Recently I was contacted by one of the organisers from Prodos Games, the makers of both Warzone: Ressurection and the upcoming Alien Vs Predator wargames. As I've committed myself to helping out run demos of this wonderful little game, I've been encouraged to get my Bahous force finished before Christmas! Dooable? Sure, but I've had some nitpicking in regards to the force's camouflage.
Bauhaus are known for being in their typical Winter Grey colours. However the background has them very present in Venus' new jungle expanses, but very few examples of Bauhaus camo patterns are available.
While at first I was thinking of mimicking the Fallschimjager camo pattern from WW2, a friend recommended that I take inspiration from the Clone Troopers fighting on Kasyyk in the better part of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. You probably remember the pic from earlier.
How to make that camo work on a 28 mm figure!?
Well, I finally sat down, poured myself some whisky and went for it, testing out some techniques and colours on one Bauhaus Hussar. Sadly I don't yet have step by step shots, as it was truly a back and forth trying to pick the right tones which I could easily replicate. I didn't want something that would take forever to do, I have deadlines dammit!
Anyway here is the outcome, see what you think.
Again, sorry for the poor pics. Not much lighting this time of light. Need to get a set up!
The colours were a black primer. Pants and cloth were highlighted with a "wet" dry brush of GW Mechanicus Grey, washed down with Army Painter Dark Wash. Armour was painted with P3 Gun Corps Brown, then GW Bleach Bone. The camo bits were Army Painter Army Green and more Corps Brown.
The base was painted and highlight deliberately with the same pallet to reinforce the impression of actually good camoflage. Something I'm looking forward to pushing with the stealthers, the Vesuvian Rangers. Gufaa!
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While the majority is pretty standard highlight, wash etc, the camouflage was something of an accident. After trying a stippling brush, dry brush, smudging I got annoyed and used the wrong brush. One of my "retired" examples of poor brush care (See below), managed to give me a random and pathetic spread of paint which really proved perfect for the subtle scatter of green and brown scratches on the Clone Troopers.
A few dashes of mid brown for dust and dirt and by Jove I think I got it. Not perfect, but these are Hussars. I'll reserve the extra effort for the formidable Juggernauts!
Incidentally, Warzone: Resurrection is a great platoon sized game which doesn't really sit in the same field as Warhammer 40k. It uses a bigger focus on the individual units (think 40k 3rd edition), though as its a redo of an old 80's game, units are still coming out. If you don't mind a developing environment, it has some really nice figures.
When I've got enough painted up, me and my friend Snorre (Who is working on his Mishima right now... I hope O_O) will be running a few practice games. I'm hoping to do a quick review of the game in greater detail for those who have an interest.
Bed time now, but next I can zoom through the other 9 Hussars and move on to the next unit, but what should that be? Juggernaughts or the elite Rangers?
For more info on Warzone: Resurrection, here is a link to the Facebook group, which offers a better variety of pics of the figures and an opportunity to find out more.
Thanks for reading!
R
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