First, the figure was base coated in Vallejo Black Primer (Ref: 70.602), then, using an Iwata HPC airbrush, we painted the uniform in thinned Vallejo Panzer Grey Primer (Ref: 70.603) & the overcoat in German Field Grey (Ref. 70.830). We then created a lightened highlight mix of each colour & sprayed that over the top.
Next came the face, for that we used the Vallejo Face Painting set (Ref: 70.119) applied by brush. First, the face was base coated in Brown Sand (Ref: 70.876) followed by highlights using Beige Red (Ref: 70.804). Now comes the subtle bit. Using very watered down, almost opaque mixes of Basic Skin Tone (Ref: 70.815) & Light Flesh (Ref: 70.928), highlights were carefully picked out. Basically, any area which would catch the light, gets multiple thin applications of the lighter shades.
Finally, using very thinned down washes of German Camouflage Black Brown (Ref: 70.822), the hair & eyebrows were picked out, as well as the eyes. At this scale, no attempt was made to pick out the whites of the eyes or the pupils. The same thin wash was used to add subtle shadows under the eyebrows, lips & chin.
For the uniform the same principle was followed. We added a drop of Light Flesh (Ref: 70928) to each of the uniform shades & applied very measured & thin highlights by brush.
This just left the detail painting. Silver buttons & insignia were picked out using Vallejo excellent alcohol based Liquid Silver (Ref: 790) while their Game Colour washes were used to add shadows to the uniform, hands, insignia & pockets. Black Shade (Ref: 73.201), Sepia Shade (Ref: 73.200) & Umber Shade (Ref: 73.203) were employed on the body & Fleshtone Shade was used very sparingly on the face for a bit of warmth.
We were not too sure what to do about the shoulder patches so we left those generic whilst our figure carries the rank of Major on his uniform underneath.
