Yellow is a pain to paint with sometimes, but remains one of my favourites. The inspiration for this livery was a motorbike - the old Yamaha racing colours. Against a background of greys and metal finish, the yellow really stands out.
To get a really good deep yellow, you need patience. Over the primer, I've layered white, then two coats of dark yellow, then washed with thinned brown.
I toyed with the idea of using more armoured bodies, to cut down on the amount of yellow I needed to paint, but in the end I'm glad I didn't.
As with the other units, I kept to mostly muted tones for the hose, so as not to distract from the main livery. Light grey, panzer grey, and a smattering of black. The red brown I usually use for leather (shoes etc.) looks better with the yellow than it does with the red.
Brigandines look odd in lighter colours, so I used the contrast black for this chap's - rather than painting it livery colour, as I did for the red and blue units.
I couldn't resist painting parti-coloured hose on this armoured guy. I have painted whole units of Swiss in this yellow / black scheme, many with parti hose. Looks great, and the high contrast adds drama.
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