British Paratrooper Painting tutorial

[Janick]

I finally put this together...I hope some of you find it useful! 

 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.

I paint the smock completely over with Reflective Green

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.

Then I do the same with Green Ochre. You should paint over the other colors, but not completely.


Paint all the webbing with Iraqi Sand


Then give the webbing a wash of Devlin mud

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

I then highlighted the webbing after the wash

I then moved on to the face which I painted Tanned Flesh

Then gave it a wash

Then I painted it over with Dwarf Flesh

Then I mixed 50/50 of Elf and Dwarf Flesh and highlighted the face.

For the rope-like webbing and cup I used Green Gray…or use white.

For the pants I darkened British Uniform with some black for a base on the pants.

I lighted the darkened British Uniform with a little bit of white


And finally just put on straight British uniform
 
The beret is a 50/50 mix of red and Flat Earth

About finished, I usually paint the gaiters or boot thingys last with Iraqi sand

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 silver. Then I usually highlight the guns with silver.

A few more for reference



Hope this helps.

regards,

Brad 

[Remington]

Hey Brad, thank you for the tutorial. It is always a good idea to have a look at other people's painting tips, so every tutorial helps. 

[Helen]

Thanks Brad,

Very informative an if you like I can whip this in the Painting WW2 miniatures sticky!

Let me know please.

Helen

[Furt]

Very useful tutorial - nice.

[Janick]

Thanks! You can add it to the sticky topic if you want to Helen.