Tuesday, 24 February 2015

490 - Bolt Action Infantry Progress - Bit-by-Bit (W-i-P)

I've been forcing myself to paint again...

 It may not look much, but these first six men (2Lt and one fire team) are almost done. By 'almost' I mean what's missing includes this:

  • Some facial detail (and hair - I hate hair. That's why they're all wearing their lids),
  • Rank insignia,
  • Helmet camo for those requiring it,
  • Maybe a bit of drybrushing on the khaki, and 
  • A metric tonne of inky wash, which I've no doubt will make a substantial improvement.
My photography is as unflattering as ever, but here they are (NB: the rest of 1 Section are almost up to this point too:

They even sport enamel mugs in a subtle range of colours...

Cheers,

- D.
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13 comments:

  1. Cameron24 February 2015 at 01:39

    Hair. I hate painting hair. I can't ever get it to look quite right. Badges are looking good!

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    1. Admiral Drax24 February 2015 at 06:58

      The only hair colour I can get right is ginger, so stand by for the Weasley family tribute platoon!

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    2. Cameron24 February 2015 at 08:30

      Haha. Me too! Easy to highlight with an orangey brown. I'm not really sure what else to do or how to do it... Grey is easy but not very WW2. Black looks weird.

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    3. Admiral Drax24 February 2015 at 18:45

      Black always make them look like the bastard love-child of a US TV news anchor and a lego man.

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  2. Spiderweb of History24 February 2015 at 03:38

    Looking good man! I also am liking the badges, my personal hate when painting is skin...I suck at it.

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    1. Admiral Drax24 February 2015 at 07:01

      Why, thank you!

      Experience with 40K tells me that this base colour + shady wash will look just fine, but yeah - they just look ill pre-wash!

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  3. SinSynn24 February 2015 at 07:59

    Yep- a lil' wash and then you send 'em out to go get Jerry!
    :D

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  4. Dai24 February 2015 at 18:22

    Needs rank patches and regiment name patches arching over the unit patch too. ;)

    So far, so good mate.

    For me - eyes are the worst.... ~_~

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    1. Admiral Drax24 February 2015 at 18:43

      I *did* note that rank was needed, y'know(!) and rather pleasingly there's a Belgian group of re-enactors who recreate 4KSLI (amongst others), so I've found out that the regimental patch wi be just a tiny splodge of red.

      This was interesting too...:

      http://www.pattern37.be/Eng/Portrayals/KSLI/KSLI.html

      I must say, I'm daunted by the prospect of using decals for all the bloody chevrons, so I rather suspect I'll paint them on too.

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    2. Admiral Drax24 February 2015 at 19:03

      ...Just did a bit more digging to work out some of the other badges too.

      Bugger.

      This is exactly why I've always avoided 28mm historical!

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  5. Zzzzzz24 February 2015 at 20:39

    Decals. Man up and have a go, You can always paint over the ones that don't flake off.

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