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Form & Figure: Painting wood grain and metal detail on a WWII rifle

Airbrush a realistic pattern on the gun carried by a Band of Brothers bust from Nuts Planet

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I airbrushed Citadel Seraphim Sepia to blend everything together. This process of adding thin ivory lines followed by a coat of sepia can be repeated to give the gun more depth.

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For the metal parts, I painted with Citadel Leadbelcher. Light washes of Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade followed. Finally, highlights of bright silver gave the metal parts sheen.

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Here is the finished rifle on the finished bust. See the full painting process in the September 2019 issue of FSM here.

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To increase the amount of detail, I went in with a paintbrush and added finer lines of ivory.

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For the September 2019 issue of FSM, I painted Nuts Planet’s 200mm (1/10 scale) World War II U.S. 101st Airborne bust from the Band of Brothers miniseries.
In the article, I detailed the helmet, jacket, and, of course, the face and eyes. Here, I’ll quickly show you how I created the realistic wood grain pattern on the rifle. Click on the images to enlarge them.
You can get the issue here.
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After the rifle was primed black and base-coated with charred brown, I airbrushed the wood grain using ivory and a paper mask.

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This didn’t look too bad, but it wasn’t as detailed as I hoped.

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