Draconis: Spring Clean 2024 and onward
Firefly progress update
13th April 2024
After the basecoat of the Firefly I laid down a drybrush of Russian Uniform as I did on the Cromwell.
Then I went on to add transfers.
For the tracks I decided to try a different process than what I used on the Cromwell. For the Firefly I painted the tracks with a mid/dark grey basecoat. This was followed up by a wash of ‘Peaty Brown’ and old paint from Foundry (an earthy brown colour). This same colour was then used to add mud splatter around the suspension and the hull.
When that was dry I then drybrushed the tracks grey again, followed by a very light drybrush of gunmetal.
Next came further mud splatter applications, using various shades of brown and beige. All thinned down then flicked on using a reasonably large brush against an old cocktail stick.
I also washed on small areas of the lighter shades in some areas of the tracks to add a little variety.
At this point I could screw the two hull sections together, and apply the first wash stage. I also added the gun barrel ‘camo’ marking to make the 17pdr look like a standard barrel.
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