How to Paint US WWII Paratroopers | 1/35 Scale Figure Tutorial (pt. 2)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- In this video, we'll continue painting up our 1/35-scale 101st Airborne Paratrooper figure from Alpine Miniatures! Part two will focus on painting up our figure's uniform, weathering effects, and final assembly of our figure. Whether you're a long time scale modeler or a WWII history buff just getting started in the hobby, you're in the right place!
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Definitely recommend this channel to any new scale modeler, the best and most easiest tutorials ever. I always go watch your videos and it helps out a lot
Your videos are a moment of Zen with an art lesson, I believe you to be the model painting Bob Ross.
That's so kind - thank you!!
Outstanding work my friend Hank. I really like the way the flesh color came out. Kudos...
Thank you very much! I appreciate it 👍
@@SpruesNBrews fantastic job mate.
Your method with painting webbing on the helmet helped my a lot, thank you!
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching 👍
It was a real treat to study your excellent work without irrelevant music blaring Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed!
Great video Hank, going to try these techniques out on my next figure build. Particularly liked your method on face painting. In the past I've got so hung up on trying to get the face just right using multiple thin layers of paint. A simple approach looks like the way to go. Great tip !
Thanks very much! Simple ain't bad I always say 😁👍
Me too, I have watched so many videos where people use a ton of layers and have to thin the paint to a perfect glaze, but it looks like simple is better!!
Nice work. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! 👍
Great👌 I told you you'll get me with 101st airborne😉
Haha fair enough! 😅
Waiting for this! Thanks.
Awesome! So glad to hear - thanks for watching! 👍
Wow. Incredible work. My favorite part was the dark wash!
Hank another great little masterpiece. Amazing job!
Thank you very much! Too kind 😁
Really good, Thx.
Thanks for watching!
Hello, what if I used a matte colorless varnish instead of a glossy one when shading with enamel?
Great video. Nice technique. Don't know if any one else mentioned it, but the rear strap on the helmet and the carbine sling are actually khaki webbing just like the canteen cover and belt, not leather.
Ahh yeah I took a few artistic liberties with it - I like to look of the red leather at this scale. Thanks though!
@@SpruesNBrews Good! It's a model and it's yours. Doing endless shades of khaki #6 does get boring after awhile.
You make it look so easy lmbo great job ..🍻
Too kind! Thanks for watching 🍻
Great work Hank 👌👌👍👍
Thank you! 👍🍻
Well done to you sir. Very nice work indeed
Thank you very much!
Nice job! Congrats!
Thank you so much! Another beautiful figure 😁 I've got one of the new tankers to tackle next 👍
I can’t find Ammo dark wash, is Ammo black wash the same
Awesome, I am using this method to paint up a Sherman crew for an M4A3 I just finished 👍
Very nice! Enjoy! 👍🍻
Any tips and tricks to help with doing flags on the arms? Got a few 101st from Market Garden and they have the flag pretty much molded into the resin
another great piece of work one thing is you should use a strategy called glazing you've probably heard of it but it serves me well! cheers mate.
Thanks! Yes I've started glazing since I originally filmed this video - it's a great technique! If you'd like to check out my Franz Stigler painting tutorial, I go into detail on glazing there 👍
The "wash" on the end, what exactly is this product. How can i find it ? Great video and nice work :)
8:25 I think it’s Ammo Dark Wash
Another excellent figure painting Hank! I see you use white aluminum a lot I don't have any can I use silver or something else?
Super Arbeit 👍👍👍😀
you called me a friend. you also have a new subscriber.
its me... nice soldier
Thank you very much! Welcome aboard!
What fine point brushes are best?
Hank, you make it look so easy yet the results are incredible and life-like. I build 1/48 armor and dioramas. I try to follow your technique on the smaller figures, which is difficult. First, after using all those great Vallejo paints, you used an AK for the white; why did you do that? Vallejo makes a great white and off-white. Were you simply out or do you find AK a better quality paint when it comes to white? Second, why did you prime/base coat your figure in black as opposed to white or light gray? Seems to me that skin tones on top of white would be more rich and organic, but I could be wrong. I sincerely appreciate your feedback as I am learning alot from you. Thanks.
Hey there! Thanks for the comment & for watching - two very good questions. I've had good luck with the AK Interactive White Aluminum which I why I use that - I like their metallics line & they're generally pretty easy to get on Amazon, so that's the reasoning there. And for the primer coat, I've done some of my figures with white & some with black. It's really personal preference, but you're probably right that white will give you a slightly lighter/richer complexion. Thanks again & happy building 🍻
what's the reason that you dont do head and body together?
does matte varnish spray works as well? Or it needs to be airbrushed?
I think you could get away with a spray can, sure!
Those Alpine figures are 1) tough to find and 2) crazy expensive.
If you're stateside, you can buy them direct from Alpine with free shipping! And I know ultracast.ca carries them up in Canada as well 👍
@@SpruesNBrews I found the link on their page to their online store...the link is right there at top of the page but still it is kinda hard to find. Thanks. Still, they are super pricey. It's probably a better way to get a solid 3D printer and print your own.
What is the wash? Thinned out paint? Enamel or acrylic?
9 months late but its Mig enamel dark wash
Great video! Just got back into modeling and have bought a good amount of Vallejo paints. I was curious though when it comes to hand brushing and Vallejo acrylics. Do you need to thin them before hand brushing them on? I wasn’t sure if it really mattered or not
Thank you! And yes, it helps to thin them a little with water, but you can get away without it 👍
@@SpruesNBrews thanks for the reply! Watched a bunch of your videos for tips and tricks and look forward to testing them out on the work bench!
Another great figure Hank! Do you use any optical aids like a magnifying glass etc to help you paint small details?
I hate to be critical but, the sling on his M-1 carbine should be khaki or OD webbing not leather & the handle of his shovel should be OD green painted as well. But otherwise it is nice work...
Really great work on the figure! I just thought the paint job on the boots was a little bland.
I like to keep it simple 👍
Is it just me or does tamiya paint never get a finish like this? Btw great video Hank.
wired thing that anoyes me why is there not 1/48 for tanks and 1/32 tanks i understand no 1/72 but my perfectonism will see the barely noticable size difrince
Tamiya has a very nice line of 1/48 ground vehicles if you'd like to check it out!
@@SpruesNBrews I may need to take a look
Wow really good I will be referring back to this when I have to paint us soldiers, one question what paintbrushes do you use for figure painting?
Thank you! I'm still experimenting with which brushes I like best, but I talk about my current go-to in my "Best Gear for Beginners" video if you'd like to learn a little more about them. Thanks for watching!
Just a comment for the algorithm.
Very Nice.
Attention, la jugulaire arrière du casques est en Cotton de couleur OD 3 clair, la petite boucle de jugulaire avant n’est pas aluminium mais verte ainsi que les boucle en ´ A ´ du casque liner…
Merci! Oui, j'ai pris quelques libertés artistiques avec la palette de couleurs - j'aime utiliser le cuir et l'aluminium pour les bracelets, car je pense que c'est plus frappant à cette échelle 👍
@@SpruesNBrews
D’accord, l’aluminium pourrait être remplacé par de la couleur brass ( laiton) car toute là bouclerie était très souvent noirci sur du laiton..😉
Nice work but you need a much better microphone setup.
Any recommendations?
I'm on my third disc " Bastogne " 😂
Such a good episode!
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En general no está mal pero se echa de menos el trabajo de luces y sombras tanto del uniforme como de la cara y manos
Sí, a veces me gusta pintar reflejos, a veces me salto esa parte. No soy un pintor de figuras experto, pero esta técnica es lo suficientemente rápida y fácil para que alguien que es principalmente un modelo de armadura obtenga un buen resultado 👍
POOPATROOPERS?😳
Jman
bonjour si je peut me permettre vous accepté la critique ? bon alors voila sur la 1er couche de uniforme y a des manque de peinture la couleur de la peau du para et trop claire sur arme et le bois cet pas top trop de noir enfin il vaut mieux peindre les objets separer et les coller au personnage par la suite il faut vraiment prendre sont temps pour donner vraiment quelque chose de bien !
Awfully painted. What a waste of good figures.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful, constructive comment 👍
Paint equipment before fixing to the figure.
Whatever works for you! I like to attach it first & paint all together 👍