One-Coat Paints: Speedpainting WWII French Infantry [How I Paint Things]

Early WWII French uniforms have a reputation for being a little tricky to paint. Not any more! With surprisingly few paints on the table you'll be able to knock out a French army fast; this took me about the third of the time it'd ordinarily take me to paint a French infantryman. Does it look like it? Well, get up close and squint... but paint an army like this and they'll look just fine on the table, beating out grey plastic - that's for sure!

00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Priming Notes
01:21 - Drybrushing Pre-Highlight
02:01 - One-Coat Basecoats
08:35 - Extra Bits & Finishing Touches
12:07 - The Finished Soldier

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THE BASE: A layer of PVA followed by sand. Thin down some Vallejo Flat Brown and paint that on to the sand, drybrush in Dark Sand once dry. Dots of PVA for static grass, and a tuft or two. Paint the base rim in Flat Brown. Done!

PAINTS USED:

PRIMER:
Bone White (Vallejo Spray Primer)

CITADEL:
Guilliman Flesh (Contrast)
Black Legion (Contrast)
Reikland Fleshshade (Shade)
Kislev Flesh (Layer)

VALLEJO:
White (Model Color)
Battledress Brown (Xpress)
Khaki Drill (Xpress)
Mahogany (Xpress)
Muddy Ground (Xpress)
Wasteland Brown (Xpress)
Bag of Bones (Xpress)
Brown Violet/US Olive Drab (Model Color)

ARMY PAINTER:
Desolate Brown (Speedpaint)
Strong Tone (Wash)
Speedpaint Medium