During some quiet evenings I have been painting my two sitting conscripts. They are now ready to take their place among the army personel stationed at the barracks near Nystrup.
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| Three soldiers enjoying a relaxing chat in front of their CMP. The CMP is the old and cheap Italeri kit rebuilt with a generator unit. Newer and more detailed 1:35 CMP-kits have been released since I built my model. |
The figures are painted in my usual fashion which I consider a sensible compromise between the ultra realistic (and time consuming) and a simple swipe with the brush. I have neither the talent nor the patience for ultra realism and I have never considered just slapping paint on figures costing a small fortune. I'm investing a few hours per
figure and although it's limited what results that brings, I'm happy to live with that. Basically I start with
putting all the main colours on the figure after I have primed it -
usually in black primer. I use Vallejo acrylics. Once the major colours are on (the main
pieces of clothing and skin), I paint shadows and highlights with
darkened/lightened versions of the main colours. A fold in a pair of
trousers gets the dark mix in the recess and the light mix on the top of
the fold. I try to keep the tonal difference limited, but it's easy to
overdo. On hands I highlight knuckles and on the face
nose, forehead, cheeks and chin. Usually I don't paint eyes. Instead I
flow thinned brown oil paint into recesses in the face - eg around the
eyes. When all is dry I wash skin areas in a very thin mix of
rust oil paint and terpentine. That blends the skin colours together. I
paint details when all other things are done - shoes, hats, ties atc.
Sometimes I add a little weathering on shoes and on work clothing.
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| Their mate gone, the two sitting soldiers continue debating if the regiment's cooks can serve a decent hot meal in the evening. They will continue for as long as allowed. |
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