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Wider Wargaming => Painting & Modelling => Topic started by: Maenoferren on 04 December 2011, 10:28:44 PM

Title: A painting conundrum
Post by: Maenoferren on 04 December 2011, 10:28:44 PM
A while ago I decided to satrt on my samurai apes and off I went sparyed black undercoated and then I left them, last night I set off again merrily painting the little chappies all the while thinking that I should have had more. Well evidently I have. I found them tonight... now the conundrum

do I try and match in the ones I have found or do I paint the new ones a different colour. The rest are all having red armour I have about 40 figures left so I could do a different colour it isnt as if I only had one or two packs to worry about.
I am just worried with various layers of paint I wont get them to look the same  :-\

WHat do people think
on the up side I found a padded envelope of other stuff I completely forgot I had including armoured cars, trucks jeeps and the like for the pulp games... so every cloud as they say :D
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: Arsenus on 04 December 2011, 10:49:42 PM
In a different colour!
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: FierceKitty on 05 December 2011, 02:02:30 AM
Avoid my error of Saturday evening; finished my new Inca slingers for a game on Sunday afternoon, went to spray them with varnish, and found the hard way that I'd picked up my black undercoat spray cannister. :(
   The damage was contained in time, but they were so demoralised that they lost the game anyway.
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: Leman on 06 December 2011, 11:30:05 AM
Go for blue armour - a second unit. Matching is a bugger as I found with my WWI Russians. Since starting them using mixed colours I have now discovered the joys of Vallejo Middlestone, which sort of approximates to the WWI uniform colour much better than Vallejo's Russian uniform, which is the WWII colour.
DP
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: Leon on 06 December 2011, 02:16:54 PM
Quote from: Dour Puritan on 06 December 2011, 11:30:05 AM
... I have now discovered the joys of Vallejo Middlestone

I think a few people have made the same discovery, as sales on that colour have shot up!
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: Nosher on 06 December 2011, 04:51:54 PM
VJ Middlestone..... :)

The medieval bowmen/pikemans friend ;)
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: fred. on 06 December 2011, 05:33:35 PM
Middlestone is also pretty good for WWII German Armour
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: Maenoferren on 06 December 2011, 10:39:32 PM
Quote from: Dour Puritan on 06 December 2011, 11:30:05 AM
Go for blue armour - a second unit. .
DP
Strangely enough that was the colur I was thinking of :D
Title: Re: A painting conundrum
Post by: Leman on 11 December 2011, 05:01:15 PM
Thanks for the medieval tip. Have also used Vallejo Iraqui Sand for pikes.
DP