As part of the preparation for the Pendrakon Battleground Middlesbrough Wargames Show, I had to practice my late-war German three tone camouflage painting scheme, The idea was to use Pendrakon 10mm miniatures for the Wargames Development (WD) "A Bridge Too Far" participation game, In 20mm previously I had used Tamiya colours (Sand, Matt Earth and Deep Green/Olive Drab, highlighted up with Yellow and White) but for smaller scales the Vallejo paints are a better mix. The Flames of War (FoW) painting guide gives a very good Vallejo recipe (see below, "Issue Two" was the "German" edition - with lots of Panzer (and other things German) painting guides):
Shade:
Y: Green Brown (879)
B: Flat Brown (894)
G: Luftwaffe Camo Green (823)
Base:
Y: Middlestone (882)
B: Chocolate Brown (872)
G: Reflective Green (890)
Highlight:
Y: Buff (876)
B: Beige Brown (875)
G: Russian Uniform Green (924)
Track:
German Primer undercoat Cavalry Brown (987)
Brown Wash
Gunmetal (863) Dry Brush
Black Wash
Final Gunmetal (863) Highlight
Washes:
Watered down Black and Brown Vallejo "Dipping Washes" (the big vat ones)
For my first subject matter "test case" I chose 1/200 Skytrex Action 200 WWII German AFV miniatures (see below, two Stug IIIG, nasty when coupled with close support Panzer Grenadiers. I was pleased with the result but wanted some more experimentation before I jumped up to 10mm):
For my second subject matter "test case" again I chose 1/200 Skytrex Action 200 WWII German AFV miniatures (I have had them around for ages from a hobby lot on eBay and I have been meaning to repaint them for absolutely ages - no better time than now). In fact these were used in the WD "A Bridge Too Far" participation game I attended at Partizan, Newark (Second Partizan in the vernacular I think) earlier this year (see below, a Panther [with added foliage] and a Pz IVH, looking for Shermans, or anything with a White Star on it for that matter):
I always thought the Skytrex 1/200 Action 200 AFVs were nice kits, I was less taken with their infantry. I have both bit I prefer to use their early war 1/200 AFV models freely with Pendrakons "slightly larger" 10mm infantry figures, but I think it works really well for Spearhead and Command Decision games. I use this combination for my France 1940, Russian 1941-42 [while German things were painted grey] collections, however for my new Western Desert [British, Commonwealth, Italian and DAK] I am going full in for 10mm (Pendrakon and Miniature Figurines being my figure sources). I have not quite decided for late war, originally it was going to be 10mm kits in 1943-45 in Europe and the East. Quite unexpectedly though, I acquired two battalions (one Sherman and one Cromwell) worth 1/200 1944 British Armour and a 1944 Panzer Division's worth of German Armour (Panthers, Pz IVHs, Stug IIIs, Half Track 251s, Tigers, King Tigers and various assault guns). Dilemma [multi-scale hell], but in my heart I know I will do what I usually do and collect both, so late war Eastern Front beckons 10mm methinks. Which means I will have to double up on German 10mm late war kits (see below, I like the way the camouflage blends into the terrain board):
Practice run complete and I jump up in scale to the 10mm Pendrakon AFVs (see below, a 10mm Stug IIIG; nice, it naturally takes more time but it is very satisfying and the metal pieces go together really well - nice casting!):
When the painting is done there comes the tactical markings and/or national insignia, decal or free hand paint? I decided to give the free hand a go, with the aid of a secret weapon! A Posca Art Paint Pen I had picked up ages ago, in a back to school sale (see below, sadly I discovered the pen nibs were too large for meaningful detail work but I could get a blob that looked like the outer white cross, so I could then fill in black and touch up round the edges (see below, the finished product, which I am quite proud of):
Altogether a satisfying project. I intend to finish
For my second subject matter "test case" again I chose 1/200 Skytrex Action 200 WWII German AFV miniatures (I have had them around for ages from a hobby lot on eBay and I have been meaning to repaint them for absolutely ages - no better time than now). In fact these were used in the WD "A Bridge Too Far" participation game I attended at Partizan, Newark (Second Partizan in the vernacular I think) earlier this year (see below, a Panther [with added foliage] and a Pz IVH, looking for Shermans, or anything with a White Star on it for that matter):
I always thought the Skytrex 1/200 Action 200 AFVs were nice kits, I was less taken with their infantry. I have both bit I prefer to use their early war 1/200 AFV models freely with Pendrakons "slightly larger" 10mm infantry figures, but I think it works really well for Spearhead and Command Decision games. I use this combination for my France 1940, Russian 1941-42 [while German things were painted grey] collections, however for my new Western Desert [British, Commonwealth, Italian and DAK] I am going full in for 10mm (Pendrakon and Miniature Figurines being my figure sources). I have not quite decided for late war, originally it was going to be 10mm kits in 1943-45 in Europe and the East. Quite unexpectedly though, I acquired two battalions (one Sherman and one Cromwell) worth 1/200 1944 British Armour and a 1944 Panzer Division's worth of German Armour (Panthers, Pz IVHs, Stug IIIs, Half Track 251s, Tigers, King Tigers and various assault guns). Dilemma [multi-scale hell], but in my heart I know I will do what I usually do and collect both, so late war Eastern Front beckons 10mm methinks. Which means I will have to double up on German 10mm late war kits (see below, I like the way the camouflage blends into the terrain board):
Practice run complete and I jump up in scale to the 10mm Pendrakon AFVs (see below, a 10mm Stug IIIG; nice, it naturally takes more time but it is very satisfying and the metal pieces go together really well - nice casting!):
When the painting is done there comes the tactical markings and/or national insignia, decal or free hand paint? I decided to give the free hand a go, with the aid of a secret weapon! A Posca Art Paint Pen I had picked up ages ago, in a back to school sale (see below, sadly I discovered the pen nibs were too large for meaningful detail work but I could get a blob that looked like the outer white cross, so I could then fill in black and touch up round the edges (see below, the finished product, which I am quite proud of):
Altogether a satisfying project. I intend to finish
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