Sergeant, 5th Royal Armored Regiment, Normandy 1944

This quick project was completed over the past week using the spare head from the earlier Alpine Miniatures box art assignment.

Here is the lineup of colours used to paint the British Battledress. The base colour is a 1:1 mixture of N5 Earth Brown and British Uniform Base. Brown Black Quick Gen is added to the base colour for the shadows, whereas Light Earth is for the highlights.  

As mentioned, I had the opportunity to try out the new AK Quick Gen paints on this figure. My assessment is that this series of paints are specially formulated to provide a quick translucent wash/glaze to deepen and enrich the tones of the AK Gen 3 acrylics. I suspect that the Quick Gen is mainly dye/ink-based, whereas the AK Gen 3 acrylics are heavily pigment-based. For those who have experience using the AK Gen 3 paint to perform thin glazes, they might occasionally encounter a "chalky" matt finish, sometimes lacking in colour saturation and depth. That is where the AK Quick Gen comes in to enrich and deepen that particular tone. 

In summary, consider the Gen 3 acrylics as gouache, viscous and highly opaque. Its main purpose is to provide effective coverage. The Quick Gen on the other hand, are like inks and watercolours; though fluid and translucent, they possess a richer tone and are therefore most ideal for staining surfaces. This is the perfect complement to the Gen 3 acrylics, and it will definitely take one's painting to another higher level.   

Calvin