{"id":10132,"date":"2020-09-23T20:49:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T00:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=10132"},"modified":"2020-09-23T20:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T00:49:58","slug":"wwii-germans-in-winter-kit-wip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=10132","title":{"rendered":"WWII Germans in Winter Kit (WIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have begun working on a platoon of Germans in winter kit. These are for mid- to late-war. The problem with most of these plastic kits is that they come with WAY too many submachinguns and assault rifles and not nearly enough standard rifles. I had to work hard to fill what I think are reasonable squads. Since they are in greatcoats, they will paint pretty fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back of Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Depending on which pictures I looked at in different books and on-line, the color of the greatcoats varies greatly. I did two painting tests to decide which color scheme I liked best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The figure on the left was sprayed with the darkest of the Krylon green camouflage paints and then dry brushed with Howard Hues field gray. The one on the right was sprayed with the lighter green camouflage paint and then washed with Agrax Earthshade. I decided I like the one on the right better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Howard Hues field gray — my usual go-to color for German tunics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was gone last weekend at the beach with a high school buddy and our wives, so I haven’t picked up a brush in a week. I am going into withdrawal symptoms. I sprayed the platoon of figures the lighter camouflage color. I block painted the flesh. Most of each figure will be block painted with an Agrax Earthshade wash at the end. I will post pictures when I complete them.<\/p>\n