Painting Desert & Temperate Italian Uniforms - The Longest How I Paint Things!

The Italian Royal Army - the Regio Esercito - was active across multiple fronts during the Second World War. Looked down on by its German allies as very much a junior partner more often than not, the Italian infantryman was nonetheless a formidable foe when in their defensive positions, and one that British troops of the 8th Army in particular would learn to respect in their battles across North Africa.

Italian troops were also deployed to the line on the Russian front, where they braved the same terrible hardships faced by all those who fought in those impossible conditions. Finally, with the fall of Sicily to Allied forces, the Regio Esercito would sign an armistice ending its time as a branch of the Axis powers on September 8th, 1943. Almost immediately, chaos ensued as troops loyal to Mussolini set up a government in northern Italy to form the Repubblica Sociale Italiana, and tired Italian soldiers loyal to the King and determined to throw the hated fascisti out of their homeland joined the Allies to become the Italian Co-Belligerent Army, Navy and Air Force. The Italian Co-Belligerent Army fought fiercely and acquitted itself well as part of Allied forces in Italy, crushing Mussolini's forces completely and liberating Italy in April 1945.

One final note not addressed in the video! If you're painting the smocks on these plastic figures, Vallejo German Camo Beige will work well, and for steel helmets in the desert a coat of Vallejo Desert Yellow is perfect.

00:00 - Intro
01:21 - Plastic Italian Kit Review
03:50 - Painting: Desert/Colonial Uniform
17:24 - What on Earth is Grigioverde?
20:02 - Painting: Temperate Uniform
29:38 - Both Finished Miniatures!

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PAINTS USED:

PRIMERS:
Skeleton Bone (Army Painter)
Uniform Grey (Army Painter)

VALLEJO:
Iraqi Sand
Dark Sand
Khaki (Vallejo Game Color)
Khaki (Vallejo Model Color)
Pale Sand
Flat Brown
German Field Grey
Off-White
Green Sky
Azure
Beige Brown
German Camo Black Brown
Black
German Uniform
Black Grey
German Camo Dark Green
Stone Grey
Basalt Grey

CITADEL:
Evil Sunz Scarlet (Layer)
Retributor Armour (Base)
Iron Hands Steel (Base)
Iron Warriors (Base)
Administratum Grey (Layer)
Agrax Earthshade (Shade)

ARMY PAINTER:
Tanned Flesh
Soft Tone
Barbarian Flesh
German Army Fieldgrey (Warlord Rapid Deployment)
Uniform Grey

VARNISHES:
Vallejo Matt Varnish Spray