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I've recently started painting a platoon of the famous Deutsches Afrika Korp (DAK) for Bolt Action. While painting my first 2015 (502)
squad I took a photo at each stage using my iphone to record the process. What follows is a step by step painting guide December (32)
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As the heading says, I sprayed my miniatures with Army Painter 'Desert Yellow'. This spray is rather thick compared to Star Wars Armada - Battle Report: BA Battle Report
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Step 3: Wash
Wash the entire miniature with Army Painter Strong Tone ink, I used the brush on type from the bottle, not the 'dip'. Also
apply a second wash using a black wash to the metallic areas.
Step 4: Highlights 1
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Re-apply all the base colours, but be careful to leave the recessed areas so the wash helps create the shading.
In this stage you apply some careful highlights to the raised areas or edges. Often I applied two successive highlights
one after the other.
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At this stage I painted the final details like buttons (Iraqi Sand), eyes and the Afrika Korp cuff insignia on the right tunic
sleeves. This cuff title was painted VJ 890 Reflective Green, then a trim of white. The cuff is too small to accurately paint
the 'Afrika Korp' text so I simple scribbled some paint on in white to give the impression of writing.
The bases are drybrushed last and are done carefully so as to not paint over any of the miniature itself. First layer is VJ
876 Brown Sand, followed by VJ 847 Dark Sand and finally VJ 837 Pale Sand. I then re-paint the base sides with VJ
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Brown Sand.
I used grass tufts from Gamers Grass and some flock from Woodland Scenics to finish the bases off. These add to the
arid look.
I found painting this colour scheme over the desert yellow base coat really easy, and was happy to get so much depth
while working with predominately light colours. In fact, apart from the pupils of the eyes, I had no need to use black at all!
The army painter strong tone works wonders with this colour pallet, it's perfect for the DAK.
This is just the first squad of my DAK platoon, and all up the 9 miniatures took about 11 hours painting. Now I have
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worked out the colours to use, I anticipate this will be a quicker process for the rest of the infantry now. Expect to see a full
platoon by Christmas!
If you have any questions on my painting guide, or indeed DAK of your own to share please post them up on the forum:
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9 comments:
Unknown said...
Thanks for the guide, excellent! By chance do you have one for western Europe German Heer??
excellent!
Bryza said...
Thanks guys. I will be doing a guide for European theater Heer soon.
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Wow! Great guide. This will be wonderful to follow for my DAK. Perhas I'm a bit daft, but what color did
you use for the stone color short-sleeved shirt?
Bryza said...
Hey Jocab,my apologies I only just noticed your comment. The colour I used was German Camo Beige
by Vallejo!
Bryza said...
Hey Jocab,my apologies I only just noticed your comment. The colour I used was German Camo Beige
by Vallejo!
Unknown said...
Are these the Perry Miniatures or the Bolt Action ones, they look great btw
Bryza said...
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