Simply start with boots , gear etc.. to give them some colours as you see fit from your research:
Donnerstag, 22. November 2012
Flames of War - (Painting) - Russians and SS-Mortar Platoon (Part 3) achiving Great Standard
To achive a greater standard then the gaming one take a look at the uniforms provided like in Osprey books or similar.
Simply start with boots , gear etc.. to give them some colours as you see fit from your research:
Simply start with boots , gear etc.. to give them some colours as you see fit from your research:
Montag, 19. November 2012
Flames of War - (Painting) - Russians and SS-Mortar Platoon (Part 2) achiving Game Standard
Finally the next step.
Everything dried over night and so it is time to go ahead and put along some washes on the miniatures and the gun.
Afterwards I let them dry a couple of hours and then go ahead with the same colours used in the first instance. This time I put some white into them and left out the water.
I then drybrush over the areas which are easy to access and leave the others as they are. This gives them some depth.
Last part is to use my favourite colour for flesh, paint the weapons with gunmetal grey and tadaaaaaa we are finished with the models on a gaming standard.
If you want them more to have a look at and not for playing.. or simply are as stubborn as I am .. then you should go ahead for some more details including the gear.
Everything dried over night and so it is time to go ahead and put along some washes on the miniatures and the gun.
Afterwards I let them dry a couple of hours and then go ahead with the same colours used in the first instance. This time I put some white into them and left out the water.
I then drybrush over the areas which are easy to access and leave the others as they are. This gives them some depth.
Last part is to use my favourite colour for flesh, paint the weapons with gunmetal grey and tadaaaaaa we are finished with the models on a gaming standard.
If you want them more to have a look at and not for playing.. or simply are as stubborn as I am .. then you should go ahead for some more details including the gear.
Sonntag, 18. November 2012
Flames of War - (Painting) - Russians and SS-Mortar Platoon (Part 1)
After yesterdays posting about my new guns it is time to come along with the painting stuff.
For that reason I took the
Russian Battalion HQ
Russian Company HQ
85mm obr 1939 gun (late)
as well as for the german side SS-Mortar Platoon
During the night everything dried and it is time to take some watered down Vallejo Kaki to give the russian guys some sort of basecoat with it. As Kaki will be the most common used paint here for the uniform this was the easiest way to achive.
The gun on the 85mm obr 1939 got a simple green by Citadel GW colors.
For the germans it is the simple grey of the uniform mixed a bit with a dark green. Both colours mixed and also watered down.
For that reason I took the
Russian Battalion HQ
Russian Company HQ
85mm obr 1939 gun (late)
as well as for the german side SS-Mortar Platoon
During the night everything dried and it is time to take some watered down Vallejo Kaki to give the russian guys some sort of basecoat with it. As Kaki will be the most common used paint here for the uniform this was the easiest way to achive.
The gun on the 85mm obr 1939 got a simple green by Citadel GW colors.
For the germans it is the simple grey of the uniform mixed a bit with a dark green. Both colours mixed and also watered down.
Flames of War - (Miniatures) - New guns for the masses
After my break for one week in Germany it is finally time to present my new ammo for my troops.
As this months topic is still about painting (yes I did not forget about that) it is time to do so on more figures instead of tanks and more theoretical painting topics.
What did I bring along ?
First of all we have the outstanding :
As this months topic is still about painting (yes I did not forget about that) it is time to do so on more figures instead of tanks and more theoretical painting topics.
What did I bring along ?
First of all we have the outstanding :
Tank Destroyer Security Section (2x M20 Utility Cars + Jeep) US3
Directly followed up by :SS-Mortar Platoon (6 Mortars) [GE815]
And some new deployed Russians including:
85mm obr 1939 gun (late) [SU543]
Battalion HQ (SU700)
Company HQ (SU701)
If you do not know how they look like see the already base glued miniatures here:
Samstag, 17. November 2012
Flames of War - Painting Guide - German SS
After the early wars I guess it is time to go to the most infamous army part of germanys army in WW2.
There are a couple of examples in all kinda books on how to present these as miniatures. I still recommend the sets by Flames of War for painting:
There are a couple of examples in all kinda books on how to present these as miniatures. I still recommend the sets by Flames of War for painting:
Donnerstag, 15. November 2012
Flames of War - Painting Guide - German Infantry (early war)
Sometimes I really like the battlefront webpage. Especially when they provide the useful stuff for you.
The Flames of War website provides at current state plenty of opportunities to find the correct painting guide for your army as well as the colours used.
I think it is quite important and makes your job easier if you really think about buying the boxes for each of your troops... like all colours for the germans, british and so on. At least you will get quite some colours and on the other hand have the correct colours at hand if that is important to you instead of some substitude colours (which also may suite you). Here we have the painting guide for German Infantry (Early war):
The Flames of War website provides at current state plenty of opportunities to find the correct painting guide for your army as well as the colours used.
I think it is quite important and makes your job easier if you really think about buying the boxes for each of your troops... like all colours for the germans, british and so on. At least you will get quite some colours and on the other hand have the correct colours at hand if that is important to you instead of some substitude colours (which also may suite you). Here we have the painting guide for German Infantry (Early war):
Montag, 12. November 2012
Flames of War - (Tutorial) - FlakNest aka "Bunkergate 7" (Part 3)
Hi all !
We are nearing the end of this tutorial. After all glue and filler finally dried it is time for the basecoat. Please note that spray basecoat or primer doesnt work on styrodur. It will burn and dissolve it and so never ever get the idea on doing so... except you like some strange looking outcomings.
With that it is time for some acrylic black paint as a basecoat. Thank god, there was that special offer at our local "Arts and Hobby" shop with 3 colors for 10 Euros which actually is quite cheap. Considering that it is a colour by a company called "Winsor & Newton" and that you get 60ml per tube. Nice.
As you also could see I glued in some real stones so real paintbrushing also is excluded and also would not fill the glued upper parts of the FlaKNest/Bunker.
What you need to do here is just make a dipping with your brush. Means you take up the colour with it and then dip it on the places till everything is coloured. That takes a while but gives a good coverage and not some smears around.
Tomorrow we will be going to paint the rest and do some other works on that.
Happy building
We are nearing the end of this tutorial. After all glue and filler finally dried it is time for the basecoat. Please note that spray basecoat or primer doesnt work on styrodur. It will burn and dissolve it and so never ever get the idea on doing so... except you like some strange looking outcomings.
With that it is time for some acrylic black paint as a basecoat. Thank god, there was that special offer at our local "Arts and Hobby" shop with 3 colors for 10 Euros which actually is quite cheap. Considering that it is a colour by a company called "Winsor & Newton" and that you get 60ml per tube. Nice.
As you also could see I glued in some real stones so real paintbrushing also is excluded and also would not fill the glued upper parts of the FlaKNest/Bunker.
What you need to do here is just make a dipping with your brush. Means you take up the colour with it and then dip it on the places till everything is coloured. That takes a while but gives a good coverage and not some smears around.
Tomorrow we will be going to paint the rest and do some other works on that.
Happy building
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