Last time I detailed my paint scheme for Captain Marvel. This time I’m going to go over the other Captain in the Marvel Crisis Protocol core set, Captain America. Like the other models I painted I primarily used Vallejo Xpress contrast paints (with Vallejo acrylics on other portions). A slightly different approach over your typical slop chop method, I painted a base coat of white over parts of the model. Cap’s waist, biceps, and outward section of the shield were all given a coat of white.

For the red used on the mini, I used Xpress Plasma Red. His gloves and boots were over a gray base coat with a liberal drybrush of white. The piping of his waist and the shield simply had stripes of red painted on. With a different undercoat, the red for these sections really stood out more compared to Cap’s hands and feet. I did have to go over sections of the shield a few times to clean up the stripes. I imagine a more careful hand could have done this easily, but it took me a few tries.

For the center part of the shield and the rest of Captain America’s uniform, I used Xpress Storm Blue. Painting it unthinned, I think it really gave a wonderful look to the figure.

For his face I put down a base color of Dark Flesh. The chin strap, belt and webbing got a base coat of German Camo Medium, with the buckles having a base coat of Gunmetal Gray. The underside of the shield I used Neutral Gray for a base coat.

A final wash of Sepia Ink over the belt, underside of the shield, skin, and webbing was added for a little more depth. I also gave his uniform highlights of blue with Ultra Marine. And for his gloves and boots, an initial highlight of Carmine Red and White at 1:1, with a final coat of Plasma Red Xpress.

A little attention to the base and a final gloss varnish was applied to the shield to give it a slight reflective shine. Good enough for the tabletop. Might move onto Ms. Marvel next.