First Time painting units/starting my own paintkrieg

[vacilar]

Captain Kiwis fantastic paint job & blog inspired me to try it by myself

I started the coloring 3 weeks ago with my AA 1942 2nd Edition Set and a 72 color set by vallejo.

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what the ����!

“The following error or errors occurred while posting this message
Sorry, you are not allowed to post links”

so i are not allowed to post pictures, too? :-o

hope i could get some tipps & tricks from the pro painters, i never painted figures/miniatures before.

current status:
150 x Infantry [done]
90 x Tanks [done]
40 x Bomber [done]
50 x Fighter[done]
50 x Artillery [done]
40 x Flak/AA (8 units each) [done]
31 x Aircraft Carrier (3 Russia/4 German/6 UK/6 USA/6 Japan) [done]
24 x Battleship (6 UK / 6 USA / 6 Japan / 4 German / 2 Russia) [done]
36 x Cruiser (8 UK / 8 USA / 8 Japan / 8 German / 4 Russia) [done]
47 x Destroyer (10 UK / 10 USA / 10 Japan / 10 German / 7 Russia) [WIP]
    x Submarine
    x Transporter

[CWO Marc]

@vacilar:

“The following error or errors occurred while posting this message
Sorry, you are not allowed to post links”
so i are not allowed to post pictures, too?

The anti-spam software will allow you to post pictures once you’ve reached a certain number of posts.  (I think it’s 10 but I could be wrong.)

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edit: fixed pictures

[lozmoid]

Not bad mate, not bad. And welcome to the forums!

The reason you cannot post pics here yet is because you are still a ‘New Conscript’. You need to level up to ‘Infantry’ first, then it will work.  :-)

[vacilar]

Finished Air & land units today. Now i reach the big ships like aircraft carriers.

where i can get great color guides like this

[General 6 Stars]

All you got to do is get in a nice discussion with Garg. That will get your posts up. :-D :-D :-D

[Swedo]

@vacilar:

Finished Air & land units today. Now i reach the big ships like aircraft carriers.

where i can get great color guides like this

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You can check my thread (http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=28249.0) for some paint schemes.

the site i used for
US ships: http://www.shipcamouflage.com/camouflage_database.htm
German ships: http://www.bismarck-class.dk/

[vacilar]

@Swedo:

You can check my thread

the site i used for

ty, wow your uk and japan carrier design is absolute insane!

[Swedo]

@vacilar:

@Swedo:

You can check my thread

the site i used for

ty, wow your uk and japan carrier design is absolute insane!

well ty, on page 2 u have some US carriers and german ships.

[vacilar]

Russian Carrier. Worst Work Ever. First Painting was killed by water, so i had to overpaint it.

German Zeppelin

[vacilar]

First i tried the blue-grey camouflage, but it failed. So i changed to a neutral style.

[toblerone77]

Nice work!

It really takes some brass to start painting. I started with some P-40s from HBG. They looked awesome until I dipped them. ishould’ve primed them or not have dipped them.

A good way to practice is to buy some army men. Wash them. Dry them. Prime them. Paint with model paints and detail with permenant markers if you wish. Then dip them with Minwax Polyshade. When they dry they will be super shiney if you like that look you can leave it or spay a coat of dull acryllic coating.

When you’re with this process you will give weight and durability to the pieces. You can damn near bounce them off the wall without a scratch.

As far as my P-40 debacle, I ended up painting over them again in a simple olive drab and re-dipped them. They didn’t look as fancy but it gave the small planes a much heavier and solid feel. Additionally the Minwax sealer gave a weathered “veteran” look that stands out from the plain plastic look.

Good Painting! and Good Luck!

[toblerone77]

@ Swedo.

Just gotta say I loved your paint scheme and over-all work painting.

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Japans  other 3 carriers still WIP

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Zuiho Class

All Pictures before the matt vanish

I made a custom MAP (Picture is WIP), too

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I fixed the white paintings on russian, UK & Japan with a whiteEdding® 780 Paint Marker

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Today i finished german and russian battleships. Pics will follow soon.

Yesterday i got some nice gimmick for the game:

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Russian Battleship

German Battleship

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American Battleship

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