Forces on the Table - American Speed Painting

I told my friend who recently started a new group I would give a quick step by step for anyone that needed help getting boots on the table in a hurry, because admit it, having unpainted figures on the table sucks.

So after assembling the Americans, we prime them Black (or grey, red, white, whatever color primer you use)

The next step is base coat the model in colors you want to use.  Here I used Khaki for the putees and jacket, a color called Territorial Beige for the pants, lite mocha for the skin, English Ivy Green for the helmet, nutmeg brown for the boots.  Also painted the gun black.

I hit the entire model except skin and helmet with Agrax Earhtshade from Citadel Paint line.  The Skin gets a Rhiekland Fleshtone (from Citadel) and the helmet gets a Athonian Camoshade wash (again Citadel.)

I take the original paints again and hit the highlighted areas of the uniforms to bring out the edges and wrinkles in uniform.  Gree alont eh top and brim of the helmet.  I leave the skin alone.  Also hit the leather strap on the helmet with the same brown as the shoes above.

Now using a thin 50/50 mix agrax earthshade and water, I hit the model again with another wash to tone down the edges a little.  Some would use something called a glaze at this point, but I find this work just as well and saves you some money.  The helmet is lightly dry-brushed with the khaki to bring out the webbing on the helmet.

The helmet was hit again with a 50/50 mix of athonian camoshade and water to darken the recesses.  The gun wood parts hit with the same brown as the shoes, and the gun painted with a mix of iron breaker and black.

Model is finished.