Late War Project - New Squad p.7

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice work.

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Thank you!

Here is a list of the paints used, most are Reaper Paints (I buy them from wargaming heroes in the UK), as these paints have excellent coverage and dry very matt. There is a huge range of different colors.

Uniforms

- the greenish Grey, inspired by the M1943 Jackets is:
  * Highland Moss + Peacock Green + Black
  * Highland Moss + Pale Lichen
  * Final highlights with the previous mix and added Iraqi Sand (VMC)

- the Olive Green, inspired by other variant of the M1943 (the colors seem to vary a lot on the pictures):
 * Olive Shadow + Peacock Green +Black
 * Olive Shadow + Olive Drab (3:1)
 * Previous mix + Worn Olive
 * Previous mix + Iraqi Sand (VMC)

Webbing

 * Citadel Khemri Brown (OOP unfortunately, it's basically a more greyish Earthtone) followed by a Wash of Agrax Earthshade (or similar)
 * Khemri Brown plus progressively more 'Leather White' by Reaper (this Leather White is like a reallyyyyy bright grey that has a tiny speck of Earth in it, which means it is not completely grey/cold)

Brown Pants

 * Any dark brown, followed by a black Wash
 * Your dark Brown + Basic Dirt (Reaper)
 * Highlights with Shield Brown, plus in a following step Iraqi Sand

Don't worry if you don't have all these paints exactly, the most important part is to start from a rather dark color which will becomme the shadows, and then jump to a comparatively a lot brighter color. This gives you loads of contrast. You then put on a few highlights that are relatively close to this base color to get smooth tranisitions and finally make a big 'jump' in brightness for the final highlight, focussing only on a very few select spots, which again gives you good contrast.

Hope this might help!  

[.:Gunslinger:.]

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[Jeff965]

Thanks Gunslinger, it's a bit of work I know but it's how we all learn to paint to better standards
Looking forward to seeing some more of your work, especially those Empress Germans.

[Utgaard]

Thanks for sharing this with us 

[LordSpode1879]

Thanks Gunslinger, it's a bit of work I know but it's how we all learn to paint to better standards
Looking forward to seeing some more of your work, especially those Empress Germans.

Seconded....particularly in reference to seeing your Empress Germans!

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Hi,
a small update before the US mortars and Volksgrenadiers, a conversion for a 'stolen' Kettenkrad, using the Empress Jeep Crew Figures and a bit of greenstuff:



Let me know what you think!

More to follow very soon!

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Well done - these are fantastic

[commissarmoody]

Great little conversion. 

[Sparrow]

Brilliant idea - love it!

PS your US troops look brilliant. Can’t wait to see the opposition (and I’m not a WW2 gamer!).

[LordSpode1879]

Hi,
a small update before the US mortars and Volksgrenadiers, a conversion for a 'stolen' Kettenkrad, using the Empress Jeep Crew Figures and a bit of greenstuff:



Let me know what you think!

More to follow very soon!

Fantastic and very 'Saving Private Ryan-esque!'

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Hi guys,

it has been a while, but I'm back on track! After having painted some GIs already, I think it's now time to also start on the Germans.

I started with a Sd Kfz, which I recently bought and after over a dozen miniatures it was also time for a vehicle.

Now I have only painted two 20mm tanks until now, where the surfaces are quite small and can be easily painted with a brush. 28mm is quite something else in my opinion. After reading tons of articles and looking at great examples of painted vehicles, I had the color scheme and the effects I wanted to do more or less figured out.

I also converted a gunner for the MG from some of the Empress miniatures Volksgrenadiers and modified the canvas cover to look a bit more realistic:



I tried to achieve the color modulation look some painters do by creating gradients. This was done by classic blending, a bit of drybrushing and some very thin washes:



I really have to get an airbrush at one point, as this is really tedious  

More progress soon, I have so much fun I can barely stop  

More on the Kettenkrad soon aswell!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice conversion.

The paint job on the second half-track looks like it is progressing well.

[LordSpode1879]

Very nice indeed! Particularly liking the MG gunner!

[tancrede]

Very nice conversion : simple, but very effective.
And the painted one is beautiful.