Hi guys,

as you guys know I'm building a diorama with two Shermans and some US Infantry.This is my first time at painting figures.I need help.I'm painting with Vallejo's Acrylics but I only have the pretty basic colors.Here are the colors I have:White,Black,Flat Flesh,Olive Green,Flat Brown,Khaki,Flat Yellow,Flat Blue,Gold,Silver,Red,Olive Drab,Flat Tan,German Grey.I need to know how to mix.I need to know how to paint with Acrylics.I need to know techniques.Does anyone know any good books for this kind of thing?Any help would be much appreciated.

Daniel Very Happy

Go to Vallejo's site and click on Miniature and Model Colors. then Model Color. There's an excellent tutorial on the use of Vallejo paints at the bottom of the page. You can print it out for easy reference away form the computer.

Try this book:
Getting Started Painting Diorama Figures In Acrylics
Letterman Publications
by Brett Avants. A great guide to getting started using Vallejos. Breaks down painting faces and uniforms (US and German)WW2
Henry

Here is a feature from the Historicus Forma that might help you.

https://hfmodeling.kitmaker.net//features/1194

The Historicus Forum has many articles on figure painting.

Jeff

(Edit): I re-read your post and realized you want to paint US figures. This might be helpful if you want to put some enemy troops in the dio.

Daniel, here's a VERY useful introduction to color-mixes using Vallejo:

http://www.coloradominiatures.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=5#fatigue