I've done a couple of the Russian Coalition models before but this time around it was great to get a whole desk full of them, which you can see in the photo to the right.
Here they are in their first prep phase - drying under the lamps after being cleaned with a bit of warm water with a small touch of washing up liquid. This gets rid of any greasy residue from the residue - mind Spartan Games models are pretty clean anyway, but it's not worth the risk to avoid this step.
Getting them dry is a little bit more effort, but I just use a combination of blowing off the water droplets, carefully patting the models with some absorbent kitchen paper and air drying them under daylight lamps.
I've spoken before about the quality of Dystopian Wars and these are no exception: great casts, a whole lot of detail and a lot of model for your money - and I envy anyone getting a huge force like this to the gaming table.
I've recently switched from the over-priced and unreliable GW Citadel Chaos Black to Army Painter Matt Black for undercoating and so far the results have been far superior - a smooth effortless coat with no second pass or touch up required. After this experience I have no intention to using GW sprays ever again. If you're thinking of switching check out this blog post comparing the two:
GW Chaos Black vs AP Matt Black.
For this commission, my client wanted me to use the painting palette I had used previously and here's a quick rundown of what I used:
Foundry Paints:
Arctic Grey Palette __________ __________ __________
Forest Green Palette __________ __________ __________
Sky Blue Palette __________ __________ __________
P3 Metallics:
Pig Iron __________
Cold Steel __________
Molten Bronze __________
Gun Corp Brown __________
Army Painter:
Strong Tone ink (ink wash) __________
Forgot to mention, all the guns are magnetised too - I really do love magnetising stuff!
Now onto the photos - Enjoy :)
