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About the Project
Building a USMC army for Bolt Action, using the new army painter WW2 paints, among others
Related Genre: Historical
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Painters Dozen
I have 12 miniature holders, so I decided to grab miniatures from various projects and do a batch of 12 from to chip away at the primed mountain of glorious opportunities.
A Slight Interlude
I got roped into painting some Japanese for a mate (again). At least I am guaranteed something for my marines to fight
The first batch
I was quite pleased with how they turned out. With the colours established I was able to quickly complete another batch of ten
Colour choices
Here’s a run down of the colours I chose
I wanted a ruddy tone for the skin to reflect the sunnier climate of the Pacific 
For the covered helmets I went with a yellowy tan type thing, still not 100% on it, but I went with my gut
For the non-covered helmets I used the dark green with a drybrush of the lighter tone
For the uniform I used the following colours, again the lighter tone was drybrushed
For the the camouflage I used the following colours and some German Camo bright green 
For the equipment I used a colour that felt a bit sun bleached 
For the skin I washed it with this, but used a blend of reikland flesh shade , agrax and some medium, as seen on sonic sledgehammer Another day, another army
Fresh from completing my winter soviets I fancied a move to warmer climes. I decided on US marines to fight my friends horde of Japanese. I really need to stop painting those for him!
Having assembled the miniatures I primed them with a rattlecan from the plastic soldier company , the finish is really nice but the actual spray leaves a lot to be to be desired.
I have roughly 46-50 plastics and a few metal figures to go at. I started by painting the skin, took a few coats. It’s always tricky when you have a mountain of minis and you’re very much locked into the trust the process section of painting where nothing looks too great.
I changed my strategy to stop the ‘trust the process’ bit from dragging me down. I was pretty much winging it in terms of colour choices, and I felt I needed to prove the method was going to work. I set aside ten miniatures and focussed on finishing them completely.
Never be afraid to change your methodology, it’s a hobby and meant to be fun.
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