I decided to lay out some of my painted Dystopian Wars stuff in an attempt to jump start me into painting more of my collection.
I had painted some stuff for the Analogue painting challenge but that was but a drop in the ocean. There is another local gamer that has some naval forces so I am going to try and get some naval stuff done, some FSA ships to begin with.
Old Spartan games scenery kit, actually two of them. It also came with some acrylic bases and sand dunes. (to be done later) These are very small bits of terrain, but grouped together they could become a difficult archipelago to navigate. Some structures also provide the possible objectives for the combatants. The large cylindrical towers can be removed and there are lighthouses that can be placed on top of the platform like structures. As I mentioned there are clear bases that came with these so that one could glue the really small rock outcrops onto them to form reefs etc.
For the most part, the island rocks were done my usual way, charcoal grey/brown base then a variety of layers using whatever grey paint that I had handy. All this followed by Vallejo sepia wash, and a final highlight of very light grey.I did use some contrast paints, black and brown, but in the end there is negligible difference between the end product. Some islands have slightly darker crevices. The sand start with contrast paints dune colour, then various sand colours and army painter light wash, then dry brush of Iraq sand.
These were quick and easy to do. Primed white, then GW contrast Snakebite leather for the brick, Vallejo Bronze green for the upper tower base colour, and craft paint mudstone for the concrete. Took a few tries at highlight colours for the green, while the concrete only got one dry brush of dove coat grey (craft paint) Hit it with a light wash and done. Also did up the add on bits, the various devices that one can place on the towers. They were simply primed black, dry brushed with grey steel and then some extra colours added were ever it seemed appropriate. Going for a generic look for these toppers, want them to be nation neutral.
They are done! Started these a couple of weeks back, but then got distracted by shinier items (Alamo and Tennessee) so they have been crowding my workspace. Not anymore! One of the large barges had been painted already, but whatever my prep work cleaning technique was, it was sorely lacking. So I stripped any primed landing craft and hand painted on some Vallejo black primer then had at it again.
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| Russian tunnelers |
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| FSA Alamo mobile airfield |
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| FSA Tennessee landship |
So these are now classified as done! Two of the Russian vehicles are newly painted while a third one has had some updates to it, but had essentially been painted many years ago.
These are a riot to paint, certainly a dry brushers dream come true. While I have done many layers of paint, and over brushing, it is the various layers of dry brushing that brings out the details.
The toughest thing to do is to figure out what colours to use. The airplanes on the Alamo went through 2 other coulour patterns before I settled on the bright, P-26 inspired colours. I have also decided that these are army planes, the naval airplanes and the aerial units will be painted in different colours (TBD)
Amazingly enough, this time around I have actually made a record of what paints I used for these.
Now to get the landing forces done!
