A Bridge too Far – WW2 Victrix in 12mm
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About the Project
Victrix 12mm WW2 Airborne. Yes, Denison in 12mm - the stuff nightmares are made of. Plus four other types of infantry: 8th Army British in the desert, US Airborne, US infantry, and Russian infantry.
Related Company: Victrix Limited
Related Genre: Historical
This Project is Active
Extreme close-up test shot! Mortar!
Test paint for the 8th Army, a mortar with crew.
Vallejo Model Colours:
– Dark Flesh
– Dark Sand for helmet
– Green Grey for webbing
– German Tank Crew for mortar
– Brown-Violet for socks
– Grey-Black for boots and round
Followed by a 10:1 AK Thinner to Burnt Umber definition coat
Bring back colours as necessary.
25mmx25mm base; no basing material as of yet.
Defining wash
After letting the primer dry fully overnight (I find Vallejo primers take at least 8 hours to “cure” properly), I opted for a slightly lighter defining wash.
GW Contrast Skeleton Horde was the winner.
Now I’ll let these dry for another day. And then comes paint…
8th Army “I’ve got sand in my boots”
The beauty of an airbrush! Vallejo Primer Desert Tan 73.613 applied to the infantry, a mine detector team, Vickers MMG, and mortar team.
Plus all the accompanying bases cut from plasticard in 20x20mm and 25mmx25mm.
Some of the pieces needed to be removed from the sprues this time, and mounted on finishing nails. No biggie!
And finished!
Added a defining wash of 10:1 Burnt Umber to AK Thinner (an alcohol based thinner); pumice gel on the base, washed, and then highlighted. Added flock and tufts. Done!
Next up, likely 8th Army British desert infantry.
Victrix 12mm Denison, only needs bases to be done!
After a marathon morning, I finished the painting of the Denison Victrix in 12mm reinforced platoon.
Basing not finished.
These are going back to Victrix for their website… my new secret project can now be revealed!
Day two progress!
Slogging through!
The figures from yesterday are based, but don’t have pumice gel and flock (I needed a finer gel for the scale).
Half way through the rest of the platoon!
Denison in 12mm, day one. Testing …
Victrix WW2 British Airborne, from their outstanding 12mm line.
I have British Airborne, US Airborne, US Infantry, Russian Infantry, and the new 8th Army British desert infantry to paint.
I started with the “hardest” (for me), doing Denison at this scale.
Basing will come after, I’m aiming for a reinforced platoon amount of figures.
All paints used were Vallejo Model, except some GW Contrast sparingly. About 15 paint colours and blends used…
