Buck
Barrage was a great success, but on Sunday I was pretty tired and couldn’t really get motivated to do any of the other stuff I needed to get done, so like any good war gamer, I painted.
I have already painted one platoon of Pig Iron figures. I really like them. I bought an enemy platoon. They have been assembled, filed, primed, based, and awaiting paint for some months. I figured they would be quick and easy to paint, since I didn’t plan to paint them in any elaborate camouflage patterns, just territorial beige.
I organized my platoon into three rifle squads a heavy weapon squad, and a couple of extra teams.
from Buck’s Blog http://bucksurdu.com/blog/?p=7313
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The beige works well – which type?
It’s called territorial beige from Apple Barrel. The craft stores don’t seem to carry it reliably. Since it is my go-to color for a lot of things (e.g., American uniforms in WWII, khaki for British colonial troops), I often order it directly from the company. Those figures were primed black, then received a heavy dry brush of dark brown, and a final dry brush of territorial beige. Once that dried, I was able to paint the details of the visors, little lights, and weapons.
Of course I could always use one of the PollyS paints you gave me!
Like these figures! I wouldn’t want to mess with that sniper!
Very nice,
John