Team Yankee Leopard Week – We Paint A Full West German Army

We get stuck into an awesome PVLOG where we're painting up a full army of West Germans for us to use in our games of Team Yankee.

In this first video we're talking with John to find out what his plans are.

With the plans lain out we turn our minds towards what colours we're going to be using and how we might approach priming these awesome models.

Thankfully there are plenty of neat paints out there within the Army Painter Range designed for this particular job!

With the primer down we start to look at the way in which we're going to camouflage these tanks.

Within the book you might find some helpful guides to get you started.

With the first bit of camouflage done we move onto adding the second and with that the pattern is coming together nicely.

Using an airbrush is certainly making this job very easy indeed!

With the main camouflage patterning done we move onto working on the first detail work for the West Germans.

This is the stage where you start to make the vehicles pop and make them look a lot less like toys!

While you might not have thought it you do need to so some highlighting on tanks! So, we get stuck into the work on the armour and show off a few funky techniques.

Now we move onto the tricky business of transfers. This can be a very fidgety part of finishing off your model but John shows you how you can do it with very little fuss.

Also make sure to follow any kind of guides out there when adding transfers so you get the right markings on the right vehicles!

...the next step involves some gloss varnish which will eventually help with the washing step.

It might make things look a bit shiny but have no fear, John has plans!

Now it's the all important Wash stage where you start to bring back some of the details that might have been lost in the painting process.

No vehicle is complete without a good layer of dirt and grime to show that it has been used on the battlefield.

With that in mind we're going to be showing you how you can add just the right amount of grime to your armour without it looking strange!

With the aid of Strong Tone and Worn Rubber from Army Painter we start to pick out some more of the Final Details on these tanks.

...lets see how these tracks turn out.

With the army finished we get it down onto the table so you can see it in all of its glory. It's a good feeling when your army makes it to the battlefield and it all looks ace!

What do you think of the final look?

And with that we had to show off the wonderful miniatures from this range in 360 degree awesomeness.

We think these vehicles have turned out very nicely and we can't wait to get them down onto the tabletop so we can play with them.