Captain Blood's Western Desert: P.125 - SdKfz10 half-track with 2cm Flak 30

[Silent Invader]

I see another wargame magazine article in your future!

[Captain Blood]

Funny you should say that... 

I used Vallejo Khaki, Iraqi Sand, Medium Grey, Russian Uniform Green, and cocktails of these colours. I mixed in Vallejo Flat Earth to darken base coats, and added white or bone to the various colours for highlights. Perkins has a bit of GW snakebite leather mixed in for his more yellowy helmet and shorts, but overall, the end result is more on the khaki spectrum than the usual portrayal of British uniforms in the Western Desert as sand-coloured. From what I've read, they were issued with everything in khaki drill, not sand coloured fabrics. I'm sure everything got bleached to oblivion by the sun, sweat and dust, but most of it started as khaki as far as I can tell.

Fiddly because I had to use a wash of browny-black after applying the first couple of coats and before applying highlight coats. The detail on things like buckles, pockets, buttons, gaiters and so on, are just too small too paint in using the layering method with any accuracy.

[Centaur_Seducer]

Super job on these, Richard!
Now do some undead Germans led by the newly mummified Oberst Herr Reiz...

[theoldschool]

Fabulous work Richard, you have really captured the feel of  Desert war. Love the new tones on the bases.

[grant]

Terrific painting!

[elysium64]

Absolutely beautiful Richard, the colours used create a lovely tonal quality.
 I am trying so hard to stay focused on my current project and you really are not helping very much.

[Mason]

Lovely brushwork, Cap'n, just lovely.
 


But.......Washes!?!?
 

Is this the end of things as we know them!
 

[Blackwolf]

Beautifully done Richard My faves are the LRDG chappies and the chap firing his Bren from the hip

[Super Mosca]

Damn! Those look fantastic!

-Kosta

[Bugsda]

Quality toshing Captain 

[Dr Mathias]

Beautiful!

[aircav]

Superb stuff, loving all the shades of khaki 

[Mick_in_Switzerland]

Well Done

[Ray Earle]

the end result is more on the khaki spectrum than the usual portrayal of British uniforms in the Western Desert as sand-coloured. From what I've read, they were issued with everything in khaki drill, not sand coloured fabrics. I'm sure everything got bleached to oblivion by the sun, sweat and dust, but most of it started as khaki as far as I can tell.

My Grandad was in the desert with the South Wales Borderers, lost his brother at El Alamein, among the many tales he told me was the fact that all their issued kit came in the standard khaki the lads in Europe got (and that he'd had while in the commandoes). Apparently he spent bloody ages scrubbing it to get the dye out of it. So painting everything as washed out khaki is spot on. 

History over. Lovely painting as usual Cap'n. 

[Marine0846]

Super looking figures.
Love the faded look of the uniforms.