HBG's British supplement set

@LHoffman:

I don’t remember if this is the one I asked you for or your response to one of my questions, but it was excellent. I don’t have much time to devote to making tutorials and I mostly just experiment with what I think will work well. But having a proven method explained (with pictures) can be invaluable. Nice work.

An infantry tutorial would be most helpful for me I think. I have only made one attempt at infantry, which went pretty well. But I need to refine my technique and get the wash process down, instead of just drybrushing over layers. And I am considering not even attempting to draw out details of faces in the future. Easier just to do some sort of matte color on them. Plus they won’t turn out looking like something from Freddy vs Jason. Wow this photo lighting is poor.

Like you say LHoffman, experimentation is the best way to figure out what works. I haven’t painted a single piece where I was entirely sure of how I was going to do it. It’s always some uncertainty in color mixing and how the colors will change once washed, or uncertainty in how the camo will turn out, or if the drybrushing will be too much… you get the picture. I see what you mean by “Freddy vs. Jason”. He’s a rather terrifying GI  :-o

Ok, I will post an infantry tutorial next time that I paint infantry. Either the Chinese or ANZAC infantry will be next.

@jwo1984:

Great spitefire thanks! If you could really focus in on your washes…that would be great for myself personally. All the pieces I have painted have all been mixed color and dry brushed. Your style seems too implement washes even with ships planes and tanks? It looks like on John Browns japanese naval units there could be some washes over some of the ships?

Yes, I have started washing every single unit that I paint except for some planes. I only wash planes that are painted dark and have good details to be brought out. (Look at the FW-190s from HBG to see what I mean.) It is my version of “weathering” or battle hardening it. It makes it look like it’s got a coat of dirt, dust, and grime on it.