Zinnfiguren progress

A bit of a photo dump this time. The (hopefully) last of the Swiss....

Command /flag stands - since these photos I have fettled obsessively with the flags and added more flesh highlights and corrections....

Pike

Zweihander

Arquebus

Painting progress report

With the success of my new painting technique of Contrast paint, AP wash and highlights in acrylic on flats, I thought I'd try on fully round figures.....

Some 20mm Revell 8th Army were the experimental volunteers:

Contrast Paint

Army Painter Strong Tone

Highlights to uniform, helmets, webbing and flesh

Total 30 infantry, approx 15 minutes per figure.

Some more Swiss Zinnfiguren have also had paint splashed on them...

Contrast

The perils of flats, besides extra arms and legs to look out for, you have to remember to paint both sides!

AP wash

Basic highlights

Final result after fettling and touch ups...

Did not measure the time taken for these, but not pictured are another 8 pike at finished stage and another 29 figures which have reached AP wash stage. So far two afternoons, I suspect another afternoon, but as rough calculations it's looking like 15-20 minutes per figure.

As can be seen, if you take your time a basic job of Contrast, AP wash and highlights produces nice results. For some people, they will be happy with only one or two of the stages. I cannot help myself doing the little bit extra....even then the results are worth the time put into it. By contrast (forgive the pun) painting SSM using black undercoat and basic blocked in colours probably takes around 5-6 hours for 8 figures or 4 mounted that works out at around 45 minutes per figure......