Thursday 6 December 2012

Some Indian Infantrymen finished

Tomorrow evening we'll have another game of 20mm Bolt Action. The game will be set in North Africa around 1942 and the DAK will have to fight against some of Monty's Desert Rats. While a fellow provided most of the miniatures I have to bring in some makeshifts to complete the British.

Therefore I painted some Indish infantry rather quickly. Those boys will man a 6pdr Anti-Tank Gun which will teach the Germans what fear is:
I really like those guys since it was my very first attempt to paint dark skin.
The miniatures are from good old Britannia and I ordered them years ago. I used the following colours to paint the boys:
  • Vallejo Model Colour (VMC) "Dark Sand" for the uniforms
  • VMC "Leather Brown" for the skin
  • VMC "Leather Brown" + Citadel "Elf Flesh" for the skin highlights (two steps)
  • VMC "British Uniform" for the socks
  • VMC "German Camouflage Beige" for the webbing
  • Vallejo Game Colour "Black" for the shoes
Between the basic coats of paint and the highlights I used my good old friend Armypainter Quickshade (Dark Tone) once more.

Well then... I'm prepared for tomorrow evening and will keep my fingers crossed that the luck of battle will be with us rather than with the Germans...

15 comments:

  1. These are superb Stefan, great job.

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  2. They look great Monty!

    When the Perry's release their DAK and 8th Army plastics I might just have to finally get back into WWII with Bolt Action. :-)

    Until then I'm safe and so are my Prussians...

    By the way, I finally accepted the Liebster Award on my blog and have some kind words for you and yours.

    http://derfeldmarschall.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-major-award-i-won-it.html

    Cheers,
    Jason

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    1. Hi Jason,

      thanks for the kind commend.

      In 28mm the coming Perry plastics could tempt me. Both DAK and 8th Army greens are looking really good so far.

      I'm glad you accepted the award and thank for mentioning my blog on yours.

      Cheers
      Monty

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  3. Looking good Monty...
    Remember to bring a camera, hope to see som pictures.

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  4. They look like fearsome fellows! Very well painted and displayed, I hope they survive the game. Like Engel said, please take some pictures!

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  5. Great work Monty! I really like these.

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  6. Monty

    Those are fine looking chaps.

    Peter

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    1. Thanks Fran!

      I hope they'll impress my opponents as well. ;-)

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  8. Thanks for all your kind comments. I packed the camera already and I hope to get some good shots of the following game.

    Cheers
    Monty

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    1. Those guys have come out very nice. Hope they do well for you

      Ian

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  9. Fantastic looking figures!
    Phil.

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  10. Great stuff, don't see enough of this sort of variety:)

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  11. 20mm just rocks! Very cool miniatures!

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