Monday 4 May 2015

Airfix Bedford MK Figure Painting

On to the figures now and here I first removed them from their bases and mounted on metal pins for ease of painting. After a coat of primer I've now started painting the little buggers. As these are so small I've used a combination of shadows and highlights especially on the flesh areas and webbing. Building up the effects gradually until I get the desired look. The DPM is really not that hard to do in this scale as it's basically just a suggestion of the pattern. 

The final step on each figure is to use a very dark green, almost black to line the webbing and various areas of the figures such as arms and pockets. I think the two finished figures look just right and certainly from a normal viewing distance you can immediately tell that they are British soldiers. So two down three to go!




     

3 comments:

  1. Hi Pete! You might have told us but I can't find it: where does the figures come from? It's not that easy to find nice small-scale soldiers!

    Regards

    Magnus

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  2. Hi Magnus I got them from here, www.elhiem.com

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  3. Thanks a lot, I'll save that link for future use!

    Magnus

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