Future Soldier question

[Taffydude]

Hi folks. I have recently been tidying up my loft, and came across a tub of (badly) painted minis that I've had for ages. So after stripping them, I was left with a bowl of lead



I think that they might have been the originals for the em4 / copplestone range of future soldiers, as they are from the mid to late 90's and the only marks on them are a G



I even found some old WEG Star Wars bounty hunter minis in there



Anyways, enough of the backstory. I thought I'd try painting the troopers in a desert scheme, and I'm at a point where I'm happy with the test subject, and I'm not sure I want to enhance it with camouflage. What do you guys think?

[sykoholic]

Yup.... without a doubt Grenadier's "Future Warriors" line by Copplestone, now produced by eM4.

I say go for camo. Even once shaded, the colors of the BDU's and the armor are too similar. Put some dark brown stripes on one of them (BDU's or armor/helmet but not both) to distinguish the two. JMO.

[Sangennaru]

agree: some camo on the cloth and flat colour on the armor!

[The Gray Ghost]

French style camo

[supervike]

Really dig that scheme so far.

I like it sans camo!

[Commander Vyper]

What ever you do the sculpts carry it off. If you camo both, you'll get colonial marines, reflective green armour and camo'd fatigues you get halo USNC marines, desert camo on the BDU's would work well.

[supervike]

What ever you do the sculpts carry it off. If you camo both, you'll get colonial marines, reflective green armour and camo'd fatigues you get halo USNC marines, desert camo on the BDU's would work well.

I know you've said similar before Commander, and it still holds true.

These sculpts have aged well.  They still look as fresh and current as they did 10 years ago.

[Commander Vyper]

I know you've said similar before Commander, and it still holds true.

These sculpts have aged well.  They still look as fresh and current as they did 10 years ago.

Yeah I know, the whole range has worn well, and the price that Doug charges is very very reasonable.

[Hrothgar]

I often prefer non-camo schemes because sometimes camo swallows detail on the figure. I say its great the way it is-no camo!

[manatic]

The non-camo version looks nice, but I think it is a bit bland. Paint some camo in, but don't go overboard. Maybe just the armour or the BDU.

[Taffydude]

Yeah, I was thinking of doing one or the other on the camo. Doing it on the armour and cloth would just clutter it up. Unfortunately it'll be a few days before I post an update, due to work stuff getting in the way 

[TheSnackist]

I think with your crisp style, they look quite nice as is. Why add camo to such a nice looking mini?

[ushistoryprof]

I think with your crisp style, they look quite nice as is. Why add camo to such a nice looking mini?

I agree, they have that professional, "I don't need no stinking camo" don't mess with me look.
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[sykoholic]

Urban/Night Camo Troopers

The pic are dark and poor quality, but if you scroll down a bit, you'll find examples of these same figures painted in night/urban camo. You're a much better painter than I am so you'll undoubtedly do a much better job of it than I did.

Hrothgar is right though. Camo schemes often do "swallow" detail.

[manatic]

Troopers painted as Colonial Marines

And above is an example of those troopers (as well as some similar ones from Copplestone Castings) painted up as Colonial Marines with camo for both the armour and the BDU.

Oh and nice work sykoholic, like the choice of colour scheme there!