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<\/a><\/p>\n…now I turn my attention to the Germans. After the usual clean up and hot glue to craft sticks they are ready to go. They are new ‘re-sculpted’ Peter Pig Germans. I haven’t seen the originals so cannot compare. When comparing to the BEF I would say that they are a little finer – the facial details are certainly finer.<\/p>\n
The BEF had taken me longer than I really wanted, it been over 2 weeks (although I have been distracted). For the Germans my original plan was to undercoat white and gloopy wash grey and then varnish \u2018stain\u2019, in a similar way to the BEF. But instead I thought I would cut out a stage and go for a coloured primer. I would have normally used a car primer grey (which is light and neutral), but I thought I\u2019d try an army painter primer. I originally looked at the wolf grey (to get a bluish hue), but thought it was a little too blue. The uniform grey seemed to fit the bill, and with that purchased it was down to spraying. I did go a light dusting of white over the figures in the first instance. When using the AP primers in the past I have found that you end up doing quite a heavy coat to cover all the bare metal. A tough of white primer first seems to alleviate that. It comes out a little brighter and stops a little of the capillary action pulling the paint into the recess.<\/p>\n
After the priming I was pleasantly surprised that the grey had quite a blue hue to it anyway, so was I was looking for. It was a little dark though, and I did toy with the idea of airbrushing a highlight coat , or maybe a drybrush. BUT \u2026 I reigned myself in \u2026 this was meant to be a quick project.<\/p>\n
So post the primer I blocked in the boots , rifle stock, pack and helmet.<\/p>\n Then it came to the varnish \u2018dip\u2019\/\u2019stain\u2019. I suppose in my mind I was going to use AP dark tone. The \u00a31 shop varnish I used last time does have a mahogany tint, and I didn\u2019t really want to the lose the blue grey that I had achieved. The AP dark tone is based on an oily black rather than brown, so seemed to fit the bill. It also meant that the 2 protagonist armies would have a distinct tonal difference.<\/p>\n After that had dried , then I went back and did the face and hands. I like these to be bright, and doing this before the washes had a horrible dirtying effect. Then a bit of red piping , and a touch of metal. Then a matt varnish and the job is complete.<\/p>\n Overall I\u2019m not as happy with these as the BEF. Greens and browns are much easier to pull together with this sort of wash technique. My complaints are , they are too dark for my tastes. <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n That said its all about getting the soldiers on the table , for this project I can let it slide.<\/p>\n There are more Germans than British, so I will allow myself another 2 weeks to get these done. I should probably think of this in terms of 37 days … a countdown to war…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The British now all painted (just waiting to be based) …now I turn my attention to the Germans. After the usual clean up and hot glue to craft sticks they are ready to go. They are new ‘re-sculpted’ Peter Pig Germans. I haven’t seen the originals so cannot compare. When comparing to the BEF I … Continue reading Squarebashing the Germans<\/span> ![\"germ1\"](\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/germ1.jpg\")
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<\/a>The AP dip is very strong. The base coat was a little too dark. If I had stuck to my original plan and gone white \u2013 acrylic wash , then I could have had more control and that stage does add a highlighting element. The overall figures just have a flat appearance with little in the way of contrast.![\"germ5\"](\"http:\/\/lurkio.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/germ5.jpg\")
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