Painting Plastic Soldier Company's Late War British Infantry in 15mm | Storm of Steel Wargaming

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[@quackstheking]

Definitely picked up a couple of tips. Basecoat on sprue and lavishly apply the basecoat! I've been just trying to paint the basecoat neatly and now I've seen your technique, I realise that I've been wasting my time as I'll paint over it anyway! Thanks Alex.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Cheers Don, yeah, I gave up painting a neat basecoats years ago. Just use it as extra primer.

[@genxman7211]

Love Too Fat Lardies games! Great video thanks 😊

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Cheers, then you'll love the rest of the channel!

[@chrismikucki9107]

Alex - very helpful. I am glad you took time to do the video. Having spent decades painting slightly differently, I saw some new things here I am going to try. I think you spend more time/ steps on the basing and texturing, but the effect is pleasing. The start on the sprue is also clever. Well done.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Cheers Chris, am I glad this video gave you a few ideas. I like to speed paint to get things on the table as quick as possible and from gaming distance you can't tell my mistakes!

[@bernardgodfrey3499]

That's a well used paint station. Such tiny miniatures. I use the same technique for base coating, saves so much time and I adhere completely to the 3 foot rule ;).

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

It's been in service for a while... 15mm are not particularly small in the scheme of things. I have some 2mm figures as well!

[@nelsonrumley2618]

webbing the base canvas as used by raf is a yeelowish brown the army with application blanco is a light yellow green to dark green navy sometimes would whiten them or use the plain yellow brown

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thanks for the info.

[@jekylthorn8969]

Excellent video! Look up "Helping Hands", they are manipulable crocodile clips on arms with a magnifying glass. I use them for model making. They could hold the figures by the base as you paint and you have bonus magnification as well!

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thanks, glad you like the video. I used to have some, but I've never really needed them tbh. I find they get in the way, ha ha

[@jekylthorn8969]

@@StormofSteelWargaming Ha ha, yeah, they can be awkward!

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

@@jekylthorn8969 that's usually what I found with them, but if it works for you, then that's great.

[@tamsinp7711]

Brown boots? Are they all commissioned officers? ;) Very handy guide Alex and the figures look fine. :)

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

LOL, that's my own personal take on the colour for the boots, it just adds a bit of interest as they get darkened with the shade anyway. Thank you and I am glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mattygee37]

They all look brown after being in the field a few hours running around I can assure you, I use to an infantry soldier and my black lowers boots were soon a muddy shade of brown.

[@andyshaw5378]

Awesome watched that while having my breakfast. Needed the right colour for my British airborne trousers, thanks for that. I had been considering a varnish have you ever had any reaction issues? I use a mixture of Vallejo, GW and war games foundry paints.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Glad you enjoyed it Andy, and I was able to pass on some tips! I've never had a reaction with the W&N varnish, it's the best on the market, IMO.

[@SonicSledgehammerStudio]

Me, cheering maniacally at 20:50 "AG-RAX! AG-RAX!"

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

The power of Agrax should never be underestimated!

[@ratelmike8825]

Cracking video. I've moved away from Flames of War over to Battlegroup as I like the more realistic mechanics. Like you are doing I'm looking at going individual basing as well. British miniatures from PSC look very nice. How are the current US late war miniatures from PSC? Trying to decide whether to go PSC or Battlefront.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Cheers, glad you liked it. TBH, I don't like Battlegroup, I find it a bit pedestrian, I much prefer Chain of Command, I Ain't Been Shot Mum and O Group. The US from PSC are a bit skinny, but they still work OK at tabletop distances.

[@ratelmike8825]

@@StormofSteelWargaming thanks for that feedback. Much appreciated. I've also got into Chain of Command but purely 28mm off the back of Bolt Action. I need to look into a bit more detail of O Group. I'm wondering if the new Victrix 12mm range may be worth a look at.....

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

@@ratelmike8825 No worries, check out the O Group playlist that I have on the channel as there's a lot of videos about the game on there

[@StackingLimit]

Did you wash these in washing up liquid before you painted them or did you just paint them straight away?

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

No, I never wash figures. I've painted thousands over the years and not once had to clean them before painting.

[@bigmull]

Will these fit in Flames of War bases,or will they need trimming?

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Do you mean the holes in the FoW bases? If so, I'm not sure as I don't know what size the holes are.

[@John2E0GTU]

Great video. Are these suitable for 1/76 and 1/72 tanks etc?

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

Thanks, no 15mm is too small, you'd be better off with 1/72nd scale figures.

[@John2E0GTU]

@@StormofSteelWargaming That is a shame, as I would like a bit more variety than you get in 1/72 Airfix and others. Thanks for the prompt reply.

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

@@John2E0GTU It's grand, although PSC do 1/72nd scale figures as well.

[@John2E0GTU]

@@StormofSteelWargaming Thank you. I will look out for them.

[@leonleese4919]

What size is the Bren team base?

[@StormofSteelWargaming]

A Flames of War small base.