Firstly there won't be any pictures by myself for a while. I'm a long way off from putting brush to miniature.
Having come back to painting, modelling and playing 40k, I'm getting a Death Korps of Krieg Imperial Guard army, looking at mechanized infantry so plenty of tanks along with the troops.
I'm torn between an urban and a trench theme for the army.
Trench means primarily using these bases:
Colourscheme for trench to me suggests a dark green, feldgrau or pea camo (probably using greenstuff to do smocks over a dark green basecoat). The downside with trench is that I'm less than keen to do an excessive amount of mud on my vehicles. I think the bases are great but the theme would demand a lot of mud and I don't want to go that route (weathering yes, excessive mud no).
Tanks would probably be WWII three colour camo scheme, possibly a dark grey but I'm not sure how well that would look with the mud of the trenches.
Urban means using these:
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Urban theme suggests grey-blue or feldgrau. The downside on the urban bases is they'll be a lot more work in painting them because of all the extra detail and contrasting colours (rusty metal, red bricks etc.)
Tanks would be a three-colour grey scheme, light-mid-grey-blue akin to the ones seen in the FW model masterclass book.
My other option is to do a mix of the two using snow or mud to blend them together. My hesitation with this is that an all snow themed army (15+ vehicles, 60+ infantry) is going to add a lot to the amount of work and time everything takes.
In essence I'm looking for some feedback or advice on options I might not have thought to (not totally different themes, so I'm not going to do a lava theme for example).
Overall feel I want is realistic (am using VMC and will be doing a lot of airbrushing) weathered troops and vehicles. I do feel that a mix between the two has a lot of potential but am stuck on how to blend the bases together without using snow or lots of mud. Hence coming here for some advice and help.
Having come back to painting, modelling and playing 40k, I'm getting a Death Korps of Krieg Imperial Guard army, looking at mechanized infantry so plenty of tanks along with the troops.
I'm torn between an urban and a trench theme for the army.
Trench means primarily using these bases:
Colourscheme for trench to me suggests a dark green, feldgrau or pea camo (probably using greenstuff to do smocks over a dark green basecoat). The downside with trench is that I'm less than keen to do an excessive amount of mud on my vehicles. I think the bases are great but the theme would demand a lot of mud and I don't want to go that route (weathering yes, excessive mud no).
Tanks would probably be WWII three colour camo scheme, possibly a dark grey but I'm not sure how well that would look with the mud of the trenches.
Urban means using these:
View attachment 2896
Urban theme suggests grey-blue or feldgrau. The downside on the urban bases is they'll be a lot more work in painting them because of all the extra detail and contrasting colours (rusty metal, red bricks etc.)
Tanks would be a three-colour grey scheme, light-mid-grey-blue akin to the ones seen in the FW model masterclass book.
My other option is to do a mix of the two using snow or mud to blend them together. My hesitation with this is that an all snow themed army (15+ vehicles, 60+ infantry) is going to add a lot to the amount of work and time everything takes.
In essence I'm looking for some feedback or advice on options I might not have thought to (not totally different themes, so I'm not going to do a lava theme for example).
Overall feel I want is realistic (am using VMC and will be doing a lot of airbrushing) weathered troops and vehicles. I do feel that a mix between the two has a lot of potential but am stuck on how to blend the bases together without using snow or lots of mud. Hence coming here for some advice and help.
