Yom Kippour War

Friday, March 27, 2015

20mm U.S. Infantry inspired by MiniStories

Several weeks ago Mini Mike posted some awesome U.S. Infantry figures he painted up for upcoming battles.  Since I thought the way he painted his figures are spot on for US infantry for WW2.  Well I email Mike to ask him want paints he used.    Mike replied by sending a complete paint guide and how to that he used.  Mike's blog can be found here: Ministories

 Here is my work in progress.  May not be as good as Mike's.  Hope you like them.









Here are Mike's steps on how to do.

. I first paint all colours that are listed first, then a wash, then the highlights. The bold lines are the main colours you are looking for..
Try it, I did way too many testruns  and then settled for this…Noticed you do 15mm as well so I included picture of 15mm painted with these steps.
Let me know if you have any questions and good luck


Jacket:
-Vallejo Khaki 988
-Warlord strongtone ink wash (the small dropper, not the big can)
- highlight 1: 50/50 mix vallejo 826 (med brown)/ 821(german wwII beige cam)..cover most
-highlight 2: vallejo 821 
-vallejo 821 with a bit of white..just 2 or 3 touches

Trousers:
-Foundry Bay brown shade A
-optional the warlord strong tone ink wash
-Highlight 1:vallejo 826 (cam medium browns)..cover most
-Highlight 2: +/- 50/50 vallejo 826/873 (us field drab)
-optional mix in more field drab for another highlight

Webbing
-50/50 mix Vallejo 886(green grey)/893 (us dark green)
-Warlord Strontone ink wash
-Highlight 1:vallejo 886
-Highlight 2: 50/50 - mix vallejo886/884 (stone grey)

Helmet
-Vallejo 887 Brown violet
--Warlord Strontone ink wash
-Highlight 1: Vallejo 887 Brown violet
-Highligh2 optional : 50/50 vallejo 887/886
-strap; vallejo flat brown with mahogany brown highlight if you want to go for it

Boots:
-Vallejo Flat brown
-warlord strong tone ink wash
-Vallejo Flat brown
-Vallejo mahogany brown
Mike Blog is listed on  My Blogs I follow.

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