How I Paint Things - WW2 Italian Infantry

Under Mussolini, Italy would join WWII on the Axis side on June 10th, 1940. Claiming he had 'eight million bayonets' ready to march on his command, the reality was rather less glamorous for the common Italian soldier! READ MORE:
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To the very gates of Stalingrad, the burning sands of North Africa and the mountainous terrain of Italy itself, the Italian soldier would meet almost all the nations of Allied forces in battle until September 1943 when Italy would finally capitulate. With the collapse of Italy as a military power, German forces would seize swathes of territory and prisoners, while many Italian soldiers would sign up with the Allies in order to take the fight to their former allies. The average Italian soldier never possessed Il Duce's dreams of empire, and even fascism was far from universal within their ranks. When at last the chance came to save Italy from the spectre of foreign Nazi rule, the hard-pressed people of Italy would seize the opportunity.
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PAINTS USED:
PRIMER:
Army Painter Uniform Grey
VALLEJO:
Olive Grey
US Field Drab
German Camo Beige
Beige Red
German Field Grey
Beige Brown
Black Grey
Black
Dark Sand
Basic Skin Tone
ARMY PAINTER
Uniform Grey
Flesh Wash
Strong Tone
Quickshade Mixing Medium
CITADEL
Iron Warriors
AK INTERACTIVE:
Ultra Matt Varnish

[@thatone846]

I'm so glad you've started doing Operation Husky stuff. My Great Grandfather was at Tunisia, Sicily and Italy all the way through to Montecassino and I find that's one of the lesser covered parts of the war. I've also had a fondness and preference for the quirkier, slightly-less-good equipment of the Italians and early-mid war British.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

The Italian campaign is such a widely overlooked part of WWII and it's bizarre to me that it doesn't get as much coverage. I suppose Operation Overlord is seen as the beginning of the end, but Italy had combatants from around the whole world in one place trying to tackle the 'soft underbelly' of Europe. The mid-war gear can be a lot of fun to paint, too!

[@nathanderricutt9638]

Thanks for the video. I started a bolt action Italian army and used your video to paint it, it helped massively. I have always been interested in the Italians during ww2. While they do have bad reputation they did have a couple good things, the semoventa and the veltro fighter come to mind. "The Germany solider impressed the world. But the Italian Bersaglieri impressed the German solider" Erwin Rommel

[@7bootzy]

In the words of Lt. Aldo Raines: "Bunjerno."

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Sounds like you speak third best Eye-talian!

[@MrSphinchee]

Love your videos mate. You really are my favorite KZbinr.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Glad you like them!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Sonic .

[@03dashk64]

Great video. Real question: has there ever been an episode of How I Paint Things that isn’t “very special?” I hope not!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Not that I know of! I certainly hope not, anyway...

[@covini4142]

@@SonicSledgehammerStudio how i base things was a very different episode, not very special

[@johnkelley9877]

This was a neat choice in figures and as always, excellent work! I had not thought of painting WWII Italian Army figures in the green uniform but it really looks good and is quite an interesting change from the sand colored versions. Thanks for sharing this as I always learn something new from you.

[@WarLore]

great vid, my man!

[@andsmorris7225]

Was great to come home from work to find a new tutorial waiting in my email box ready to watch. I was chatting on the the online discord forum that OnTableTop run and there’s a lot of love for these tutorials and the sledgehammer himself. Looking forward to the next video 👍🙂👍

[@stephendavinson4441]

Great paint job, great colours and a great matt finish.....👍

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

I love that ultra matt. :D Never would have thought it'd be that significant just to see it in the bottle, but once it's dried, hooo boy!

[@AmateurBarbarian]

How I paint things! Where every episode is a very special episode!

[@marcellocolombarini1653]

Great paint job!

[@TheEccentricMan]

I've a couple of boxes of the warlord Italians, I may well give this a go Troy. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Please do! They're lovely miniatures, really. I've found them a fraction more slight and slender than the usual Warlord figures; they'd not look like giants when compared to the Perry metals, I think.

[@palamj2]

That is a great review.

[@alexaparicio12]

I love the channel. Although due to the language difference, I didn't find out much. subscribed👍👍

[@nodger1975]

Excellent Vid as always!! One question I have been meaning to ask! Would it be possible for you to take a look at the Warlord Judge Dredd range of models? A few tutorials by your good self would be ace!

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

Can I just say I love your voice.

[@mikefuntheresar8234]

Nice video, i want to paint now army figures instant of warhammer

[@stewart2517]

Going to be getting some Italians to join my North Africa campaign alongside my Afrika Korps.

[@lucretiuscaro]

That is not a Warlord miniature, is it?

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Yeah, this is one of the older Warlord metal figures.

[@stevesandford1437]

Another great tutorial. (Who makes the mini, please?) xx SF

[@TheMineScapeNL]

What did you use for tufts? Also, great tutorial! Definitely gonna use this for my upcoming plastic Italian project!

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

These tufts are the Middenheim Tufts from GW. There's a couple of different colours in their range which are actually pretty useful; something they've got going for them over some other ranges if they've got a few really tiny tufts on each sheet which are neat for little spot details.

[@josemarialuxangarcia1723]

Hi, does anyone know a good place to find 3d files for WW2 minis?

[@wallyjohns9417]

What color would you paint the Italians uniform in the Desert

[@imyourlol]

My grandfather menage to survive to thay dress, very lucky men :) (he leave the fascist army for resistance guerrilla).

[@diego_9014]

too much green. This color has been used in the post war italian army but during the war we had the grey-green

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

If you've got any links to sources or printed material I'm all ears, but I was working from three separate sources that all said the woolen uniform was olive green. There's a cotton uniform which would have been much more grey, but it's a different, lighter fabric.