WW2 US PARA's

In my last post I mentioned I would submit other periods occasionally to give a bit of variety from my Zulu posts.
These figures are mostly Artizan with a few Warlord figures in amongst them. I painted these a while ago using the Army Painter method, which is a quick way to get figures on the table with a basic paint job.

I found with 'Army Painter' that after a while the liquid in the tin went hard and became unusable. This happened even though I only opened the lid on rare occasions when I had a big batch of figures to do and made sure the lid was resealed nice and tight afterwards. I don't know how much it costs now, but at the time it was £18 a tin which works out quite expensive when you are throwing two thirds of the tin away. It would sell better I think if they sold AP in smaller tins at a reduced price.

Anyway, I am a slow painter with the black undercoat and three layer method and I liked the idea of painting figures quickly using the AP method, so I now use a white undercoat and one layer followed by washes and a highlight on the flesh and some colours like British Scarlet. (I have painted my Zulu War British using this method.)

I find this method nearly as quick as using AP but I have more control with my painting and prefer the finished result, plus it works out a lot cheaper. Having said that, it is all about personal taste and if you can aford it, AP gets reasonably painted figures on the table very quickly.

I have just finished painting Empress Miniatures mounted and dismounted Natal Mounted Police along with their horse holders. I will post these in a future blog, plus I will post some WW2 German Infantry at a later date.

I have been unable to varnish the rest of my Zulu War British yet due to the freezing conditions we are experiencing in the UK (and in my garage) but if it warms up a bit I will get this and their basing finished ready for next weeks blog.