Testing out some alternative painting techniques

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Trying out an old technique, but a new one for me, at least one I haven’t done since the early 2000s, pretty simple really, just rattle canning the base coat, I’ve had an airbrush for a long time and usually airbrush my base coats, but I felt like trying something new, here I’ve used Tamiya dark yellow, German grey and olive drab, I undercoated black (rattlecan) let dry, then applied the base coat. They turned out OK, and will be a good start for working on. 

I tested a Hungarian car with the olive drab, but wasn’t happy with the colour, so I masked of some camo and over sprayed in dark yellow, hadn’t planned on using this style so didn’t buy a brown for a 3 tone camo, so this guy will stay green/yellow, it turned out OK, so I’ll be grabbing a brown for 3 tone later, it will go to my Luftwaffe troops maybe, I’ll try some different greens for the Hungarian base coat. 

I’ll use this technique maybe every 3rd batch just to change it up a bit.

I was expecting the German grey to be a bit darker, but was pleasantly surprised to see they came out lighter than expected which will be easier for me to work with, I like some variation in shades and tones so will use filters to achieve that. 

Finishing some shelf queens

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These vehicles have sat in my cabinet without crews or flocked bases, so pulled them out and finished them of, I’ll need to paint up some crew figs for the armoured cars, but they now back in the cabinet feeling finished (although, I need to paint some yellow numbers on the Pz IVs) 

WIP Ambo and MC recon unit

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These are not finished, I still need to paint some details on the stretcher team, some insignia on the medics and casualties, I also need to make crew for the Pz I ATG and SPG.

The 2 Pz I variants and MC recon troops will go to my France to Stalingrad early/mid war Germans. 

The eagle eyed would notice the Ambo is a Luftwaffe vehicle, hence the field blue uniforms, this vehicle is going to go to my Luftwaffe field division force, I’ve also made the SS stretcher team which will go to my KG Danl force, I actually have a few other ambulances to make, every force I’m doing will end up with and ambo and casualty set. 

The MC recon force will end up with dismounted troops, and some supporting elements, HMG and mortar teams.