Photo tutorial: painting a Vietminh regular

I have just finished another small tutorial on how to paint a Vietminh regular for the period 1953-54.

The acrylic paints come from the Game Workshop (GW) and Vallejo range (VA).

First step

The undercoat

A first departure here from our usual painting habits, no Black undercoat. In place of it I have chosenVA Mahogany Brown but any rich red/brown color will do. Why this change in undercoating ? Two reasons mainly: to try to give me a better visibility for the details of the figures (necessary also because my eyes are not the same as a few years ago) and to try to give a more rich and subtle shading of the figures.

2nd step

The flesh undercoating

Again a departure from our usual painting habits, the flesh undercoating is here made with VA Camo Orange Ochre to try to give a more yellow olive base to the flesh parts. Note that the difference for the brown undercoating with the previous photo is due to my poor proficiency with lightning and photo taking :-/

3rd Step

The base colours

GW Loren Forest here for the pants and the helmet and GW Caledor Sky for the winter vest. But on other figures I make variations with GW Death World Forest and GW Boneblade Brown for example.

4th Step

The webbing, straps, weapon stock, etc

5th Step

First highlights

The helmet, trousers,webbing and straps are highlighted with their base colors. The weapon stock is highlighted very lightly with VA Light Brown and the winter vest with GW Temple Guard Blue. The skin with GW Cadian Fleshtone.

6th Step

Second highlights and basing

Second highlight for the winter vest with VA Deep Sky Blue and for the skin with VA Light Brown.

Some variations

Hope you like them ;-) Soon some more « professional » painting with Andy.

Bush hats and Bigeard caps by Andy

While we are still waiting for our first Vietminh (pleeeaaaase Mister Hicks it’s nearly Christmas ;)) ), here some more nice painting by Andy, this time some figures in bush hats and Bigeard caps.

If I found the time, I will also try to post a review of the Paris exposition about Indochina that I have had the chance too see a few weeks ago...

Photo tutorial: painting the US Marine Corps paratroopers jump smock and the French colonial paratroopers jump trousers

I just finished another small tutorial on how to paint the US Marine Corps paratroopers jump smock and the French colonial paratroopers jump trousers.

The acrylic paints come mostly from the Game Workshop range with some Vallejo one.

First step

The base colours

GW Ogryn Camo for the vest and Loren Forest for the trousers

2nd Step

The webbing, straps, etc (see previous tutorials)

3nd Step

Green camo spots

GW Loren Forest

4th Step

Brown camo spots

GW Gorthor Brown

5th Step

Brown Wash

GW Agrax Earth shade

6th Step

Highlight

with some of the base colors

Base done

Nice and easy ;-)

Photo tutorial: painting the British windproof vest and trousers

I have just finished a small tutorial, Andy's style, on how to paint the famous British windproof (BW) vest and trousers.
Not as nice as Andy's original tutorial, but I hope you like it.

The acrylic paints come mostly from the Game Workshop range with some Vallejo one.

We will only detail here the painting for the BW namely the trousers of the first figure, and the vest and trousers ensemble for the second one.

First step

The base colours

GW Karak Stone

2nd Step

The webbing, straps, etc

some variations here as I use alternatively GW Tallarn Sand or a more yellowish Vallejo Desert Yellow

3nd Step

Green camo spots

GW Loren Forest

4th Step

Brown camo spots

Vallejo Mahogany Brown

5th Step

Brown Wash

GW Agrax Earthshade

Base done

Finished and like Andy say "embarrassingly easy, but I like it this way" ;-)

Photo tutorial to painting TAP47-52 uniform

Thanks to the talented Andy, we can give you here a small but very effective tutorial on how to paint the TAP57-52 paratroopers uniform.

Andy has chosen acrylic paints from the Game Workshop range.

First step

The base colours

Ratskin Flesh

Death World Forrest

Ogryn Camo

Mournfang Brown

2nd step

Tallarn Sand (webbing/ straps etc)
Leadbelcher

3rd step

Green camo stripes:
Loren Forrest

Brown camo stripes:
Gorthor Brown

4th step

Brown wash with Agrax Earthshade(uniform/ skin/ helmet)

Black Wash with Nuln Oil (rifle/ metal parts/ boots)

5th step Highlights

Skin
Cadian Fleshtone

Webbing/ equipment/ helmet

highlighted in their base colours again

Camo pattern highlighted with Ogryn Camo.

Careful, don't get carried away, it's camouflage after all ;-)

Final highlight skin with Kislev Flesh

Base done

Finished :-)

Embarrassingly easy. But I like it this way....!

Cheers

Andy

Uniforms for our first batch of figures

(DBP001-002-003-004-005)