With the painting phase over I now base the figures. For CD3 I use two figures per stand to represent a Platoon. After the base has dried I dip the stand into a mixture of warm water and PVA glue. This gives the figures a protective seal that really works to stop chipping and wearing. I know some of you use varnish and so forth, I am simply far to cheap to spend money on this side of it when the PVA seems to work just as well.
I then leave under a light for an hour or two to harden.
Final Product...Or is it? I could add a wash now, but with DPM I am finding that the deeping of the colours hides the pattern, so I am leaving it off for these Brit's at least. I hope some of you found this interesting, at least Nick now has some idea's on painting disruptive patterns.
Model on!
Nothing wrong with cheap.....
ReplyDeleteGood set of tutorials, I enjoyed them greatly.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done Paul. If only we get some plastic Russians so we can refight the glory days of Cold War. If you want to save some time in your finishing, you can add ink (I used to use Windsor and Newton's artists inks)in your PVA mix. It accentuates the deep folds much better than plain old ink in my opinion. Try it out and see if you like it.
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Great work! You may have said and I missed it but are these the Matchbox NATO figures? if so I tried to find some for sale but could not for a good price. I recently got into "modern" wargaming, I have Israelis, Syrians, Russians, Americans, and terrorists. It is nice to see someone else working in that era to. Ben.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Thanks Paul,
ReplyDeleteNick
mmm, I think I might have some of the DPM around here somewhere:) Nice work Paul
ReplyDeleteLove 'em!
ReplyDeleteMy middle name Fran.
ReplyDeleteCheers Irqan, I am glad some people get something out of them.
ReplyDeleteRegards Paul
Hi Dimitri, the Soviets have been done a while ago so no problems there. I did add some black paint to the PVA that I forgot to mention, but I think you are right in saying add Ink instead.
ReplyDeleteGood one.
Regards Paul
Hi Ben, yes these are the Matchbox figures with some conversions. They are a little pricey if you can get them, but are well worth it.
ReplyDeleteNice little blog you have got there.
Regards Paul
Hassle free Nick!
ReplyDeleteHi Al, I think I still have some of my old Brit stuff around as well. We should have a dress ups nite!
ReplyDeleteGood to see I can keep you happy at least Monty.
ReplyDeleteExcellent tutorials Paul. I have found that even after 40 odd years of doing this I never stop learning!! Thanks mate.
ReplyDeleteThats a very true statement Rogder, I am in the same boat (except for the 40 yrs part!).
ReplyDeleteI am always wondering how other people work with their figures. Hopefully everyone can have a sharefest.
Regards Paul
Me too Rodger I'm picking up nice tips
ReplyDeleteCheers Paul much appreciated