Dust Tactics: My Armies

[KeyanSark]

 Hi all:

I have started painting my Core Set miniatures and I will updating this topic as I finish new units.

I've started with the Death Dealers, as I have a very clear color scheme in my mind. In addition, I see them as the "allied tactical squad", so I wanted to have them ready first.

Here is a family picture:



I wanted them to look like real WW2 ranges (more or less) so I have used Vallejo Desert Yellow for the jackets, with a Leather Brown wash and then highlights in Desert Yellow and Desert Yellow + white. This can be better seen here:



Backpacks are painted in khaki, with a Vallejo Burnt Umber wash. Trousers are painted in Beast Brown with a Brown Ink wash, and boots and gloves are in Dark Flesh with a Devlan Mud wash, and then a Brown Ink wash.



Body armor is painted in the iconic Olive Drab, highlighted with Vallejo Russian Uniform, a wash of Black Ink and then another wash of Devlan Mud.



Bases and weapons are Boltgun Metal over a Black base, then washed with a 1:1 mix of Brown and Black inks. A little highlighting with Boltgun Metal, and then I added rubble and details on the bases painted in German Grey, and Neutral Grey, with some Orange added to resemble brick dust.



In some faces I did a little wash with German Grey to simulate unshaved beards and add some character.



Finally, I painted the bazooka in Olive Drab and did two washes. First: black, followed by some lights with Russian Uniform. Then, a Devlan Mud wash. I finished adding some chipping with German Grey.

Hope you like it!

[Justizius]

Very nice! I really like the colors of these guys, especially the brown of the coats. Also great looking bases.

[Kitsune]

Looking good.

[Marine0846]

Fine painting.
Good color matches.
I look forward to seeing what you do with the rest.

[KeyanSark]

Thx, guys. I am finishing my Sturmpionieren. I hope to post more pics during the weekend.

[mpennock]

Well done! The metallics on the rifles seem a little too shiny to me, but thats probably because I'm used to seeing the grayish-green parkerized finish on real US firearms of the era.

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

Ya know, with a slightly different paint job the US troops could almost be the Browncoats from Firefly!

[Blackwolf]

Nice,like your painting

[KeyanSark]

Hi again:

During the week I have painted a unit of Sturmpionieren, armed with Stg 47s, three panzerfausts and a flammenwerfer. I have used a "summer camo" scheme for the uniforms, with Grey for the armour parts.



The uniform is painted in German Uniform from Vallejo Model, washed with German Grey. Camo is Beasty Brown with additional dots in German Uniform.



Armour parts are painted in German Grey highlighted in Neutral Grey. I added carefully some Dark Flesh very thinned in the recessed parts so simulate dirt.



This can be better seen here. Gasmasks are painted in Leather Brown with a Brown Ink wask. The glass is painted with Sick Green and Camo Green.



Panzerfausts are painted in Dark Sand from Vallejo Model, with some Burnt Umber for the details.



Finally, some detail on the flammenwerfer



And the fuel canister

[Marine0846]

Another set of neat figures.
They look great.
Well done.

[apeekaboo]

Excellent paintjob, and the orange brick dust on the bases is an interesting idea that catches the eye.

[KeyanSark]

Thx a lot, guys! Now it is the turno for Sgt. "Rhino", the Allied Hero from the Core Set





Main colour is Olive Drab, with some highlights and a couple of washes in black and devlan mud inks. Some chipping was done at the end.

[aggro84]

Fantastic work. Really nice repaints. 
The Sturmpionieren look scary. 

[YIU]

Awesome paintjob and the details are top notch.

[KeyanSark]

Thx again...

Now I've finished the leader of the Axis force in the Core Set: Feldwebel Lara Walter

For the armour I have used Vallejo German Uniform, with a wash of German Grey. I built up the Green again, and did some highlights using German Uniform + White, to finish with a wash of Devlan Mud.



To provide contrast, I painted the inner clothes in German Grey with a wash of Black, and the cabling in Red.



I applied then some chipping using German Grey and Boltgun Metal



Detail on the face...



And the hair, painted in Vomit Brown, washed with Leather Brown, and drybrushed in Bleached Bone.