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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: pete17 on August 13, 2019, 06:27:44 PM

Title: Empress NVA
Post by: pete17 on August 13, 2019, 06:27:44 PM
For some reason I don't seem to be able to add the pictures direct to this forum so here's a link to a few pics of some Empress NVA painted using the new Citadel contrast paints with the flesh painted using Vallejo paints with a Nazdrag yellow overpaint wash and a few highlights added to the flesh and guns all over a Halfords Khaki base coat. They took about an hour and a half to complete. Very nice figures and I don't think they look too shabby.






Cheers Pete


http://jacobiteirish.blogspot.com/ (http://jacobiteirish.blogspot.com/)
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: coldm2231 on August 13, 2019, 06:44:09 PM
Looking good Pete..... what colour green did you use for the trousers? I was debating the Citadel Death Guard Green for the washed out look but your green looks spot on!
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Paul @ Empress Miniatures on August 13, 2019, 07:41:36 PM
Just painting those figures myself. ;)

Brilliant job.  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: pete17 on August 13, 2019, 08:08:56 PM
The green for the trousers was approx two parts Contrast creed camo, one part ork green, one part plague bearer green then diluted with Contrast medium till it looked about right. Painting over the halfords Khaki undercoat really helps with greens. I've added a couple of pics of some of the Americans I've completed using contrast paints, the uniforms are a either militarum green or camo creed straight from the pot.


cheers




Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: commissarmoody on August 14, 2019, 04:20:57 AM
They look great, I will have to use your technique for the dudes skin.
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Paul @ Empress Miniatures on August 14, 2019, 07:51:02 AM
Love the Marines as well.  :-*
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Post by: tomrommel1 on August 14, 2019, 08:42:20 AM
nice figures indeed . I am using the Contrast paints , too . rather like them.
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Mr C on August 14, 2019, 01:53:49 PM
Top notch painting. Inspiring stuff!
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Mako on August 15, 2019, 02:10:27 AM
Are we talking East German NVA, or Vietnamese NVA?
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: commissarmoody on August 15, 2019, 06:59:55 AM
Are we talking East German NVA, or Vietnamese NVA?
the South East Asian types. Fallow the link posted.
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Dr. Zombie on August 15, 2019, 07:05:54 AM
They look great. I have just received mine in the post yesterday. And am itching to get them colored in.
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on August 15, 2019, 07:08:59 AM
Are we talking East German NVA, or Vietnamese NVA?
You are thinking of Under Fire not Empress.
http://www.underfireminiatures.com/page30.htm (http://www.underfireminiatures.com/page30.htm)
https://www.empressminiatures.com/us-vietnam-18-c.asp (https://www.empressminiatures.com/us-vietnam-18-c.asp)

^__^
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on August 15, 2019, 07:10:21 AM
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ob8s8ClUK_Q/XVL7HJawf4I/AAAAAAAABu0/eF6-LAI3r5gQvnukptYtSUFJspjEalMuQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6523.JPG)

On your blog, right (or long on touch screen) click, on pop up select copy link address.
On Lead Adventures reply move your cursor to where you want the image and then click on the image button (if you squint it is the one with the Mona Lisa on it).
This will insert open square bracket IMG close square bracket open square bracket /IMG close square bracket. Right (or long) click between the bracketed text and paste the URL from your clipboard.

Rinse and repeat.

Of course this all depends on your machine allowing you to copy URLs, my tablet has sulks sometimes and refuses to consider copying them.
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Dr DeAth on August 21, 2019, 01:12:13 AM
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ob8s8ClUK_Q/XVL7HJawf4I/AAAAAAAABu0/eF6-LAI3r5gQvnukptYtSUFJspjEalMuQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_6523.JPG)

Very effective painting there.
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: tomrommel1 on August 21, 2019, 08:08:11 AM
looking very good
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: Sparrow on August 21, 2019, 05:17:03 PM
Thanks for the contrast paint “recipes”.... will give it a go! (Lovely painting on lovely minis by the way ;))
Title: Re: Empress NVA
Post by: pete17 on August 22, 2019, 08:09:17 PM
thanks for all the kind words, cheers Pete