Late War US and German Armies for FoW

I started the last of the three Panzers this weekend, though I painted it slightly diffently.  This time I undercoated it in Grey, then base coated in a sand colour, washed it with GW’s Agrax.

I started the last of the three Panzers this weekend, though I painted it slightly diffently.  This time I undercoated it in Grey, then base coated in a sand colour, washed it with GW’s Agrax.

Before Coco left for the Summer she painted two test tanks, decided which one she preffered and left me instructions to paint the others.  The first she painted with Tamiya green paint and washed with military wash from Army Painter.  The second was painted using Vallejo US green.

I decided to test paint two of the Panzers with contrast paints. I undercoated using the new white spray and then used the Skeleton contrast paint. It worked quite well on the 15mm scale tanks, though I doubt I could achieve a similar effect at a larger scale as the paints don’t really work on flat surfaces.

The plan is to paint a camoflauge scheme on the tanks at a later date.

After the Flames of War boot camp I decided to jump into WW2 15mm and purchased the Hit the Beach starter set. I had originally planned to build an Allied army, but when it arrived my niece , CoCo, who lives with us bagged them.  She’s a big boardgamer but has never played a wargame apart from Mantics Walking Dead, this then left me with the Germans.  I think the mass of tanks attracted her.

She has so far painted two tanks and I’ve been instructed to paint the rest for her whilst she’s back home in China for the school holidays.  I’ve also managed to slap some paint on two of the Panzers.

I also plan to build and paint some terrain as part of this project.