I am at a sticking point with my 'mucky wash'. I have W and N Peat Brown, but felt it too strong to paint on directly, but I was letting it pool and that may be the mistake.

I am presently putting satin varnish on, then washing with watered down ink and then mat varnishing – there is an extra step there and it requires 24 – 36 hours drying time and I am not so happy about that, so I may try the Peat Brown again on my next batch (confederates in light grey though !!!)

Normsmith – try a different ink, the Peat Brown is pretty strong tone. The inks are pretty cheap and Hobbycraft in the UK often has sets of them on offer. One pot should last you ages too. I have some SF troops in blue armour and I used an old GW blue ink on them and they came out a treat. I use a green ink over a yellow flesh colour for my undead troops and they look properly mouldy.

Some PP stuff there?

thanks for buying!

martin

There are indeed, Martin. The ATG and IG, the metal vehicles, the ATG crew, some LMG's and a bunch of the Panzerfausts are all PP.

The rest are mede up of the PSC abd Zvezda plastic vehicles, a Battlefront HMG squad and Sturmplatoon and a Forged In Battle Rifle Platoon that was a split blister in a bargain bin that was mysteriously missing all the LMG's.

G.

I have just checked, it is the Nut Brown that I have, not Peat Brown. I was finding the nut brown to be giving a mahogany look! But as I say, I fancy that I was putting It on too freely and having no regard to pooling etc.

Peat brown is a more earthy tone, as the name suggests. Nut Brown over a white undercoat will give you a great wood effect, though.

I am presently putting satin varnish on, then washing with watered down ink and then mat varnishing – there is an extra step there and it requires 24 – 36 hours drying time and I am not so happy about that, so I may try the Peat Brown again on my next batch (confederates in light grey though !!!)

One thing to consider is using watered down Future wash as a medium to deliver your staining pigment. Add your brown ink/wash to the diluted Future (some experimentation is necessary). This will cause your pigment to pool in the recesses and the wash will dry in minutes. The only downside is that you will have a shiny finish. At this point I do my blending and highlighting and a final hit with Krylon Matte or Testor's Dullcote takes care of the rest.