Battlefront Officer with Peter Pig radio operator
First is a British Anti
Tank platoon from Forged in Battle for Taskforce Archer. Unusually
for Forged in Battle models I am not keen on this model. There is
nothing wrong with the model itself I just do not like the look of
the 6 pounder for some reason. The painting wise the only new thing
attempted was chipping affect after seeing the heresybrush video on
painting 6 pounders.
The chipping was done
using a blister's foam packaging and stippling Vallejo Gun Metal then
once dried stipling Cavalry.
Next is a platoon of
Luftwaffe pioneers using Skytrex's german riflemen blisters. It would
be nice is Skytrex hopped on the Kickstart wagon and got funding
forsome 15mm plastic infantry. Considering their age I think the
models hold up well against some of the more modern manufacturers .
Painting wise two new things were tried first the Luft waffe uniforms
were painted a mix of Vallejo off white and Vallejo german wwII
luftwaffe Blue. this made them very bright blue. When the wash was
applied the uniforms darken leaving the model with luftwaffe blue
uniforms. Previously I had just used V Vallejo german wwII luftwaffe
Blue and then with the results the models were darker than they
needed to be. The second new thing was painting wood Using ome
methods from the Heresy Blog again. There is probable something
ironic about going into the forest looking for interesting bits of
woods only to come home spray the bits of wood grey then spend the
rest of the day trying to make them look like wood again.
Painting woods method:
Go to forest and find
interesting tree roots
Clean and prune the
roots to fit a FOW base..
Stick the root to the
Base with woof filler ( In hindsight it might be best to drill the
base of the tree and pin it as well)
Prime plastcote grey
Base coat with V
Chocolate Brown or V German camo medium brown
Dry brush with V German
wwIIBeige camo
I am styill un decided
about driling the tops of the trees and adding branches with foligae
it would definitly add to visual impact of the model.
Third units finished
is some 250/1 halftracks for an SS recon platoon for the Ardenne
offensive.
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