New Year, New Toys

Something different for the first update of 2016. These are Old Glory Grants, assembled years ago and base painted with Light Stone from a rattle can (Army Painter made for Battlefront, I think). Then they sat, neglected and lonely, until late last year, at which point I decided to do something that wasn't dark grey, dark yellow or dark green.

Grants wore a variety of paint schemes in their short time with the British army. This one is based off an example in the Imperial War Museum. I suspect the colours are fanciful, but they are pretty. olive Drab by Testors, everything else by Humbrol (or, as a friend calls it, "God's own paint range").

Alas, most historical paint projects involve browns and greens. This would include the two platoons of British infantry (Battlefront, Guards, 1944) that have also been waiting patiently for uniforms. Humbrol paints all the way, glazed with diluted Minwax Dark Walnut for shading and protection all in one.

And now it's back to the worktop, where twenty T-72s are waiting. More dark green. :)