British Army painting with "Army Painter" - Part 4 - Finished !

Here's are the quick shaded British!
They're might not win a painting competition but the ratio between time and result is really fine I think. The shiny look is unattractive but they wrote that in the instruction of Army Painter Quickshade and I wanted to cover the with matt varnish anyway so I that doesn't trouble me.

The next evening I did the finishing touches and put some highlights on the edges of the helmet etc. Additionally I painted the hessian tape and I hated it.
After varnishing the figures with matt varnish I finished the bases. I used some sand, pebbles and static gras.

Here is the whole gang:

And some close-ups of some of the guys:

The result is fine I think. The Quickshade's effect is far better than everything I got with other inks and washes. 25 EUR ($ 30) is much for a can of paint. But since it should be enough for several infantry regiments it seems rather fair.
Don't forget, that usual ink comes in much smaller bottles. For example: Vallejo Inks are about 2.50 EUR ($ 3) for 17ml. The Quickshade can holds 250ml. In Vallejo bottles that's about 15 bottles which approximates 37,50 EUR ($ 45).

British Army painting with "Army Painter" - Part 3

Meanwhile I have painted the other colours. Especially Vallejo Russian Uniform on the helmets, Vallejo German Dark Beige for the webbing and a mixture of Citadel Tallarn Flesh and Citadel Elf Flesh. Water bottles and rifles were painted in Vallejo Saddle Brown. I tried to keep the colours a bit brighter than usual because I was afraid that the Quickshade might darken it.

The result is acceptable although I was surprised how long it took to paint those ten guys. Three evenings (about ten hours) !
I've known that I never was a speed painter, but I really expected to be a bit faster.

Yesterday evening I finally inked the miniatures. Now they are still drying (takes 24 hrs.). I'll make some photos this evening and post them tomorrow or Sunday.

British Army painting with "Army Painter" - Part 2

Step 2:
Thank god the British wore throusers and jackets of the same colour. That gave me the chance to apply Vallejo British Uniform by airbrush. In less than half an hour the ten soldiers coated and the airbrush was cleaned. Next time I'll use more slender handles. These are nice to grip but too large to spray from below to get the downside of the figures covered.

Next I let the miniatures dry and started to paint the other colours the very next evening.

British Army painting with "Army Painter" - Part 1

A very busy week is winding me. Lot's of work to do at the office, a daughter that starts to parrot everything, especially words she shouldn't learn as the four-letter-word my wife dropped accidently this afternoon. Viktoria loved it. Additionally there are about two dozen British soldiers to be painted until the Saturday after next because my first game in 2012 is on the horizon and I need some more infantry urgently.

Since I read some good feedback about Army Painter Quickshade being used for Flames of War miniatures I decided to give it a try.
I will paint my brave British Tommies with Vallejo Model Colours and try the dark toned dipping stuff on the afterwards. Unfortunately the dip is pretty expensive but if it saves time it might prove priceless for me...
;-)

Step 1:
First I deflashed the miniatures and cleaned them with some dish liquid and warm water. Afterwards I glued them onto coins as bases with UHU Plus Schnellfest an epoxy-based two-adhesive glue (Great stuff! Too messy for tiny parts but uncredibly strong!). When the glue hardened completely I base coated the figures with a white spray from an unknown manufacturer.
Deflashing took a while but cleaning, gluing and base coating the miniatures didn't last longer than 10 minutes (plus drying and harding).

Since I already finished Step 2 I'll keep this topic updated soon. But for now that is enough since yesterday just turned into today which is a clear sign to go to bed for me. The alarm will sound at 05.30a.m. without any mercy...

More Krauts finished / Mehr Wehrmacht (2)

Finally I got the next wave of Wehrmacht-soldiers finished. I varnished them yesterday evening and put static grass and some sand onto the bases this afernoon.
Again I'm rather satisfied but after a closer look on the pictures the collars and the epaulettes look too empty. I might try to put a bit more work on them when I start the next squad. But now some older minis of British Infantry wait to be re-based. I might need them for playing in two weeks...

For the pictures I improved the lightening and I' m rather satisfied with the result. Nonetheless I'll buy a second lamp soon...

A soldier with Panzerfaust, the Unteroffizier with MP-40 and a Rifleman.

The MG-34 team marching...

And another MG-34 team firing. Looking at the pictures I realized that I forgot to paint the cartridge belt...