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====== Valiant 1/72 German Infantry 1942-1944 ======

<WRAP round half box>
  * Manufacturer: Valiant
  * Part number: FT001
  * Year of production: 2018
  * Scale: 1/72
  * Series: [[:blog:models:military:index|Military models series]]
  * Kit type: Mixed fixed-pose and multi-pose plastic figures
  * Vehicle: N/A
  * Build date: November/December 2025
  * Price: £7.50 from [[https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/hobbies247|Hobbies247]], August 2024
</WRAP>

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These were bought to use on the various [[blog:dioramas|military dioramas]] I had built, specifically the [[blog:models:luftwaffe_display|WWII German Airfield]] display.

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===== Build Log =====

This kit was bought in August 2024 to be displayed as part of my [[blog:models:luftwaffe_display|WW2 German Airfield]] display.

=== Box Contents ===

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==== Paint Colours ====

**Upper**
  * AK 3Gen Figures Field Grey Base #1 (Green Uniform)
  * Vallejo Model Colour Green Grey 70.886 drybrush highlights
  * Collar / Shoulders Vallejo Model Colour Pastel Green 70.885
  * Collar / Shoulders Vallejo Game Colour Black 72.051
  * Collar / Shoulders AK 3Gen Off White

**Lower**
  * AK 3Gen Figures Field Grey Base #2 (Grey Uniform)
  * Drybrush AK 3Gen Figures German Grey + AK Grey Blue (drop)

**Helmet**
  * Army Painter Venom Wyrm

**Webbing**
  * Vallejo Game Colour Cobra Leather
  * Vallejo Game Colour Earth

**Weapons**
  * Vallejo Game Colour Cobra Leather (wooden stocks)
  * Vallejo Game Colour Black 72.051
  * Drybrush Vallejo Model Air Gunmetal
  * Vallejo Model Colour Brass (shells)

**Faces**
  * Games Workshop Rakarth Flesh
  * Vallejo Xpress Dwarf Flesh

**Wash**
  * Army Painter Speed Paint Desolate Brown (heavily thinned)

**Base**
  * Vallejo Game Colour Sick Green
  * WWS Static grass
  * WWS Dry earth
==== In Progress Images ====

Mostly finished, highlights added, no ink/panel lining or shading yet:

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Wash applied:

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Based:

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==== Finished Images ====

Figures on patrol around the [[:blog:models:luftwaffe_display|WWII German airfield diorama]]:

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This is not all of the figures in the box, but it's how many I intended to use on the display - this will eventually have further airfield vehicles, engineers, air crew etc.

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