1/30 Russischer Musketier 1812 - Colour scheme

Hello,

I've spent the last two days painting my musketeer. He's supposed to look like a typical toy soldier from the well-known manufacturers. A few shadows, a few dirt spots – but all easy and fast reproducable on a whole squad. Not a work of art, but quite nice to look at.

First, the list of basic colors: (V=Vallejo)

Uniform - Russian Green Uniform Ammo Atom 20099

Trousers - Cream White V 70.766 (21) (used as basic for every white; covers better that a real white and is easy to paint with white over them)

Black - V 70.950 (191)

Silver - V 71.063 

Gunmetal Gray - V 70.863 (198)

Flat Red V 70.957 (39)

Beige Brown V 70.875 (150) - for the wooden rifle parts

Beige Red V 70.804 (13) - for human flesh

Tan Earth V 70.874 (141) - for the base

Brass V 70.801 (202)

Khaki V 70.988 (114) - for the overcoat

I'm sure I've forgotten something again. But that should be the gist of it. And this is roughly what the warrior looks like in basic colors:

I think I'll keep the colors as they are. I just want to paint a few variations on the colors for the coats.

And after a thin brown/black acrylic wash, a bit of drybrushing, and some painted highlights and shadows, it looks like this:

As I said, it can all be much more detailed and refined painted, of course, but that's not my goal. I think it will look quite nice if a whole group of these soldiers will form a small scene.

I deliberately only painted the base and didn't flock it or add any grass tufts—just like a real "old school toy soldier." My very first finished 1/30 scale figure!

Best regards,

Andreas