I hope you have had a great summer...I have enjoyed my summer hiatus from the internets and am pretty pumped to get back logging and posting my gaming progress. First off for the month, an update on my Vimy Ridge-esque artillery positions. To be fully honest, I was able to recently complete them, but I'm pretty happy with the fact that I have actually catalogued their build from metal and dirt to functioning gun crew.
I layed out the initial bits of the gun platform in part 1 getting a feel for how busy and crowded the base would be...I also laid down some beams and sanded the base. Moving forward from this, I then base coated the models in black and went to work with the base colours. I used the base part of my painting guide for my 28mm Stormtroopers and went to work.
I quickly had my first couple of layers down before I remembered to take any pics...so you kind of miss out on the Flat Earth and Beige Brown layers...
First attempt at vj Tan Earth...I was hoping things would pop more...they didn't, but it was a nice transition from the previous colour...
At this stage, I used another dry brush of vj Tan Earth on the contours of the base and edges of the platform beams...
The 'finished' product...bases ready for the crew and guns...I dry brushed the base and beams with vj Iraqi Sand and for the final touch I used strong wash to highlight the slats, cratering, and 'boggy' parts.
Next, the guns themselves...vj 924 Russian Uniform base coat with highlights on detail areas including brass on the recoil cylinder, wheel hubs, and breech assembly areas.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pics...part 3 is coming and I'm really happy with how they turned out.
Take care.
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