Tag: Miniature painting

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Operation “Get cracking!” Pt 3

After working on the trial figures I re thought the order I’m working in with colours.

What drove this was the realisation that the leather strap on the US helmet needs painted to make the figures look great.
Also the brown colours typically but up to other colours that makes painting rifles in hands difficult.

So order is :

base : spray paint Dunkelgelb
Brown: boots, rifles, SMG’s, entrenching tools, pistol holsters and the helmet strap.
Khaki: Webbings, water bottle, some pistol holsters.
Olive green/grey: Knee, elbow patches and bags.
Black: Weapons metal. Boot soles, knife handles.
Flesh tone: Flesh
Olive Drab: Helmets and some pouches
Magic wash: all except for flesh.
Magic flesh wash: rose tinted wash to flesh.

So lets see how it goes.

Oh .. I have two mortars to be custom made.. as I seem to be short both of them and scavenge 5 x 30 cal Mg’s
This is what you get for buying second hand.

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    Bye for now

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US Infantry Heavy Machine gun Platoons X2 – and some!

Hello everybody?

My names Martin, you may recognise me from blogs such as: US infantry #1 and US infantry #2!

Today I am going to tell you about the US infantry Heavy Machinegun platoons X2 project.

I started by preparing a massive amount of US infantry figures I had to paint some 2 months ago.

I included 2 blisters of new HMG teams from Michael who bought them at discount from the Toywold sale in Dunedin.

I added all the odd platoon amount I got in another auction I won. As these were the old castings which are better I decided to use them. Besides they also had some bazookas.

Undercoating in Krylon metal cote.. black. Good stuff.

This time I became even more dismayed by paint so many infantry that I took one HUGE short cut.

This time I have not painted base colour and left the black primer showing in the recesses and shaded areas of the miniature.
This time I am going to ink and dry brush highlight.
It will be intersting as the paints are all the same brand and colours… we shall see some comparisons.
Pictures to follow..

Today I have painted all base colours and only have the final leather and wood colours to apply. And of course the helmet colour which is last.

So I should have 2 x HMG platoons ready in a few weeks after Christmas. Plus an extra Infantry platoon… that makes.. five platoons…

Also I have enough Shermans now to field 2x 4 tank platoons with 2 command tanks.

Curently working on stripping and air brushing 2 GMC M10’s I have 1 Utility car.