This is sort of what I was aiming for.
And this is how I did. I'm not sure about the pattern on the Dennison smock. Perhaps smaller patches of colour?
A view from the rear - only another fifty or so to go. The smock looks a bit stark - perhaps a wash or something to blend the colours together.
Splendid! Looks like you have all the right colours in the mix, I like the idea od a wash to tie things together and then a light dry brush perhaps?
ReplyDeleteI tend to not dry brush 1/72 figures as I find the effort is often lost at that scale. But I'll give the wash a try.
DeleteI would say mix a little of the base smock colour into both your brown and green pattern shades, to mellow them both to a more complimentary faded shade, then tie it all together with a thinned wash of strongtone or similar glaze. Jobs a guddun!
ReplyDeleteThanks AKI. I don't want to spend too much time on them - but there's the germ of an idea there.
DeleteThat's probably a bit beyond me stu, but we'll see how I get on.
ReplyDeleteI think he looks great the way he is. When viewed at playing distance the cammo will look less stark - a wash might hide the pattern too much. I once painted 100 or so of these for an Arnhem game (I was playing the Poles) and my style was very similar to yours - they looked pretty good once on the table!
ReplyDeleteConrad, I think that paint job works very well, I've been wanting to paint some Red Devils for decades. Good job.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
JB
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My thought is that a wash will tie it all together.
ReplyDeleteIf anything, what's missing is the "bad" brushstroke part of the pattern as seen here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Montgomery_E010786478-v8.jpg
ReplyDeleteMost obvious just at the lower edge of the left-shoulder patch. A wash of one of the GW darker offerings will tie it together nicely too.
Have a look at the blog of my friend Koen. He has done a lot (200+) 20mm Paras over the last year and has it down to an industry.
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