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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Tutorial/Painting Guide: Galen's Wehrmacht- Early & Late War- Part Two

Step Nine: Highlight the raised uniform areas with the appropriate Colours. The Early War Soldat (Left), has a German Tkcr. I (Feldgrau) for the Tunic and Russian Tankcrew I for his trousers. The Late War Soldat has the German Tkcr. II (Feldgrau) afor the whole uniform.

Step Ten: Highlight the Field Gear.

Step Eleven: Paint the Flesh tone Highlights. I used Ryn Flesh (P3)

Step Twelve: Highlight the wood. For these I used Bloodstone (P3) and Gun Corps Brown (P3) Respectively.

Step Thirteen: Paint the Suspenders and Belt...

And Finished!

Don't forget to add the appropriate Waffenfarbe to their Shoulder boards! These Soldaten are Infantry. Now they are ready to be based.

Tutorial/Painting Guide: Galen's Wehrmacht- Early & Late War- Part One

So, Some people on the Bolt Action International group over on Facey-Space asked for some photos of my Germans using the Painting guide I posted a couple days ago. Upon examining my figures I realized I had modified the painting guide as I acquired more paints and they didn't quite match. So Here I am painting two new figures I found in my Assorted Mini Box to showcase the colours and style I use.

Step One: Prime in Black. I use the Army Painter Black Primer

Step Two: I paint the flesh tone base using Idrian Flesh (P3) and the helmet using Great Coat Grey (P3)

Step Three: I paint the uniform using German Tckr. II as a base for the Early War (Left), and German Tckr. I for the base of the Late War (Right)

Step Four: Then I move on to the Field Gear. The only major colour difference between Late War and Early war that I can find is the shovel covers. Early war is Black, and Late war is a sort of Olive Drab.

Here you can see the different shovel cover colours.

Step Five: Paint all the wood bits the rifle and the shovel handle. I use Umbral Umber (P3) as a base for all wood.

Step Six: Paint the Gun Metal, and buckles. I prefer Cold Steel (P3), as my go to metal colour because it makes the metal pop on a table.

Step Seven: Hit the miniature with your favorite Wash/Ink solution. I prefer Agrax Earthshade (Citadel)

Step Eight: Wait for the Wash to dry.

Note: I chose to paint the Webbing after the highlights are finished.

Part Two >>>

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Painting Guide: Galen's Wehrmacht Waffenfarbe (Corps Colours)

Waffenfarbe translates to " Corps Colour" and is used to distinguish different corps of a military branch. It is usually displayed on the collar and shoulder boards of the M41 Tunic. Here I will be listing the colours I used to distinguish my troops.

Shoulder Board Colour: Olive Grey

Artillery (Red): Evil Sun Scarlett (Citadel)
Veterinary (Crimson): Skorne Red (P3)
Armour (Pink): Pink Horror (Citadel)
Military Police (Orange): Troll Slayer Orange (Citadel)
Field Chaplins (Purple): Genestealer Purple (Citadel)*
Specialist Service (Wine Red): Khorne Red (Citadel)*
Signal Corp (Bright Yellow): Sulferic Yellow (P3)
Recon/Cavalry (Golden Yellow): Averland Sunset (Citadel)*
Mountain/Light Infantry (Light Green) : Iosan Green (P3)
Armoured Infantry (Meadow Green): Wurm Green (P3)
Infantry (White): White Scar (Citadel)
Transport and Supply (Light Blue): Meridus Blue (P3)*
Medical (Blue): Cygnar Blue Base (P3)
Engineer (Black): Black
Specialist Officer: Russian Tankcrew I
Propaganda: Cryx Bane Highlight (P3)

* These colours I have not yet used. They were picked out from the paint swatches at the FLGS.

Painting Guide: Galen's German Camouflage

Germany was the first country to actively develop and supply their troops with camouflage. If I'm not mistaken the modern German Army still uses a derivative of the Rauchtarnmuster camouflage. I didn't include the Erbsenmuster pattern because I have yet to be satisfied with the result I have achieved. I also chose to not include the Liebermuster pattern because of it's limited issue. The pattern images are included to provide reference for painting.

Splittermuster 31

Splittermuster 31 (1932-1945)
Used by Heer, Luftwaffe, Fallschirmjager

Base: Greatcoat Grey (P3)//Cryx Bane Highlight (P3)
Colour 1: Gnarls Green (P3)
Colour 2: Sanguine Base (P3)

Spumfmuster 43

Spumfmuster 43 (1943-1945)
Used by Heer, Luftwaffe, Fallshirmjager

Base: Khaki Grey// Highlight Ge. II (Feldgrau)
Base (Fallshirmjager Variant)*: Khaki Grey// Middlestone
Colour 1: Traitor Green (P3)
Colour 2: Bloodtracker Brown (P3)

Spumfmuster 44

Spumfmuster 44 (1944-1945)
Used by Heer, Luftwaffe, Fallshirmjager

Base: Khaki// Highlight Afrika Korps
Colour 1: Traitor Green (P3)
Colour 2: Bloodtracker Brown (P3)

Oakleaf Summer

Eichenlaubmuster (Oak-Leaf): Summer (1941-1945)
Used by Waffen-SS

Base: Bloodtracker Brown (P3)// Gun Corps Brown (P3)
Colour 1: Umbral Umber (P3)
Colour 2: Wurm Green (P3)

Eichenlaubmuster (Oak-Leaf): Autum (1941-1945)
Used by Waffen-SS

Base: Bloodtracker Brown (P3)// Gun Corps Brown (P3)
Colour 1: Umbral Umber (P3)

Colour 2: Troll Slayer Orange (Citadel)

Telo Mimetico

Telo Mimetico (Italian Camo) (1943-1945)
Used by Waffen-SS, Hitler Youth, Police Forces

Base: Russian Tank Crew II
Colour 1: Bloodtracker Brown (P3)
Colour 2: Highlight Japan Tckr.

* I like to paint different forces in different colours so that they can easily be identified on a table or during a game.

Painting Guide: Galen's German Military (1939-1945)

EDIT: Due to people asking for pictures, I have Included some of my models.

This is the painting guide I have developed for my own German Army. Is it completely historically accurate? No. But it's close enough! For those of you that have an issue with non-historical accuracy for miniatures I'd like to direct you to this article on Warlord Games's site.

All paints listed are Vallejo, unless otherwise noted. The base and highlight are divided with "//".

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