German Battlegroup Cont...

Hello there,

The progress so far...

As i mentioned earlier here is a shot of my misrable excuse for man space.

Basically whatever space on the kitchen table that i can grab alonside my painting buddy that is my 2 year old daughter and her box of soldiers that she paints with her dad:

I used to have a wonderful wooden shed large enogh to house an 8ft x 4ft table and a painting area, however i now live in a tiny shoe box house supplied courtesy of the MOD and my beautiful wooden man haven will have to wait until my posting is over. Until then its the kitchen table and the rigmorole of setting up and packing away everytime.

So to the job in hand....

the image above shows the remaining German vehicles with the camouflage scheme applied prior to adding details and highlighting. I havent really gone for a researched and "accurate" camouflage but rather stuck with a standard scheme of Vallejo Green Ochre for the base coat with random swatches of Vallejo Reflective Green and Beige Brown for the camouflage pattern prior to a drybrush of lightened basecoat to soften the colours. I personally find the result quite pleasing and as a uniform standard for the Battlegroup.

Along with the vehicles i also got onto the infantry groups. These were treated in the same fashion as above, this time the base coat was Vallejo German Field Grey highlighted with Vallejo green grey prior to detailing. Whilst these were drying it was time for a well earned coffee in my easter egg mug as i got to work on preparing the bases.

The bases are all made from a sheet of Plasticard and cut into the various unit sizes as per the BKC reccomendations. Prior to cutting i always score the sheet so to allow for a decent surface for the figures and basing material to adhere to. Once the figures were dry and all the detailing had been done i fix the miniatures to the bases with standard PVA glue and once again allow to dry prior to adding the basing mix.

Apologies if the images are not quite up to standard but it was a bit dark today and i did'nt take them in the usual place. Before i leave i will post an image of my daughters efforts from today and an interesting camouflage scheme for these Paratroopers dont you think? Not bad for a 2 year old, my future gaming partner!!!!!!

Next will be the basing and final toutches.

Thanks for looking

AL.