28mm Empress M-ATV finished

M-ATV finished, light weathering, off to its new user! Dougie

28mm Empress M-ATV Part 1

I'm painting this for a gaming buddy and its the first Empress vehicle I've tried and I have to say I'm impressed, very clean resin castings. I've avoided putting extra details on because it can be quite difficult to stop and the kit's quite nicely detailed anyway. I've followed my usual procedures and I've tried to photograph the various stages below. Dougie

The kit assembled into the basic components prior to priming.

 After priming, I used the excellent AK Interactive OEF/OIF paint set through the Iwata airbrush.

 I use a colour modulation system, first with a darker base coat then the AK colour and finally a lighter colour on the highlights.

 Difficult to see on the photos but you can see it better on the turret.

 A brown filter applied, then a pin wash.

 Some very light chipping, I didn't want a heavily worn look.

 Some light streaking grime added and the details painted in.

 Again a light weathering to the wheels and tyres

Not much to do to get it finished, a couple of whip aerials to add and assembly. Insignia hasn't been added the owner's going to do that himself should he feel the need.

3PARA fireteam number 4

Getting there, now have a Pl HQ and 4 fireteams, so an understrength platoon. Dougie

20mm Falklands Brits by Liberation

A couple of figures from 2 new packs of Falklands Brits by Liberation. Once again Rolf has produced some nice figures, his range is now getting quite extensive. Dougie

More 20mm Falklands stuff

Recently received a nice package from Rolf Hedges at Liberation Miniatures with some of his latest 20mm Falklands stuff in. This included Argentine GPMG teams, prone and SF versions, and 2 further packs of Argentines, 1 with googles on helmets and 1 with the pile lined field cap to add a bit variety. British wise was a pack each of intantry, 1 with berets and 1 with cap comforter. Again to add variety to the units. Looking forward to painting up some samples! All Rolf needs to do Argentine wise now is a .50cal team and the Longdon scenarios are looking good !
Dougie

3PARA fireteam number 3

Its taking time but here's my third fireteam. Dougie

28mm MultiCam

Well here’s how I paint MultiCam in 28mm. At each stage I’ve included front and back views of the figure.

These are the paints I have used...
VMC Medium Grey 987
VMC Buff 976
VMC English Uniform 921
VMC Golden Olive 857
VMC USA Uniform 922
VMC SS Cam Blk Brown 822
VMC Ivory 918
and finally Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink Sepia 251.

It’s an 8 stage process so here goes!

Stage 1 is to paint the whole uniform, body armour and webbing/load carrying equipment in VMC Medium Grey 987. Leave a small amount of black showing at the clothing joins.

Stage 2 is to highlight this colour with VMC Buff 976 as below.

Stage 3 is to lay on the first camo colour, VMC English Uniform 921 in a horizontal pattern, as below

Stage 4 we add VMC Golden Olive 857, again in a horizontal pattern as below

Stage 5 we add smaller areas of VMC USA Uniform 922, as below

Stage 6 we add flecks/swirls of VMC SS Cam Blk Brown 822, as below

Stage 7 is to add flecks/swirls of VMC Ivory 918, as below

Stage 8 is the last stage in my MultiCam method, we use Daler Rowney Acrylic Artists Ink Sepia 251 and a fine brush to line out and edge all joins and uniform seams, as below

It is a bit time comsuming but I’m quite pleased with the result.
Dougie