Weapons
There are three different weapons in this group of figures; the Mosin-Nagant 91/30 rifle, The PPSh-41 submachine gun, and the DP-28 light machine gun. Weapons are perhaps the most important part of a WWII miniature. Some game rules, like Bolt Action for example, differentiate figures by the weapon they carry. So it is important to glance at a figure and be able to identify the weapon the figure is carrying. Therefore it is important to paint the weapon correctly. Get a picture of the weapon you are painting and get it as close to correct as you can.
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| Riflemen (Mosin-Nagant) |
I decided to paint all of the Mosin-Nagants a nice wood-brown color. Later, I will wash this with a dirt color, and then pick out the hardware with a metallic paint.
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| PPSh-41 SMG |
The PPSh-41 is largely metal with a wooden stock. So I painted the barrel and hardware black and the stock the same brown color as the rifles. After this I painted the black parts with a pseudo dry-brush of gun metal. This weapon has an air-cooled barrel and I wanted to be able to see the sculpted texture of it.
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| Group photo (DP-28 prone on the right) |
The DP-28 is almost entirely metal except for a small stock. So once again it gets a brown wood stock, and black everything else, followed by a generous dry-brush of gun metal metallic paint.
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| Metallic painted weapons |
Helmets and Headgear
These russians have three different types of headgear. The pilotkas were painted the same color as the uniforms. The helmets I painted with Vallejo 70823. The winter hats (woolly chapkas?) I painted two colors. The inside of the hat I painted black and the outside I used Ceramcoat Storm Grey. So these will be the grey variety of winter hat. You can also use a brown/buff color as well.
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| Helmets |
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| Woolly Chapkas |
At this point, every bit of the figure has a covering of color! So the next step is one of my favorites...
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