Finished 8th Army

8th Army Platoon

Well, it took slightly longer to paint these then anticipated but they were still quite easy to do.
They still need a spray coat of dull Varnish to take of the sightly shiny look.
The 'ground' is a blanket I found on ebay. It needs lightning to look more 'deserty' so I'm going to try bleach.

8th Army painting

Base undercoat with dip

The first stage in painting these figures was to undercoat. Stage two is a quick coat of Vallejo Iraqui Sand (70.818). After that dried another basic coat but this time with Coat d'arms Dark Brown Super Shader. I prefer this to other 'dip' types because it's water based and is easier on my brushes.

8th Army

After having a few games of Chain of Command (Western Europe) I could not resist the Perry's 8th Army box set.

Box contents

They went together very easily. Most just need the arms and helmet attaching and the flash was very minimal. As you can see from the above image the box set has enough for a full Platoon. My box also had an extra command sprure so I was able to make three LRDG figures as well.

My basing system is as follows:

• SMG's on hexagonal base
• Rifle on round (2p's)
• LMG large rectangle (two figures)
• Pistol and 'special' on square

I undercoated them with GW foundation yellow (whatever the name is).

And, of course, they need someone to fight so the Afrika Korp box is on its way!