Painting British Infantry for WWII: mini tutorial

by | Jan 24, 2012



This is a short tutorial on how I paint the figures for my WWII Normandy project, which has been displayed here recently: link.

Paints needed 


GW Khemri Brown
GW Kommando Khaki
GW Bleached Bone
Revell Aqua Leather Brown
Revell Aqau Flesh
GW Catachan Green
GW Boltgun metal
Revell Aqua Black

These are the colours I used, feel free to substitute equivalent colours as you like.

Other Materials needed


Basing material/paints/sand
Army Painter Strong Tone
Matt varnish

Method:


After priming, basecoat the figure in Khemri brown, and paint the flesh with flesh, then the webbing with a 50/50 mix of Kommando khaki and Bleached bone. More than one coat will probably be necessary for the flesh and webbing to get an even colour.


Paint the rifle's wooden parts with Leather brown, and the metal parts with Boltgun metal. The helmet needs painting with Catachan green, and the boots with black. At this point the actual painting of the figure is done.

A rear view showing the figure at this point. It will probably look like utter crap.

Then apply the dip with a brush, being careful not to let it pool, and let it dry for a day.

After that, apply a coat of matt varnish to dull down the shine, and base to taste.

In the end, the figure should look something like this.

This method is fairly quick to do, especially if like me you basecoat with spray paint or an airbrush. That said, taking the time to paint the figure, especially the webbing, neatly makes it look so much better.