With a new year comes a new army. The second half of my Bolt Action DAK miniatures are painted. I still have not figured out basing, that will have to wait until my second box of Perry Brother's DAK miniatures are painted, but I am really happy with how quickly the force is coming together. It is hard to imagine, but two boxes is all I need infantry wise.
Painting these reminded me of the original Space Marine box. The DAK came with enough forces to actually play the game. I remember building the first Space marine box, and having something like three squads. The Perry box produces a 1000 point army. Add a second box, and that is all that will be needed. The models are very small(smaller in real life than the photo above!), but better proportioned than the Warlord miniatures. This means the faces are very difficult to paint. They do not have the exaggeration of heroic scale. I'd happily recommend the DAK box for anyone getting into BA. There is also a Desert Rat force that makes a good companion army.
Despite being painted quickly, I did some experimentation on them. The photo is a bit saturated, but the uniforms are actually painted in several color variations. I tried to make some more tan, some more green, and others more yellow. Normally I don't do this when batch painting. The idea is to create a recipe and then follow it. For these guys I just winged it. I kept a bunch of paints on the table and grabbed them almost at random. I think the method works, though it made blending a bit rough, as I could never quit get back to the same colors again. I might try this out on a 40k army.
I hope everyone is looking forward to the new year.
Great looking stuff, as always. I think the variation in the uniforms is more realistic. Dyes weren't consistent, especially when uniforms were made in different locations, and fading fabric versus newly issued, lots of factors that would make fabric colors vary.
ReplyDeleteI agree, uniforms are very rarely uniform. I don't think mine was ever the same colour apart from the day I joined! In the desert the sun will bleach jackets and shirts.
DeleteI am really glad I added some different colors at the end. I'll vary it up even more with the second box. i like the effect enough that my next 40k guard force will likely follow suit.
DeleteWow you had a really strong push John. Hobby crazy at the end of the year! Everything looks great. I can't believe the detail you get out of these guys given the scale!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year John!
It was a strong 1st. I really like the bolt action scale. I wish 40k were resized a little smaller so there would be enough room to maneuver.
DeleteHappy new year Greg. The tiger is coming!
They look really nice. Very natural- the color palate you chose is so smooth.
ReplyDeleteTwo Tentacles way up.
Thanks sinsynn. I darkened the lining a bit after the photo was taken to make the webbing pop a bit more. I might have to break out the light box to take some nicer army shots. This game has me hooked!
DeleteLooks great!
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