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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: SgtMcNab on June 02, 2012, 11:21:25 AM

Title: Falklands Brits
Post by: SgtMcNab on June 02, 2012, 11:21:25 AM

Hi all,
As promised on my Argie topic the following are pictures of my British Paras including an SAS officier by Mongrol Miniatures I think.

I hope you like them

Cheers

Andy

(http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh579/SgtMcNab/8f986e7c.jpg)

(http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh579/SgtMcNab/16a5ddb0.jpg)

(http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh579/SgtMcNab/2aec9757.jpg)

(http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh579/SgtMcNab/64da72a5.jpg)

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: Brummie Thug on June 02, 2012, 11:56:20 AM

really like your camo. very vivid and it stands out

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: Marine0846 on June 03, 2012, 02:35:17 AM

Fine figure painting.
Remember watching the news every night,
when the battles were going on.

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: Dave Knight on June 03, 2012, 07:54:26 AM

Great stuff

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: FunkyBrush on June 03, 2012, 10:33:25 AM

Again, very cool stuff (80's mustaches ftw!).

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: janner on June 03, 2012, 02:10:46 PM

Quote from: FunkyBrush on June 03, 2012, 10:33:25 AM

Again, very cool stuff (80's mustaches ftw!).

Absolutely gorgeous and + 1 on the gunfighter staches  ;)

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: carlos marighela on June 03, 2012, 02:19:04 PM

Lovely brushwork.

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: Johnny Boy on June 05, 2012, 11:22:57 AM

Great stuff Andy!! A real inspiration, I've got as far as primer at the moment. Just working out the colour schemes, What paint range did you use?

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: SgtMcNab on June 05, 2012, 07:38:38 PM

Hi Johnny Boy,

The paints are all from Vallejo.

The DPM is pretty simple really.  The base coat id Reflective Green, covered by a wash of Games Workship Badab Black.  I don't highlight this, just start on the camo.  It's best to have some reference material to hand, so you know roughly where the relevent colours go.
Start with patches of Khaki, and then longer patches of SS Camo Black Brown and the very thin swirls of black.

The webbing is  a base of German Field Grey, then a highlight of Russian Uniform Green and then a final highlight of Russian Uniform and Buff.

I sometimes break the webbing colours by adding the odd pouch in brown.  This is a base of Chocolate Brown, then English Uniform and a final highlight of English Uniform and Buff.

In some of the pictures you can see some Paras wearing a green smok.

The base for this is Russian Uniform Green, then Grey Green and a final highlight of Grey Green and Medium Grey.

I hope you find this guide useful and let me know how it goes, and if you need some close ups let me know.

Cheers all

Andy

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: Johnny Boy on June 06, 2012, 03:33:20 PM

Many thanks for that Andy, I shall get onto that directly!!

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: soapy on June 07, 2012, 04:23:13 AM

Lovely to see some of these fella's popping up again. Still probably the range I had most fun sculpting, I look forward to seeing more of your stuff as you finish it.

Top brush work,
Soaps.

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: carlos marighela on June 07, 2012, 07:27:15 AM

Just ordered a platoons worth each of the Brits and the Argentines plus some spare odds and sods. Looking forward to painting these. I was at the Malvinas memorial in Buenos Aires just last week as it happens.

Title: Re: Falklands Brits
Post by: SgtMcNab on June 07, 2012, 05:21:28 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.

Soapy, it would be great if Gripping Beast commissioned a few more packs of these, I'm sure they would sell well.

Top sculps anyway  :)

Cheers all

Andy