How to paint 15mm Germans

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Jacket Poncho Rifle
Extra Dark Green 896 (Vallejo) English uniform 921 (Vallejo) Flat brown 982 (Vallejo) Gunmetal grey 863 (Vallejo) Desert yellow 977

Puches, bags, canteen

Dark oxide 302 (Vallejo, Panzer aces)

Leggins, gasmask cover

Germ. C. Extra Dark Green 896 (Vallejo)

Wood (pale, stielgrenate, etc)

Trousers

Dark grey 862 (Vallejo) Dark bluegrey 867 (Vallejo) Ivory 918 (Vallejo)

Panzerfaust

English uniform 921 (Vallejo) Desert yellow 977 (Vallejo)

Step 1

Apply primer. I prefer use black primer because I can explode it when I do the profiling. In this case Ive use a brush. But its always better to use an airbrush or spray, because the layer of paint is thinner and more homogeneous.

Step 2

Apply base colors. We paint the trousers with Dark grey 862 (Vallejo) and the jacket with Germ. C. Extra Dark Green 896 (Vallejo). Remember, its recommendable dilute a little the paint with water, because you can handle it easier.
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Step 3

Apply lights. We work the trousers first with Dark bluegrey 867 (Vallejo) and next with Ivory 918 (Vallejo) or white. And we work jacket first with German Fieldgrey WWII 830 and next by mixing this color with Ivory or white. I usually apply 4-5 lights, but you can apply as many lights as you want, until you get a good contrast. Anyway, once again, I recommend work with diluted paints! Therefore transitions will be smoother.

Step 4

Apply a profiling with black. When I apply a profiling I paint a thin line in order to separate each element of the miniature. You should use a thin brush and diluted paint, and I usually use black, but you can use any other dark color. This step could be very unreal, but its a very interesting resource in this scale, because we win a lot of contrast.

Step 5

Paint details. We paint the details. For instance, Ive used the following colors: -Puches, bags, canteen, etc: Dark oxide 302 (Vallejo, Panzer aces) Leggins, gasmask cover: Germ. C. Extra Dark Green 896 (Vallejo) -Poncho: English uniform 921 (Vallejo) -Rifle: flat brown 982 (Vallejo) and Gunmetal grey 863 (Vallejo) -Panzerfaust: English uniform 921 (Vallejo) or Desert yellow 977 (Vallejo) -Wood (pale, stielgrenate, etc): Desert yellow 977

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Step 6

Apply lights on details. In general we can use Ivory or white to light all colors, except for Dark oxide and flat brown. In this kind of browns, red browns, I prefer use a lighter color. For example, I usually use this scheme: Dark oxide 302 > flat brown 862 > orange brown 981. So, to paint pouches etc we can use only flat brown like light, and when we paint the Rifle, we can use first flat brown, and then, orange brown. Anyway, you can use any other combination!.

Step 7

Apply a profiling with black. Once time, we apply a profiling, but this time on the details. And like the first profiling, this step is very important, because we can get more and more contrast!

Step 8

Finally, we paint the skin. Like shadow color I usually use Flat brown 982. Then, I apply the general base with Tan 066 (Vallejo, GameColor). This general base imply leave some shadow lines, to simulate the facial expression. Then, we apply Dwarf Skin 041 (Vallejo, GameColor) in several layers, and finally we apply the maximum light by mixing Dwarf skin and white.

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