This figure by S&T is easily on of my favorite in the scale but is unfortunately out of production. With that in mind they should be considered as real a real prize for any collector. I began with the solid coats of Humbrol flat black enamel over the entire figure. Most of the figure is clean and free of air bubbles but for the few that do appear, I simply filled them with small drops of body fill and scraped them clean once they had dried. A good tip when sanding down any body filler is to have the surface already enameled so that when you go to remove the excess filler with sand paper you can see where the surface becomes even by how the enamel is cleared away. The trousers were the first area to be given an undercoat and I did so using a mix of Vallejo Gunship green and a Citadel dark grey. I then left this area alone and moved to the great coat, I do not have any clear references in colour of the exact coat that this figure is wearing so I went by eye and used the box art as a guide. The base colour of the coat was a mix of Vallejo Iraqi sand and Citadel dark grey at a ratio of 3:1. The successive layers were achieved by adding more of the sand, less of the dark grey and including in progressively increasing amounts a Citadel light grey for the highlights.
Once these highlights had reached a sufficient but not final stage I applied a thinned down Citadel black ink wash to all gear and recessed areas in preparation for the detail and final highlights. The gear and buttons were then undercoated with Citadel Chaos black. Once this was finished I moved on to the trousers which were to be highlighted with the base colours plus the same light grey used on the coat. This continuation of mixed colours is a good way to make the figure look unified in his universe instead of having had his coat weathered in a different time zone from his trousers. I then applied to the lower portion of his trousers a similar mix as the highlight but with Burnt Umber and progressively through the stages some Iraqi sand as well. This physical weathering through painting will help provide a grounded base for the subsequent pastels and washes that will provide the main weathering later on. Hical, James.
This figure by S&T is easily on of my favorite in the scale but is unfortunately out of production. With that in mind they should be considered as real a real prize for any collector. I began with the solid coats of Humbrol flat black enamel over the entire figure. Most of the figure is clean and free of air bubbles but for the few that do appear, I simply filled them with small drops of body fill and scraped them clean once they had dried. A good tip when sanding down any body filler is to have the surface already enameled so that when you go to remove the excess filler with sand paper you can see where the surface becomes even by how the enamel is cleared away. The trousers were the first area to be given an undercoat and I did so using a mix of Vallejo Gunship green and a Citadel dark grey. I then left this area alone and moved to the great coat, I do not have any clear references in colour of the exact coat that this figure is wearing so I went by eye and used the box art as a guide. The base colour of the coat was a mix of Vallejo Iraqi sand and Citadel dark grey at a ratio of 3:1. The successive layers were achieved by adding more of the sand, less of the dark grey and including in progressively increasing amounts a Citadel light grey for the highlights. 
Once these highlights had reached a sufficient but not final stage I applied a thinned down Citadel black ink wash to all gear and recessed areas in preparation for the detail and final highlights. The gear and buttons were then undercoated with Citadel Chaos black. Once this was finished I moved on to the trousers which were to be highlighted with the base colours plus the same light grey used on the coat. This continuation of mixed colours is a good way to make the figure look unified in his universe instead of having had his coat weathered in a different time zone from his trousers. I then applied to the lower portion of his trousers a similar mix as the highlight but with Burnt Umber and progressively through the stages some Iraqi sand as well. This physical weathering through painting will help provide a grounded base for the subsequent pastels and washes that will provide the main weathering later on. Hical, James.
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