Thank you everyone. It was a fun build and a nice change to do something from the early period. I have found the figures were much easier for me to get results when I followed the steps I laid out in my tutorial on the 1/16 Otto figure. It's just for 1/35 everything has to scaled down. And for my uniforms I just follow these basic steps. Don't paint them all the same colour. Mix it up a little with the greens and grey. Prime (I usually use
Tamiya NATO Black) Paint the webbing first (it easier for me to see at this point) Base coat the tunic, pants, and boots. Base coat the on board stowage (bread bag, map cases, ammo pouches, gas mask container etc.) Paint the metals (knife, belt buckle, webbing rings) Side Note: (A good tip for mess tins is to paint them with Humbrol aluminum enamel, let it dry completely, the paint black grey acrylic and let it dry for a few minutes. Then take a toothpick and scratch off some of the acrylic and you have a very realistic dinged up mess tin) Anyway, once you have everything base coated and the uniform
decals on (I use Archer) prepare your washes. My washes are much darker versions of each of the base coats. (I use artists oils or sometime MIG washes) If the tunic is green the wash is black green, grey pants call for a black grey wash etc etc. You may have to wash more than once to get the desired effect. When you're happy prepare your dry brush colours which are of course much lighter versions of your base coat. I only use artists oil paints and I put a little onto a piece of paper and let it sit for couple of hours as the paper will leech out some of the oil and make dry brushing easier. Get your favorite dry brush, get some paint on it and on a clean paper brush most of it off. Then dry brush the high points of the figure. I like to brush at a 45 degree angle to the high point. When you're done, let everything dry for a day and take another look, tweak as need and when you're happy hit it with a matt clear to seal everything. Last thing I will do is hit the boot and knees (if needed or they are crawling around rubble) with pigment powder that is the same colour as the surroundings. I don't know if this helps with out pictures but hopefully in the next while I can do pic by pic 1/35 figure class.
In the meantime here a few more shots for you, including some interior shots of the Adler car. The kit was pretty sparse so I added the MP40, grenades, and ammo cans and pouches. Cheers!
