BEF painting tutorial

I have painted a couple of 1/72 British Infantry from Battlefield Miniatures and their Blitz range, using the reference books as inspiration. This is hopefully something that is close enough to the real thing.

I’ve included paints below for more specialised equipment too, just to have everything in one place, and you will see examples of that in future posts.

Paints used:

Uniform, water bottles – Vallejo 921 English Uniform

Helmet, ammo boxes and other equipment – DOA Khaki Green G3

Boots, scabbard – Black

Webbing, pouches, anklets – 881 Yellow Green

Helmet nets – drybrush 819 Iraqui Sand, no wash (note – these were uncommon for BEF in 1940)

Anti-gas cape (rolled on backpack), gas mask bag (on chest) – 887 Brown Violet

Band to rolled anti-gas cape – 819 Iraqui Sand

Wood – 984 Flat Brown

Steel details, weapons – 863 Gunmetal Grey + two washes of Army Painter Dark Tone ink. (note, on these minis I used 863 Oily Steel and Strong Tone wash, but it is not as good)

Machine-gun band – 819 Iraqui Sand

Cartridges – Brass

Text on ammo boxes etc – 948 Golden Yellow

Everything washed with AP Strong Tone ink.

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