1/35 German Infantry | Tamiya Figure Painting Tutorial 

Adult modelers easily panic when it comes to small figures. At least that's how I feel. Super explained - this borders on psychological care. Thank you from Germany!

Speaking as a non-hobbyist, I'm amazed by all the skill, talent and labor it takes to do these figures at this level. Those hands and eyes would be great assets in surgery.

Thank you for this video. I was having a lot of trouble painting my figures since I joined the hobby in June. This helped immensely. I touched up one and was so happy with the results I kept redoing more and more. My figures no longer look like weird 2 inch mannequins.

Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels! Super happy to see that subscriber count going up! You deserve it! This is another great one - I really like the strategy of blocking out some main colors

I started a Tamiya Afrika Korps squad for some 1/35 garden war gaming and this was a great tutorial for skins. Thank you!

Having returned to the hobby after a long absence, rather nice to see that decals for uniform markings are included - back in the day, you had to try and paint all of that by hand

Its a great pleasure see how you handle the brush like your talent and your patience !! congrats !!👍

Love those freehand knife skills - cutting that tape sling was mastery. I couldn't freehand that cut in 1000 years. Go you!!!!

Great work. Thanks for the tips. I've been wanting to do figures for ages but didn't know where to start. This has been really helpful

Thanks Hank, just ordered these now. I love the more recent Tamiya figures - great detail, clean mouldings and a great price, equivalent to $15 here in Thailand. 👍

I am completely new to this hobby and your tutorial will help me immensely. Thank you

Nice looking sculpts, I remember when Dragon and Verlinden where the best choice for figure sets above the Tamiya ones.

I got some time ago german field commanders set. And these figures are equally fantastic.

I was building a pak 40 models and I took a chance to paint the figures with the model and they came out better than I thought they would I always was scared painting the figures and thought it was very hard but it's actually fun.

Another great figure tutorial. Really hoping to use some of these techniques on my next build. Cheers.

Wow just wow! I don’t even come close too that amount of detail when I do mine. AMAZING Great video thx for the inspiration too keep going.

Great video thanks for sharing! I am a fan! I like the quick hit video of about 15 minutes. As opposed to the 45minute or 2 hour video that are on RU-vid. I am sure that people will have issues or concerns about the colours you pick. Keep up the great work!

I actually just got this kit! Outstanding work! Also, just a tip in reference to your diy painting base for your troops. I use tall bottle caps from like kombucha bottles and stuff and I used to super glue them to it, but a guy from my club suggested heavy duty double sided tape. You know, the type of stuff you could see Billy Mays picking up and engine block with? It’s pretty cheap at your local menards or home depot or whatever and can be cut to size. With super glue, I found if you bump the figure, it breaks free and now you are trying to re-glue a wet paint covered Wehrmacht soldier to a cap (or wood screw) and butchering all your work. The double sided tape has a little more play in it. And when you are done, he doesn’t look like he is wearing snow shoes! A win win in my book lol!

Nice Job Hank. I recently purchased this kit. IMO one of Tamiya`s best figure kits. Nice paint job. Never tried Vallejo paints but may give them a try.

Beautiful job!!!!

Lovely figures and impressive painting, thumbs up!

Great video. Another choice for the basic flesh tone which I like and you may like to try, is Vallejo Panzer Aces 341 Flesh Base - it gives a warmer, more tanned effect which is perhaps appropriate for troops, and avoids the slightly yellow jaundiced look! :-) You can lighten it up with other flesh colours of course.

Nice figurines. Interestingly painted.

I am NOT a fan of figures! However, after watching this video and your techniques and how easy you can make a figure pop, I think I'm going to get this kit and give it a world. I just subscribed to this channel and I'm looking forward to your ideas and methods. Thank you for sharing.

Very beautiful!

i love your videos. i love learning stuff and i learned stuff here. thx

Top top top job! Thanks for the video!

Excellent work!

Great job mate,they're great looking figures... 👍

Awesome video!! Figures have always been a pain for me... I have this kit in the stash and will break it out and have a go..!!

Beautiful working. Félicitations from a french fan. And thanks you for this video tuto Enjoy

Very cool! I've always been lacking the ability to finish a figure worth looking at. I'll be watching you teach, thanks for that 🙂 (- a previous multi-term President of SMAS, long before your interactions with them - which was cool. I'm also a long term subscriber, who never imagined I'd hear of my former Club's dealing with a RU-vid presenter that I enjoy. Good on-yah, from Canada. Oh, and being a repeat watcher of vid's...I've bought, but not started a set of figure's, it's the reason I'm re-watching this - Brad

Dang, I remember when I had good vision and my hands didn't shake. lol Your videos are very good. Keep them coming.

Going to start paint ww2 figures. And this will help alot! Thanks

Great tutorial, thanks.

Awesome painting!

Nice painting I don't normally use Tamiya figures I find there under scale than all other 1.35 figures so hard to mix n match them! Dragon's 1.35 3rd Gen are amazing figures but ICM have just rocked the boat with there new figures there just absolutely unbelievable for plastic! They look high detail aplone resin when painted up the German ww1 set is my favorite can't wait for more from ICM if we ever hear from them again! Could be a while being based in Ukraine!

Clear and nice. A couple of tips: I am no fan of the fleshtones, like at all - they are all too yellow for my taste, so instead I recommend Old Rose or Salmon Rose (Vallejo) as the base coat, using light flesh as highlight and any blasted brownish red for shade. This method of painting eyes come from Francois Verlinden, and is a pretty common way of painting eyes - and I approve of using light flesh for the white of the eyes, since the fleshtone is actually reflected in the eyes (most notable with people with dark skin - get yourself a good image and you'll see their whites have a clear brownish tint to them). However, the irises need to be larger, with only hint of whites visible - alternatively, paint a very thin dark line under the upper eyelid to mark the eyes. Oh, and at this scale, brown, preferably burnt umber, is used to paint the irises since the actual color can't be seen anyway. The only thing I actually question is painting the gasmask canister in aluminium - all metal equipment used was painted with that green, and that included the canister. The paint did wear off, but that is actually very well simulated with a drybrush. A couple of other hints: the binolulars should have straps as well as the gasmask canister where the lid opens. A good way to add something extra is to paint all the black leather, especially the Y-straps and boots with a semi-gloss coat when all is done to simulate at least leftover polish, but also leather's natural surface. All that aside, great painting tutorial, and I'll be sure to pick up the set myself.

Really nice video and I enjoyed it a lot. FYI, in addition to masking tape, dental floss can also be used for making slings.

Awesome job! I like to use citadel agrax earthshade, I'm lazy. Mainly an armor builder. To me though my armor has to have at least a couple of crewmen. If not I feel as though something is missing. Great channel. Going to subscribe now!

I enjoyed that! Well done mate.

That's a very nice finish. I'm glad to see Tamiya has improved their model figures. I'm stuck with the earlier not that crash Hot German infantry and the Grenadiers sculpts that are not so great. I haven't bought any of the newer figures that have a better natural pose. Very nice work.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️

Hi buddy great tutorial helps a lot thank you for sharing mate.cheers Gary from the 🇬🇧.

Really enjoyable video…very inspiring.

NICE WORK!

Excellent tutorial

excellent.

Great recipe, thanks for posting

What a fantastic video , I'm a total beginner, sorry to ask can you buy a complete paint set for these guys or do you buy separately? What brushes do you use please?

You can also use thin soda can strips for weapon straps. Although masking tape is easier to work with.

Amazing painting, just one sugestion , coming from a reenactor, the mes kit chips much quicker than the gas mask canister. My mes kit is practicly just aluminum while my gas mask canister ir 90% painted stil. Just a tip, take it or leave it, the figure stil looks amazing

Awesome!

Brilliant brush control..

Down to earth information👍😀

wow, awesome build! you've shown me more about figure painting in 13 minutes than a lot of sites have shown me in 50! i i have this kit in my build cabinet, been looking forward to building this along with the german field kitchen... consider me subscribed to you channel! :)

Thanks for the tutorial. Now I can up my figure painting game that’s been on break for 17 years! I really like the details on the figures but my only gripe is that Tamiya never puts the rivets on the stahlhelm! Otherwise the figs are perfect.

Do you use a magnifying glass when you paint the figures? How long does each figure take?

Outstanding video and presentation

Just a question, what’s the super glue you used to glue him to the base?

Do you use anything to seal the paint before applying the enamel wash?

great details and guide..tqvm..👍🏼

Really great video...and good project.

GREAT JOB

I'm an Italian model maker and I want to ask you for advice. I have difficulty coloring the vertical black belt and the back of the German soldier's uniform. I paint outside the outlines and use small brushes. What are your recommendations? Thanks Conrad

this was very helpfull great video. Iam new . Actuly iam making my first kit . German morter team scale 1/35 . but i have a problem , i do not have airbrush . so can i use just a brush for the class coat and for the mat varnish

Thanks

Did you use an enamel because of that particular wash you used? I have a Citadel wash I was gonna use with an acrylic thinner. The guy at the hobby store said it would work

Добрый день ,Очень ,красиво ,прекрасные фигурки !!

Nice looking soldiers. What brand of brushes do you prefer?

Thanks so much watching you do these figures made me go out and get a set. Question for you what type of spry did you use to lock in all the painted detail before weathering. Thanks again great video, you make it look so easy.

Great video, would it not be easier to paint the small items like the ammo pouches on the sprue or separately before glueing onto the figure ?

Buenas noches, estoy empezando a pintar miniaturas y espero hacerlo como tú algún día. Muchas gracias por tu trabajo tan alucinante. Un saludo

What kind of brushes do you use?

Hi brilliant video, I would like to know please do you paint under a magnifying glass ? I just bought some plastic 1:32 figures they are not multi pose just solid. I read somewhere they are difficult to paint ! they must have a lot of factory resin on them and need a couple of coats of primer.They are from a good brand & I know what they are not just toy soliders from out of the pound shop.

May I know the color number for the helmet, tops and pants ? It looks like in different colors.

Looking awesome!!! I always have trouble doing the eyes. Maybe a magnifying glass would be the solution in my case. 😏

Nice build. First time I've seen a thin slice of tape for the rifle/machine pistol sling. Is it sticky enough, or do you add a drop of CA glue for extra hold at the attach points? I'm thinking that this also might be useful for the strap between the gas mask canister and the molded strap on the figure torso.

Hi. Thank you for this video. I was wondering if you can somehow review some Tamiya or Dragon figure sets (German). I find buying them a hit and miss proposition. I had bad experience with figure sets having inaccurate scale, bad anatomy, bad sculpting, etc.

Tamiya sure have improved.

This is really cool since i want to be a scale modeler too but i just dont have enough money for the models lol

Good looking figures 👍🏻🇦🇺

Hi SpruesNBrews, i noticed that in the final shot of the result, the other soldiers have the classic paddle on the back. Could you kindly tell me the colour(s) used for the paddle handle? Thank you

I'm a new subscriber and just found this video. Very interesting and very informative! I only have a few 1/35 or 1/32 figures as I concentrated on 1/72 and 1/76 for wargaming. Any suggestions for a much smaller scale?

Hello Hank, could you tell me the colour used for the mg42 stock? Thank you

One day I hope to be this good

hello friend I have a question, do you use the paints directly from the pot? And what size brush do you use?

which german tank i should get for starters?

The figures turned out great! What did you use to film???

What did you spray him with before you added the decals? Thanks

The color contrast between the light and dark skin tone on the face is fairly noticeable, did you ever work on the NCO after the video?

This video did an awesome job at helping me improve my figure painting, the only question I have is what ratio do you use for thinning your paints and which matte varnish do you use? I've had really terrible results with the Vallejo matt varnish, it never turns out matte, it takes on more of a satin finish for me.

@spruesandbrews where can I find us intelligence figures?

What glue do you recommend for attaching arms and equipment?

Great super helpful video. Thanks. Where did the source pictures come from?

Hi, is it possible to know the colour shade used for the kar98k? Thank you very much

Hey SpruesNBrews. What size brush do you use to paint the fine details on your figures. I feel like the brush Ive been using is larger than yours.

What colour did you use for the rifles, is it an ochre of some kind?

I wanna do this but I'm scared now after watching u with those tiny details

What colour did you use on the German helmets?

Do i need the vallejo?