Bolt Action Brits

[Gripweed]

Hello everyone! Well, for my first post I figured I would show the beginning of my British Infantry force for Bolt Action. I have had these figures since Christmas, and finally got around to painting some:

The Bren gunner was the test model:

 

I then got three of his mates done:



I used a combination of Vallejo Model Color and Privateer Press P3 paints with Army Painter Dark Tone brushed on. Sorry for the bad pics, but my camera skills are sadly lacking.

[aircav]

Very Nice 

[Gibby]

Nice painting! Surprisingly those plastics are actually starting to grow on me. The weird o.t.t facial expressions have a bit of a Commando comic charm.

[Maxie]

Awesome!  Just the other day I primed about 30 of these guys. I hope mine turn out as nice as yours did.

[styx]

Great work!

[Gripweed]

Thanks for the kind remarks all!

[grant]

Well done! I will probably do my own plastic Brits (Canadians?) using your AP method! 

[Gripweed]

Thanks grant! The AP really makes painting these guys much faster and puts a nice protective coating on them.

I thought of painting these figures as Canadians as well. The grudge match between the Hitler Jugend and the Canadians would make for some fun wargaming.

[Londoncopper]

I like them very much, just more temptation to fork out cash on some Army Painter though 

[Gripweed]

Thank you LC!

I put together some of my Perry 8th army and started a test mini. I figured I would show a couple of work in progress shots, as I am waiting on the Army Painter to dry before finishing him. He took about 30 minutes to get this far:



Just after the AP was applied (Strong Tone this time):

[grant]

 
Wow, well done!
When I first started building my Perry Desert Rats, I thought I would use the AP on them. I think yours looks better than mine, honestly. 

[Gripweed]

Thanks grant! I look forward to seeing your lads    I was naughty and bought a Blitzkrieg Miniatures Matilda II today, can't wait til it gets here. I would be interested in what colors you used to base your cruiser tank.

I am using the force to NOT buy a Bren carrier section from the Perrys until I get more done on the minis I have now  . My wallet may not survive them releasing the DAK plastics anytime soon.

[grant]

The base colour was Vallejo Airbrush primer - a 1:1 mix of IDF Israeli Sand and White. After a muddy brown-black wash, I brought the sand colour back up with Vallejo German Camo Beige and Sand Light, roughly 2:1.

Good luck!

[Gripweed]

I got the test figure done, and three more in the pipeline:

[obsidian3d]

Looking top notch to me!