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Similar to my alternative approach to painting US Infantry, I decided to try a different
colour scheme for some NVA as well - going for a later war look, with green uniforms. Again, I tried to accentuate the
highlights so that they would be more visible on the tabletop.
Unless otherwise stated, all paints used are acrylics.
- Undercoat
- The model is undercoated in matt black (I use a spray can of either Citadel Chaos Black, or car
body matt black primer)
- Tunic, Trousers & Helmets
- These were given a basecoat of Coat d'arms 'Military Green', and then drybrushed with GW 'Imperial Strike Green'
- remember this one? It's from the old Epic paint set, and is basically a light olive colour -
, followed by a light drybrushing of GW 'Camo Green'
- Webbing & Boots
- This was given a basecoat of Coat d'arms 'Dark Leather', and then drybrushed/highlighted with
3 successively lighter colours: GW 'Beastial Brown', GW 'Snakebite Leather', and finally GW 'Vomit Brown'.
- Weapons
- The metal areas on the weapons were given a basecoat of GW 'Bolt Gun Metal', followed by a wash
of GW 'Armour Wash'. The wooden parts were painted in GW 'Spearstaff Brown', and then given a wash of Brown Ink.
- Flesh
- This was painted by starting with a basecoat of Coat d'arms 'Oriental Flesh', shaded using a wash of
GW 'Chestnut Ink', and finally drybrushing a highlight using Coat d'arms 'Flesh'.
- Details
- The scarves were given a coat of GW 'Enchanted Blue', followed by alight drybrush of GW 'Electric Blue'.
- Basing
- The base was covered with PVA glue and then dipped in Sharp Sand.
The Sharp Sand is important, as it is very coarse in texture, and there are
larger pieces of grit which can be painted as rocks.
Once dry, it was given a
coat of GW 'Graveyard Earth', followed by drybrushing with GW 'Snakebite Leather' and GW 'Ash Wastes Grey'.
The base was then dabbed randomly with PVA glue and dipped in
flock.
As a final touch, I lightly dusted the boots and trousers of the figures with the two highlight
colours of the base, just to 'blend' them into the base.
- Varnishing
- The figures were varnished the figures using a single coat of Humbrol Gloss Cote, followed by a
single coat of Humbrol Matt Cote.
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