Taking advantage of the frequent sales by Black Tree Design, I’ve added some additional Wehrmacht troops to my 28mm World War II German force. Previously, I had painted up more than thirty of Black Tree’s figures, so this later order filled out my collection with a few more soldiers armed with rifles, another officer and a mortar crew with a nifty spotter with binoculars raised to his eyes.

When on sale, these metal cast models from Black Tree come in at about $1.50 USD each. This price point makes these miniatures super affordable, quick to get based and ready for painting up using my regular painting process.

Painting 28mm German Infantry

1. Clean flash from metal models with a sharp knife and glue to metal washer or plastic bases.
2. Apply filler putty to bases. When dry, scrape off excess with a sharp knife.
3. Basecoat models and bases with flat black spray primer.
4. Paint pants, helmets, soft hats, officer greatcoats and gas mask containers with Skavenlight Dinge.
5. Paint faces and hands with Tallarn Flesh.
6. Paint packs ans straps with Baneblade Brown.
7. Paint boots and equipment straps Black.
8. Paint bases, gun stocks, water bottles and helmet straps with Dark Brown.
9. Apply Agrax Earthshade wash to webbing and packs.
10. Dry brush pants, helmets, soft hats and officer greatcoats with Light Grey.
11. Lightly dry brush bases and gun stocks with Baneblade Brown.
12. Paint metal gun and water bottle parts with black and finish with a light dry brush of Metallic Silver.
13. Dry brush gasmask containers with metallic Silver.
14. Paint eyes with small dots of Off White and Dark Brown. Clean up around eyes with Tallarn Flesh.
15. Mix 50/50 Tallarn Flesh and Off White and brush highlights on cheekbones, chins, forehead, nose and hands.
16. Cover bases in white glue and cover in 50/50 mix of fine light green and dark green grass flock.
17. Glue small pieces of clump foliage to base.
18. Spray coat completed models with matte finish.

With about 40 of Black Tree’s models now complete, I’ve got a flexible, reliably sized force of simply outfitted Germans ready for deployment in a variety of European tabletop scenarios.