first painted panzergrenadiers

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**LazzurusMan**

So, here is a 4 man panzerschreck team painted according to the open fire painting tutorial on YouTube. So, what do you think?

**Pacific**

Look very nice, you've achieved a good level of detail for 15mm (although the lighting makes gauging the colours difficult).

Have you thought about how you will base them yet?

**LazzurusMan**

Thanks, the detail was all thanks to an early christmas present, a cheap led magnifier for soldering.

I'm planing on going for the standard pva/sand combo, with some GW static grass and super glued clump foliage as stone walls.

**LazzurusMan**

Got them based, what do people think?

**infinite_array**

It looks good, although there seems to be a little bit of the original base poking out there at the bottom? What are you using to base?

**LazzurusMan**

It's just gw sand and pva

**Anpu-adom**

Looks really good.
One tip that was given to me when I started, and I've passed on to everyone else that I know...
Get a wash.
Once you have the base colors painted, use a big brush and paint the wash over everything on the model. It has just a bit of color (usually black and/or brown) and is very thin so that it sinks into the recesses on the model. It adds shading and subtly darkens the base colors. After a minute or so, remove any that has pooled on the model or base. Once it is dry (I say 2 hours, minimum), you can highlight with your base colors and go from there!

**LazzurusMan**

I painted another grenadier today using a black undercoat and lighter shades of the colours. It looks much more detailed, I'll get some pics on when I'm not about to fall asleep at my PC.