Hello how are ya’s today? I am looking forward to building a modern Canadian military diorama with the hobby boss canadian leopard. I was wondering where I could puchase modern canadian infantry soldiers and how to paint the CADPAT combats. Thank you for your time. Cheers from Canada.
Hey forester, with regards to painting the CADPAT you need a very small brush, a very steady hand, opti-visor, and remember that in 1/35 its not individual pixels its more blobs of the colous. That should give you an adequate representation. With regards the actually soldiers Blackdog makes the tank crew and 2 individual soldiers, luckymodel.com/scale.aspx
In terms of other soldiers you could use Trumpeter German ISAF figures and convert some live-resin weapons and scopes.
From a painting perspective, Calvin Tan put together a decent tutorial on his blog on painting ACUs (the US Army’s digital camo). While CADPAT is different, I think the principles may apply. Here is the URL:
zyclyon.blogspot.com/…/representing-acu-in-135.html
Unfortunately, many of the images appear broken right now. I’m not sure if this is temporary for permanent (which would be a shame). But here is a link to Alpine’s site which shows the result:
www.alpineminiatures.com/…/paintingguide.html
I hope this helps. Good luck and I’d love to see what you produce.
Have a look for Decals which will save your sanity, not sure this is the pattern your looking for but have a look at http://www.hlj.com/product/ssgmcd
Phil
Real models also has Canadian Afganistan tank crews. There is also a French company that has a Canadian tanker that is sitting in a hatch. I believe the company is called Djiti. I just got three and they look great.