PAINTING WORLD WAR II & WORLD WAR III MINIATURESWWII & WWIII Paint sets Tools and Preparation.........4 Assembling Miniavures Undercoating Miniatures ..... Mounting for Painting....... The Colours Of War Painting System Painting Techniques . Putting ir into Practice Basing. Basing Materials Basic Basing Plastic Themed Bases Painting Cobblestones .... Painting Bricks ‘Themed Basing - Afvica Seasonal Basing ..........06 ‘Common Features Faces. . Infantry Weapons... Webbing and Canvas Helmets........ Canteens Brown Leather Tank Tracks Tyres & Painting Black. Rilke ne Gere Tools Headlights Common Vehicle Stowage Decals . Weather Effects, Varnishing World War Il « Collecting Flames Of War ... Americans . US Armour Sherman Tracks ‘Weathering Olive Drab Armored Division Organisation US Markings Unit code system... Tank Markings in Tunisia... Late War Markings US Infancry Camouflage Uniforms Winter Uniforms... . Airborne Troops 6 12 15 16 16 7 18 20 23 34 39 39 39 40 41 44 45 46 a7 CONTENTS German Armour. Vehicle Colour Timeline .... 50 German Grey Armour...... 54 Whitewash 54 Afrikakorps Armour 255 Dunkelgelb 55 Camouflage. . = 56 German Tank Tracks 56 German Markings - 38 German Infantry ......2.... 68 Waffenfarbe. 64 Afrikakorps wxans OF Splinter Camouflage ....... 66 Waffen-SS Camouflage ..... 68 British. ......0..sseeeeeeeee 70 British Armour. 7 Vehicle Colour Timeline .... 72 Fighth Army Desert Armour. 74 Desert Sand Camouflage .... 74 Mid-war Armoured Squadron Tank Markings . B British Service colour. 76 Mid-war Churchill Tank Markings ........... 77 Bricish Lave-War Armour... 77 Late-war Tank Markings .... 78 British Infantry. - 81 British Infantry in che Desert. 81 British Late-war Infantry... .. 82 British Battledress . - 83 Paratroopers 84 Soviets ......0.06c6ec0000+ BO Soviet Armour 88 Whitewash oes 88 Soviet Tracks sae Air Recognition Markings... 89 Weathering Soviet Green... 90 Soviec Tank Crew: 90 Soviet Markings. on Soviet Infantry ........e 00. 2 Soviet Uniforms 93; Komissars & Piping. ....... 93 Amoeba Pattern Camouflage . 94 Winter Infantry. 94 Walians .........eeeeeeeeen 96 Italian Armour 7 Taalian Camouflage - 88 Italian Markings... 0.2.2... 89 Ialian Infantry. - 101 World War Ill .. Collecting Team Yankee United States .. US Armour . MERDC Camouflage US tank Markings Aircraft US Infanery Camouflage Uniforms Chocolate-chip Camouflage Webbing .. British & Commonwealth. British Armour. . British Aircraft. ‘Tank Markings . British Infancry. Australian Infantry NATO. NATO Armour... Olive Drab Vehicles NATO 3 Colour Camouflage NATO Infantry ...... West German Infantry . Warsaw Pact. Soviet Armour... Soviet Aircraft Volksarmee, 3-Colour Camouflage Crechoslovakian Vehicles Polish Vehicles. . Soviet Infantry . Soviet Uniforms Bast German Uniforms... East German Camouflage The Model Colour Range . Conclusion. - 102 - 104 106 107 108 . 109 109 110 110 um. .1l +112 14 115, 116 118 19 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 128 129 - 130 131 13 132 132 133 133 -134 = 136‘Working with Vallejo we have designed a range of paint sets that cover all of the main nations, in Flames Of War, the World War If miniatures vallejo. geme and World War Ill: Team Yankee. These sets give you all the main colours that ri i ol you will nced to paint your army. . AMERICAN PAINT SET GERMAN ARMOUR PAINT SET ous reat bes ee onan ae a a 7 s = es GERMAN INFANTRY PAINT SET GERMAN SS PAINT SET EL ALAMEIN PAINT SET BRITISH PAINT SET Es Se 8 casa, oe iP er Ca = ma SOVIET PAINT SET ITALIAN PAINT SET‘The Utility set contains a lot of the UTILITY PAINT SET \ Combine it with one of the nation PA, eee, enass Buack specific paint sets and you will have all ofthe base puns Fr that mation qa gag aa IRagl Fis ou SEPIA SAND BROWN Wash oy 908 Sus "360 e201 BRITISH PAINT SET BRONZE BLACK UNiroRM e ‘GREEN Gacy GREEN uve REFLECTIVE Kwaxt RUSSIAN MEDIUM ‘uve BROWN GREEN 988 UNiEORM SEAGREY pas BLACK Dank SAND Fuar GREY SAND YELLOW BROWN 0220 70222 NATO PAINT SET rere s&s ws a REFLECTIVE BLACK Fust GERMAN guve uve GREEN Grey eaRr Frew Grey Wwil aey SOVIET PAINT SET EAST GERMAN PAINT SET ‘Ouive KHAKI GREEN REFLECTIVE Sky GREY Pate DRAB GREY OcHRE GREEN 09 suue 387 ‘60, 8 390 GREEN KHAKI REFLECTIVE BLACK GERMAN ‘GERMAN CAMO Brown 388 GREEN GREY Fle. GREY Www Brice = ‘390, 382 30 sz Pate Cavatey GERMAN CAMO KHaKi aiuE BROWN MEDUMEROWN 90TOOLS & PREPARATION Proper preparation and assembly is essential to a well-inished miniature, An unsightly mould line or piece of fash lefe can spoil the result, no matter how good the paint job is. Before you can begin producing miniature masterpieces, let's look at a selection of some of the basic tools you will require. PAINTBRUSHES ome FA Tie sont noporeaat priate Seely sien of pod inte: oar iesealae faites eouine tno paint roll bey Should use the tniesc brush they can find In face, the size ofthe brush you se is muuch less important chan the shape. For detail work, the bristles of da bruni should come to a shacp point, The Drybrush i sits ume gets Geigoed especialy foe te drybrushing technique (ee page 14). @ HOBBY KNIFE $a) For esimming parts and cleaning casting imperfections before assembly. Using anew, sharp blade is actually safer, eeause you will e and you are lees likely to ship and cur yourself In any case, remember co always cut away from yoursel CLIPPERS For removing parts from sprucs and timming larger pieces of unwanted material. The far bottom of the blades lets you get right tap close to the model. With plastic parts, though, iris advisable co clip slightly away from the model and trim the excess with the hobby knife, co avoid leaving a scar or mack fn the surface. 2 FILES Es Also very useful for cleaning parts and malking sure everything fis well. They are ‘more effeccive than a hobby knife at ensuring tn Se aes =:= PINVICE For drilling out small holes in gun barrels and mural brakes, etc. Also an ideal way to strengthen fragile joints berween parts, by ‘pinning’ with a piece of metal 1d, » "> TWEEZERS ‘eB Fochandiing and manipulating small pare s These ea be indispensable, expecially when gluing togcther models. Often you wil find thar even if you can position a smallish pare = quite comnotably with your fgets when dry —> BASECOAT she mics with Beige WASH with 1-2 coat of Black Wash, DRYBRUSH with Oily Ste. a ‘Brown wo represent dirt on and be- ‘ween the tack links ; a 3 Some heavy tanks have solid metal road wheel. You may find It soften easier to paint tacks with rubber read wheels i it easier te paint these tacks along with the rest of te tank. wparately as you can jut leave the tyres black, rather han Consider adding a litle chipping with Oily Seek. carefully picking them out individually. TYRES & PAINTING BLACK COLOUR PALETTE | 1 highlight black a useful tip st igiore what you learned ax ochool aout black and whiee making grey Adding whin cea vo make Back Jook chalky and washed out. Instead 7 edding oll mouse of eran neural gach at Khali, or a paki Ccloer lke Dark Sand, Cie end darken lighly ac dies. This ca make ie dificult vo judge exactly how the finished model will look, so be ly black fabrics are For glasy surface, including black leather, patient and don rush apes. stanly 2s edryray wry ean Hi Siar py Sa ST ny SOE peony Popper ya) : ee ey ee a) BASECOAT srs with black. Nore that HIGHUGHT rye, road heli, and the A TARGETED WASH with Dark Sand ‘the track on US half-tracks area con- rubber tacks with Black Grey in te tcad of tres and racks cam ines sold rubber sip. simulate a build-up of dust everywhere that docs not contact the road surfaceRusT ‘COLOUR PALETTE BUCKWAS 2% SADDLE BROWN — Mesum Brush SSosLion anon = Les Bn BASECOAT the exhaust with Sade WASH with Black Wash, You can STIPLE « mix of Saddle brown and brown: subsitute watered-down Black if Light brown, creating 4 rough, mor necesary. ed covering of colour eee hie tank colour t0 the exhaust to show remaining traces of paint STPPLE a litle Light brown carefully am to raised edges and upper surfaces TOOLS — cry 2 COLOUR PALETTE re BASECOAT wooden handler and reels WASH witha lite Sepia Wash te HIGHUGHT wich fne lines of Khaki swith German Camouflage Medium create shading and intemify the brown 10 create the appearance of rugged, Brown. tone swellased tole Com 8 O_o to @ BASECOAT metal tols and tool beads HIGHUGHT with «few small touches GLAZE with Sepia Wash 10 give the swith Oily Stel of a mix of Oily Stel and White 19 tools a used, greasy appearance. increase definitionHEADLIGHTS = g aacccny 6) @ LewrcRey BY) onWwine 63 Cotour Paterte | (Qa tuersey GQ) Qe | ( — Fines @ BASECOAT wih Olive Dntb. Tivo ar thre thin coat are preferable 10 one hic coat. Alternatively you can use a Oline ‘Drab spray can for your undercoat. saws Torge Bush Wasi the vehicle with Sepia Wash Try to achieve an even couorage over the whole vebicle,learng the wash pool inthe ange Brush = TIDY UP the wash with Olive Drab ave page 14) ming a combination of arybruching and layering, woile leaving she recess dark Qa w Co DRAB rts whos bung wp on ls fers % ess BROWN ‘Smal Orbs DavBRUSH rhe vehicle with a mix of Olive Drab and Green Broun, concentrating on edges, raised desale and upper surfaces, to aed highlightsSEPIA WASH = torge Orerh DRYBRUSH Ger. Cem. Black Brown onto your vehicle msing FOR DEEP RECESSES such a the edge of your drybrush, staring at the top ofthe hull. The extra targeted Sepia Wash wi line around batches. an stenify the shading. You helps repreient paint scaring down to the metal cam ale use Black Wath, if you have it. IRAQI SAND SEPIA WASH Q SS re trish SE [DRYBRUSH Inigi Sand om to your weicle, this time sarting PAINT Szpia Wa «a the bottom of the bal from the fuel cap for fuel rains. Afer to represent rainstreoked dust. appl ng matt varnish (oe page 31) you can paint over the top of the stain with glows varnish to make it lok f SHERMAN TRACKS = Qe om 5 ony sent BASECOAT the rrcks with Chocolate Brown. Alternatively DRYBRUSH the edges ofthe tacks and the metal cheerons tue Beige Brown like im the base Tamk Tracks guide om page (om tacks, including these, which have them) with Oily 29. Carefully avoid the black rubber blocks Steel. Yu can clean up any mistakes up with Black 1A WASH OQ ony sree ee ry yeah WASH the whole track, including the rubber blocks with PAINT the armour colour, leaving the rabber meal Sepia Wash ‘lack. Give the edge ofthe tack, the chevrons, and the drive sprocket a ight drybrash of Oily Steel.US ARMORED DIVISION ORGANISATION (One of the interesting things abous US armored divisions The military symbols that che US army used vas their fletbilty. None ofthe asses in the division were in World War IL were che symbols that were permanently allocated to any one Cambae Command eventually adopred by all NATO countries. xy were assigned to a Combar Command ad ARMORED DIVISION cei emt Ta between the three Combat Commands CCA ccB foe :3 Cenc eu ey Covenuesiened Comes rns TANK ARMORED [MJ ARMORED cavatry [ Armoren [Tank rs BATTALION [INFANTRY [iM ARTILLERY RECON [iM ENGINEER [i DestRover [MI AIRCRAFT CD Wace COMPANY [MM COMPANY JL Company MEDIUM Peg feet) ARMORED [MJ ARMORED [i ARMORED bend Aer bard INFANTRY [iM INFANTRY [i INFANTRY Cov meio Mmeliing ti Get eet ar ry rg ac oc Gace THE US UNIT CODE SYSTEM Daring the course ofthe war American spstem tha 88,000 tanks, by every soldier ve 2,500,000 eats ox aed inter £1.00 hal a ieee ere soft-skinned trang hicles. Ie went : 0,000 me provided a simple, easy-t0-20 twa mobilised army of $9 divisions Buel tthe wey concaining over 2 million men, With so any vehicles ithe field they needed a robust vehicle identification The cade had fou parts: the formation, thy unie, she company. aad the FORMATION UNIT COMPANY TANK NUMBER [the fie pare isthe formation The second part shows the unit | [The thitel graop is we forthe | [The final group designates the code, This is usually a number | | cods, usually a regiment ar company within she barcali M36 (90mm) GMC ‘PORK CHOP MAA3ES Easy Eight (76mm) ‘FLATFOOT FLOOGIE sm) ADOLPHS ASSASSINco US INFANTRY. > Rifles, SMGs, & MGs SEEINFANTRY WEAPONS p Flesh ~ vaNnceD Facts |] SEE BASIC OR Jacke ~ © KHAKI san sg Webbing STONE GREY Bea Trouser: US FIELD DRAB 873 Boots ‘SEE BROWN LEATHER | PAGE 26 US UNIFORMS "i ica TT | eta a= s ‘SEPIA WASH COLOUR Pall {ge Bash US FIELD Drag Medium Brush oa BASECOAT che jar with Khaki BASECOAT the trouser: with US Field WASH the figure liberally with Sepia ssing 130 shin coat if necessary © Drath For eter in she war you ca paint Wash to add shading in te recesses il ‘provide an even coverage, the trousers US Dirk Gren instead. and folds ofthe cloth @__ Stone crey Q Qe ry ana USFIELO Diab Mesto Sch | stake . Ly ith we 0 TIDY UP the jacket with Kha, leew» HUGHUGHT the tonsers with fly HIGHUGHT red details and edge of fy Walt lot ing darker shadows the veces broad sroke of US Field Drab, nsing the jacket with Stone Gray. the layering technique (ee page 14)CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS During the Normandy invasion in June 1944, a camouflage suit was issued to clements of the 2~ and 30* Infantry Divisions, the 17 Armored Division's 41" Armored Infantry Regiment. Aly di incer Battalion, as well as the 2"! The uniform was q :ainued in carly July after Gls were mistaken for camouflaged Ger on by their own troops, sometimes with tragic photographic evidence of the uniform being worn well into the later stages of summer. Despite only having a short service life, painting y unit in this interesting flavour to your force. Like all infantry camo schemes you ‘can get away with simplifying when painting it at 1:100 scale. US INFANTRY CAMOUFLAGE DUR PALE Han BLACK WASH STONE GheY Covour PALETTE | (Qa Lasoo tae brah Te onon - . A oi BASECOAT the uniform with KI WASH with Black Wah to add HIGHUGHT with Stone Grey, ming shading inthe re loth nd folds of the the layering technique (ee page 14 sing we thin coats if provide an even coverage - = = 3 _ a | s-- PAINT seul spots of Yellow Green. You PAINT small spor of Flat Earth, You ‘can substitute ather light gren paint cam bittute Beige Brown if you don't if necsary shave Flat Earthqse = 6) Qo... @ tat ith German OASECORT te webbing equipment WASH the irra with Si toad BASECOAT th Came Mediu swith Olive Drab GER GAM MED BROWNE) (| __US Fie DRAB STONE GREY SE Beto baa Pine Brn a PAINT « mix of German C FINISH che webbing equipment with and US Field Drab, Khaki and Stone Grey see Webbing Medium Bro ter shadows inthe recees. gue ie page 14 Equipment,AIRBORNE TROOPS The first combat uniform issued to US airborne troopers, the M1942, was purpose designed for airborne troops by Major William Yarborough (who was also the designer of the US Airborne parachute wings). The design included features such as pockets cut on the diagonal co allow easy access while wearing webbing equipment and large, expanding, bellows style leg pockets that became a trademark of the wartime US airborne trooper. The M1942 uniform was used only by paratroopers and wast't issued, to glider troops. “The Paratroopers taking part in combat jumps in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy wore this uni Garden” in Holla from light cotton that was a pale greenish-tan colour. Due to the vagaries of the manufacturing process the shade could vary greatly m and even one battalion that jumped during “Market J was still wearing this uniform. This uniform was made Being made from lightweight cotton, the knces and elbows tended to weat out quickly so many an airborne trooper bribed his unie parachute rigger co sew patches over the clbows and knees. The material commonly used for this was cotton duck from old parachute packs and was olive drab in colour (Army Green). After the US airborne forces were withdrawn from Normandy they were refitted and 1 back up to strength ready for the next mission. This included che widespread issue of the brand new M1943 olive drab uniform to the veterans of the 82nd and 101st divisions. This wasnt just a paratroop uniform but the beginning of the US Army's push to standardize the combat uniform. All airborne units received the M1943 uniform, ven the glider troops, but the paratroopers were quick to modify theirs by adding bigger leg pockers The new airborne divisions arriving fresh from the States already wore this new uniform and it was the uniform seen dropping com the sky, or climbing out of a glider, during Market Garden in Holland and Varsity over the Rhine and into Germany proper. NORMANDY AIRBORNE UNIFORMS coLou ou nse uve Oras large Brush Fie Bosh « ws i -_ BASECOAT she helmet cover and smock — WASH with Sepia Wash te add shad- HIGHUGHT with Ger. Cam. Pale Brox (note the lose lecoes and gathered ing tothe fabric folds sand tidy up any messy areas of wash, ffi) with Ger. Cam. Pale Brown. bout leave shading in folds and recess. GER.CAM BLACK BROWN EJ) @__LcHT BROWN - (cr cateucmeny Bie tnt eo & = ‘alte, Ye Solera ‘could even paint a spring smock PAINT «dappled patter of packer PAINT smaller dots of Light Brown AS sand pos in Ger. Cam. Media wishin the Ger. Com. Medium Brown | a ro. Trou forthe antumn pater). creas PEA DOT PATTERN COLIN PALETT GER. CAM. ORANGE OCHRE SEPIA WASH ‘CAM. ORANGE OCHRE : SS icsum brah eso Tage Bash Five Bh 2 9 | ee Zs & BASECOAT the runic (recognisable by WASH liberly with Sopa Wa te add’ THOY UP with the wash with Ger the straight sleeves andthe pockets on shading and definition. Add abit of Cam. Onange Ochre the front) Ger. Cam. Orange Ochre, Black Wah or lightly darker shadow a Smee B) @— =... | G22" @ f [PAINT dots and small irregular patches PAINT similar dots and patches with ADO smal dot of Ger. Cam. Bright of Ger. Cam. Dark Green Stone Grey or Ger. Cam, Pale Brown Green. Pant the helmet cover Oak if you dont have Stone Grey Leaf A (ee above).“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. -Winston Churchill hout the War the island nation of Britain stood defiantly against the Germans. The well-trained and experienced iments of the British Army were supported b ction of powerful tanks and artillery. The British in Flames Of Ware are stubborn defenders who will often hold out against an enemy long after another force may have brokiBRITISH ARMOUR INFANTRY WEAPONS MARKINGS PA P PAGES 75,77 678-80 DECALS PAGE TANK TRACKS SHERMAN TRACKS PAINTING BLACK WEATHER EFFECTSSete The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) arrives in France. TNE Germany invades France and Pure oni ees! Porn through Dunkirk, JUNE 10: fra ee eee oe Pat est Pete es Eee a ene teeny ‘Compass and destroys Italian ont es DO rerEe? Coed Africa, and recapture nc cone eT roe eee een pee tas Reese eee rt eatin Brevity and Battleaxe to relieve Tobruk but Axis counterattacks halt progress, nes British and Commonwealth forces withdraw from Crete following German invasion, ries Aileen toe sporter and invade Syria Rees Caen ie forse Crusader and reca as eras Tag een Eighth Army to El Alamein, crs ret tet ties rd Crusader pdr) Matilda It (2pds) -—— BEF Infantry Tanks All vehicles and guns belonging to the Infantry Tank Companies, Divisional Cavalry Squadrons, or Rifle ‘Companies, and those from Divisional Support units had and horizontal rk Green G4 (Gi Cam, Dark Green) pa the basic colour of Khaki G3 (live Drab). wavy diagon bands in E od ove BEF Armour Light and cruiser tanks from the Armoured Regiments of the 1* Armoured Division had their Khaki Green G3 covered by Light Green G5 (Reflective Green) over most of the vehicle, leaving wavy diagonal and horizontal bands of Khaki 33 (Olive Drab) as the disruptive camouflage colour Green Caunter Camouflage Alot of 7 Armoured Division’ tanks were painted in a three colour camouflage scheme known as Caunter. This angular scheme was made up of three colours in a complex pattern of hae disruptive lines. Desert Colours Desert camouflage sparked quite a debate as fat as what colours and patterns were best, However, afier much discussion and testing, a simple yellow sand colour, Light Stone No. 61 (Dark Sand) was used for the duration of 1941 and into 1942.ened een eres ener ee eer cee eens ares Ret eee aera Parent tes et etree Poa ett Payers esac foveen eee ioe eee eared creed Allies invade Sicily. as Italy surrenders to the Allis. Se Allies land at Poeeea ee POE EEC: Pence try re eerste rey Par ets rears cee reser: forces win the bloody Battle eons eee Allies breakout of Normandy. Aucust 12-21: rey ere een Cone a Sa Operation Market Garden Seat ‘Canadian and British forces Pee ec eres rr Tee? British cross the Rhine with een es fea eee ong surrenders Sherman (75mm) US Equipment In late 1941 the frst of the US lend:-lease anks arrived ity Nocth Affica. These were immediately painted in the many various camouflage patcerns found in the Eighth Army ip North Africa a BLACK GREY GER, CAM, RUSSIAN UNIFORM Dane Green Sa Service Colour Lend:-lease Valentine (6pdr) Autocar (750m) Sherman (7Smnn) ‘The British exported tanks, vehicles and other equipment to the Soviet Union as a part of the Lend-lease program. Tanks, such as this Valentine, were shipped in the standard $.C.C 2 Service Colour (Khaki Grey) and were seldom repainted. Sicily and Italy ‘When the British Army moved cour of North Afi Italy, a new scheme was applied to their vehicles. This one had a base of Light Mad (Khaki) with cloud-shaped patches of black to betver match the billy errain of the lalian countryside. ad into Northwest Europe During the build-up to the invasion of France, the British switched their basic scheme from Service Colour to S.C.C. 15 Olive Drab. This colour was intended as a match for the US Olive Drab, but it quite quickly faded to a greener shade. All vehicles were thus painted and prepared for the invasion,EIGHTH ARMY DESERT ARMOUR COLOUR PALETTE SS ae tron cK? gp? < “a Jet BASECOAT your tank with Dark Sand. Two thin cots are beter than one thick coat. For such alight colour, you may find it easier if you we a white or light grey undercoat. at on TiO¥ UP the wash with Dark Sand using 4 combination of ddeybrushing and layering (ie page 12-19) DESERT SAND CAMOUFLAGE COLOUR PALETTE ae Goes ine BASECOAT your tank with Dark sand. PAINT Cloud-shaped parches of Russian Uniform. Camouflage was applied from a standard template (ee our website for more dts) DAK SAND D ustian Oniroms Coren TOY UP the wash with Dark sand & Russian Uniform using a combination of drybrushing and layering, leaving darker shading in recsied areas. WASH the tank with Sepia wash or Black wash (or « mix (of the 00). Try to achieve an even coverage over the whole stank, Finish the tank by painting the tracks and all the “appropriate markings and tools. Weather effects are Ope ne eee ee tank, concentrating expecially on details like rivet =a WASH the tank with Sepia Wash 00 add shading. Imaal SAND Oa ovenen B DRYBRUSH she tank with Iraqi Send, concentrating on edges rived detail, and upper eurfaces to add highlights and give the tank a weathered, dusty finishMID-WAR ARMOURED SQUADRON TANK MARKINGS ooo0oo0o oo0o0o0o)BRITISH SERVICE COLOUR CHURCHILL II CHURCHILL IIT KINGF S.C.C.2 sevice COLOUR The Churchill tanks of Kingforce were sent to the desert for Operation More Churchills fough« in Tunisia sporting Service Colour and Dark Supercharge. These Chutchills were painted in standatd desert colours. Brown camouflage. Crews often mixed up a mud paste and applied it ro their tanks as additional camouflage. LOUR PALETT KHAKI GREY (CoLgue PALETTE Qa ne Gen. CaM. MEDIUM BROWN > Qos BASECOAT your tank with Khaki Grey. Tico thin coats are PAINT Camouflage patches with Ger. Cam. Medium Brown, preferable t one ehick coat, and you may find teaser if you concentrating mainly on the lower pars ofthe tank. Road ‘sea white o light grey undercoat. seh should be al be one slid colour i ad a fein sh WASH the tank with Sepia Wash to add shading and depth TIDY UP the wash with Khaki Grey ming a combination of 10 the model deybrushing and layering, leaving darker shading in receved 1 Gen. CaM. MEDIUM BROWN vl ese TOY UP the disruptive camouflage areas in a similar wey DRYBRUSH the nk with Ira Send. concentrating sing Ger. Cam. Medium Brown. raised details, and upper surfaces to add highlights and give the tank a weathered, dusty fivsh,MID-WAR CHURCHILL TANK MARKINGS Nom ih Hone in Tunisia, oF asthe 21*Tank Brigade in Way. 27 Tank Brigade ‘them of had them removed bythe rev BRITISH LATE-WAR ARMOUR SOLOUR PAL Qa... covoun Part 1 on ‘ox probiotic cos Ae fetch you cc aeeage ee a range ash pol ache aa Bronze Green spray can for your undercoat. recess without building up tao much on flat surfaces rom, eq Qu Sonn @ ese TIDY UP the wash with Rusian Uniform using combination DRYBRUSH the wpper rrfaces of the vehicle with Inigi to add of drybruching and layering (se page 14), while leaving the ighlighes, particularly on edges and rained details recess darkLATE-WAR ARMOURED DIVISION MARKINGS. Below mack a diagram explaining how the marking system far typical British armoured divisions worked, ‘The Lace-war Decal sheet has ate very similar to the Mid-war markings, but Division and 8 for the divisions shown below, The Late-war mask mene numbers sere changed in an effort co confuse the enemy. Che ARMOURED DIVISION INSIGNIA IN NORMANDY. ‘aur the website for more in-depth articles Guards Armoured Division | 7° Armoured Division 11" Armoured Division 4° Canadian Armoured Division Guards Armoured Division Os Armoured Division Brigades Other Arms of Service Armoured Brigade Infantry Brigade yy & Anti-tank Regiment Anti-aircraft Regiment Brigade HO. Brigade HO Royal Artillery zw ma 51 52| Ey Gl A 63} Field Squad Field Regiments ‘Armoured Regiments Rifle Battalions Royal Engineers Royal Artilery Motor Battalion Machine-gun Battalion | Armoured Car Regiment Armoured Recce Regiment 5 Guards Armoured Brigade - Guards Armoured Division Brigade HO 2nd Armoured Battalion ‘1st Armoured Battalion 2nd Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards Coldstream Guards Irish Guards (Senior Regiment) (2 Regiment) (Junior Regiment) Regimental HO Regimental HO. Regimental HO ADO/JAO O/ANO ASquadron B Squadron CSquadron A Squadron B Squadron CSquadron A Squadron B Squadron C Squadron 1st Motor Battalion Each Squadron is usually 20 tanks eye oo Bwave 79™ ARMOURED DIVISION 31" Army Tank Brigade: Armoured Recce Regiment Armoured Car Regiment mi > X B\\m BS Regimental HO Regimental HO Regimental HO ASquadron B Squadron C Squadron A Squadron B Squadron C Squadron ASquadron 8 Squadron C Squadron he markings above ate for the 9 Battalic An Armoured Revce Regimcnt performed Armoured Cat Re wets nganise like Tank Repioent. equip 2 similar role to the armoured ‘i od with armoured (Churchill tanks. Ta field Churchill Crocodil ‘ hr E nd Saghourds 141 Royal Armoured Corps (The Buf kel ase the same markings b uadron BRITISH ARMOUR IN ITALY Armoured Division insignia in Italy —————_______ 1 Armoured & Armoured Canadian 6 South Arcan Division Dhision Armoured Division Armoured Division Independant Armoured Brigades in Italy 9* Armoured Brigade British armoured divisions folk OTHER TANK MARKINGS BRIDGE WEIGHTS: Bridge classification numbers identified whether a vehicle was abl cross a bridge or noe. Most weight on the front of the vehicle, Ute the 5 on small vehicles like armoured cars, trucks ot halftracks, Use the 15 on Stuart tanks. Use the the 40 on heavy tanks like Churchills and Crocodiles vehicles only have one b ‘on medium tanks ike Cromwell and Shermans and 23 Armoured Brigade e 4° Now Zealand Armoured Brigade ® 21" Tank Brigade SERIAL NUMBERS: Each vehicle has a white serial number, ‘numbers belongs to tanks, the ‘2’ series belongs to alf-acks and the “F series belongs to armoured cats and carriers. [ALLIED STARS: Most British vehicles hhave a small star on each side and often the reat. Most vehicles also havea la The “T" series of star as an ar recognition symbol on the ‘ab or the top ofthe turretTYPICAL INFANTRY DIVISION MARKINGS BRITISH INFANTRY DIVISIONS BoOo+ & @ ¢ 5 si" 1*Canadian 4" Indian 2 Infantry Infantry Infanay South ican infontry, Infantry New Zealand Division Division Division Infantry Division Division Division Infantry Division Infantry Division Infantry Division HO 1 Brigade 2 Brigade 2 Brigade Infantry Battalions Infantry Battalions Infantry Battalions Other Arms of Servi Field Regiments, Royal Artillery Reconnaissance Regiment Field Companies, Royal Engineers Light Anti-aircraft Regiment Machine-gun Battalion Anti-tank Regiment Wet yp War eavge of MidiL ide alot of al ap ings vou te hi OVAVAVAVAVA ooao oooo000000 gaag Hanae saow aouc Seeenamae noao aa aoaa a2 aan gene a coe 3 aaun 8 cooc B mEnE gama 0000 aeuee « sSeggeeece* ‘agggggagagss io ooo oo BO BO HOOBritish troops in North Africa wore a uniform consisting of khaki drill shores or slacks with long-sleeved Aertex shirts, The light khaki drill fabric was good in the hor desert sun, but ‘was usually insufficient for the cold desert nights. Webbing equipment was simple raw canvas, noc treated with Blanco (the coloured cleaning paste which uniform regulations required for troops in other theatres) SEE FACES Rifles, SMGs, & MG SEE INFANTRY WEAPONS ‘Metal items such as brass buckles were left unpolished to reduce potential glare, Sociks KHAKI 988 — BLACK 950 ae DESERT UNIFORMS AND WEBBING _ cours | Qe 8 @ =e ee - BASECOAT the uniform with Ingi _BASECOAT the: rt gear and rifle BASECOAT th socks with Khaki Send, using multiple shin coats if sling with Stane Grey Inecesaryt0 get an even coverage pe Q_maisevo ‘Snel Bash Be oun | ce WASH the figure liberally with watered HIGHUGHT the uniform with Iraqi doom Sepia Wash rince you are washing Sand, concentrating on folds and raved over light colour: detailBRITISH LATE-WAR INFANTRY Helmets 9: JSSIAN UNIFORM |___— v4 wn Strips DRAB Webbing RUSSIAN UNIFORM 924 lesb. SEE BASIC OR ADVANCED FACES. |/ Rifles, SMGs.. MGs SEE INFANTRY WEAPONS Entrenching Tool SEE TOOLS y / Uniform Water Botte / @ ENGLISH UNIFORM L- seecateens // oa 5 Boots @ BLACK 580 BRITISH OFFICERS SoU aUETE an ~ cor PANT the ofice uniform the same as PAINT oe cap badge Br. PAINT the lather strap Leather Brown British Batdedress (se oppaste page)BRITISH BATTLEDRESS CoLouR PALETTE. | (Qj Sus umromy RUSSIAN UNIFORM Ce tun BLACK WASH Son uniform English BASECOAT all webbing equipment WASH the figure liberally with Black ‘we thin coats if with Rusian Uniform. Akernatively Wash, Optionally, add a touch of US Paint it plain Khai Dark Green to give ita greener toe. RUSSIAN UNIFORM qe eo ‘STONE GREY” a Sat rh Sot Brush PAINT the wniform with Engi HIGHUGHT the webbing equipment HIGHUGHT ruse areas af the uniform Uniform, leving dark shadows inthe with a mix of Rusian Uniform end fora brighter, higher-comtrat lok. reseed area Stone Grey or plain Kal HELMETS Lou PALETTE | (Qe Russun Union ( = & A Se eos en nat ew hie ip a sith Stone Grey ‘and swash with Black Wah, Tidy up the shade with Russian Uniform again.BRITISH PARATROOPERS ‘The British airborne soldier, like his comrades from the rifle companies, wore the Battledress. This consisted of a short jacket and trousers in a green-brown dark khaki. (Over the standard Battledress they wore their unique Denison camouflage smock, designed in 1942 by a Major Denison. ‘The original ‘Airborne Smock Denison Camouflage’ had green and brown camouflage colours hand-painted with a large brush. “The subsequent screen-printed pattern which was in use by Operation Market Garden «mulated this look, including prominent brush strokes, so if your application of the green and brown swatches is somewhat steaky or patchy. all the bette. The dyes used were not particularly colourfast, and faded quite quickly with wear. Surviving examples have a very muted, washed-out appearance quite different to their original factory-fresh look. You may want to paint some of all of your paratroops smocks with faded colours, making it clear thac they have seen some use. of steel helmet, covered with, equipped with their own special desig netting to which strips of coloured camouflage fabric could be tied, some British paratroops still wore their famous red beret into battle FADED DENISON AIRBORNE 5 O°" nay pe BASECOAT sh bret with Hull Red. HIGHLIGHT with Cavalry Brown, HIGHLIGHT she deaf the beret with a leaving the shadows Hal Red mis of Cavalry Brown and Fat RedAIRBORNE CAMOUFLAGE (= Teton @ =r BASECOAT the smack English ‘COLOUR PALETTE = -_- EEE PAINT Flat Earth i iregular patches s0 thas roughly half he smack is covered in camouflage AIRBORNE HELMETS [BRONZE GREEN ( Se COLOUR PALETTE il - ep RANDOMLY repaint half of the Hessian stripe Green Ochre GREEN OCHRE Madham Best Wr HIGHLIGHT she English Uniform with Green Ochre (GREEN OCHRE aS I oe DaveRust lightly with Green Ocbre 10 break up the hard camouflage lines while leaving the recess darker IAN UNIFORM (RN Sal Dryrush DRYBRUSH she helmet with Russian Uniform. (GREEN OCHRE EE can a Daveruse she helms lighdy with Green Ochre to safier the camouflage colour un @ USSIAN UNIFORM ne PAINT irregular pares of Russian Uniform, or Reflective Green, covering roughly a quarter ofthe smock, FLAT EARTH Medion Brush PAINT all ofthe Hesian strips Plt Earth“The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages... Onward, to victory!” -losef Stalin With the fascist invader on their doorstep, the Soviet people were conscripted in their millions and thrown forwand, ofen without the best equipment and certainly without a great deal of training. But the Soviet Union and her Red Army were quick to adapt. Mass production and increased combat experience produced a unique fighting force to rival that of the Germans. In Flames Of War the Soviet army is plentiful, fielding larger forces than any other natiSOVIET ARMOUR AIR RECOGNITION MARKINGS PAGE 88 — DECALS SOVIET TRACKS TANK TRACKS INFANTRY WEAPONS 7 PSOVIET ARMOUR CoLouR PALETTE Gan BuAcK WASH ow EFLECTIV BASECOAT your tank with Cam. Olive Green. Tio thin coats WASH the tank with Black Wash. Tiy to achieve an even «are preferable to one thick coat. Alternatively you can mse a coverage over the whole tank, letting the wash pool inthe Gam. Olive Green spray can for your undercoat. receses without building up too much on flat surfaces REFLECTIVE GREEN IM St yrush CAM. OUVE GREEN a Sn TIOY UP the basecaat with Camm. Olive Green (sce page 15) DRYBRUSH the upper sarfice of the vehicle with Reflective suing a combination of drybrusbing and layering, while Green. Donit be afraid if this looks a bit bright ar the colour caving the recewes dark svill get toned down with weathering. WINTER WHITEWASH @ eeveceeen gy a Se re Brsh ——— Modu Bosh BASECOAT the tank with a mix of Reflective Green and LAYER one or tuo streaky cout of White Grey ta resemble s White Goes to sheolaic i euspires fish ef wblicnaah _ieklonoasl cabevaagl has las teal pat aan has started to wear off due to rin oF ety wie exposure to rain and mous. You don’ ned to be neat ; RevLEctve GuEen wre hn @ con SSTIPPLE chips and patches where the whitewash har OPTIONALLY add touches of White to intensify the whitewash completely worn off in high-use areas, using Reflective Green. effet in some places, particularly on raised details and edges Again, there is no meed to worry about being neat sehich could wie an extra highlight.SOVIET TRACKS ‘COLOUR PALETTE a FLAT BROWN ee Oe... large Bish BASECOAT the sack-tink with Flat WASH the onack links with Black DRYBRUSH the rscts wich Oily Stel Brow, carefully avosding the rubber heavily thinned with water. You could Mahe thie drybrash quite heavy, as on the rd wheels saubstivuce Black Wash, willbe toned down inthe new ep. uy sree O0Ma., Ce WASH ey: rican WASH the tacks with Sepia Wa 0 UGHTLY DRYBRUSH the edge of ATTACH the tracks the tank nd create represent grime and gree the tracks with Oily Steel again, to sid up the syreswith Black, Paint the accentuate the track edges wheels the same way as the armour.) AIR RECOGNITION MARKINGS COLOUR PALETTE WHITE GREY ‘WHITE GREY ny ) — SS iit tes PENCIL IN Lines for your marking. Using low-ack masking "UNDER-PAINT’ (i. basecoat) the avea forthe air recognition ape a guide will belp you get a sraght line. Align the tape marking with White Grey. Thie will make painting the ta the tap and bottom edges of the decal White inthe nex step eater Waite Q ‘GER. CAN BLACK BROWN SSS Meco tet OSes, LAvER a coat of White over she op ofthe White Grey Feel WASH a very thinmed-down glaze of Ger. Cam, Blak Browns “fiesta ada a fou mety paint drips to give cach tank tome aver the atr recognition marking and the decal. This will tone individuatiyy doom the White and help blend i into che zank )A WEATHERING SOVIET GREEN “OLOUR PALETT GeR. CAM, BRIGHT GREEN GER. CAM BLACK BROWN CoLoun PALETTE es enn “ [sno CAM. BLACK BROWN am GREY em ms ae Ge PAINT vertical rth with very thinned down. Black Brown, BURD UP the reas with thinned down Kinski Grey, Light starting at corrsion points lke puine chips and weld lines. Brown or Fat Brown, GER. CAM. BLACK BROWN ZY KHAKI GREY Q a ene en onc ; 1 a y - TARGETWASH rcse with Black Brown or Flat Brn to TARGETWASH wel ines with Khaki Gey or Light Brown, claps buy i hat cla corners ‘Be crf gin rbd ll sh ose SOVIET TANK CREW You have alt af options when it comes to punting Soviet ank cre. Their veal canbe dak be (blow), he same hak colour at Sone infantry uniforms (ce page 93), or black (ce Painting Black on page 27). The helmet can be canvas (below), leather (ace Brown Leather on page 26) or black Qos 3 ‘KHAKI GREY aE mn QE ‘ava TOY UP the uniform with Medium Grey, leaving dark shadows in the recened areas, nero ne Bah H, PAINT rank insignia on the corners of the collar uabs Cavalry Brown. You could also substitute with Flat Red.“The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldiet -Fieldmarshall Erwin Rommel The Italians learned about modern warfare the hard way in 1940, Now they are back, showing the world what the Italian soldier can do. Fighting under the famous ‘Desert Fox’, General Rommel, they form a crucial part of the Italian-German Panzer Army. Tough, determined, skilled, and aggressive veterans, the Italians broke through the British Gazala Line to save the trapped German Afrika Korps, held the line at El Alamein, and opened the way at Kasserine Pass, before holding up the American offensive at El Guettar. Fight or die for the new Roman Empire!ITALIAN ARMOUR | CAMOUFLAGE DECALS —| MARKINGS PAG AGE 98 PAGE 20 AGE 9 INFANTRY WEAPONS Mi PAINTING BLACK GE 2 TOOLS Pace a8 TANK TRACKS RUST PAGE 27 ITALIAN ARMOUR a (GREEN OCHRE COLOUR PALETTE L ae WASH test GREEN Oc IRAQI SAND BASECOAT your tank with Green Ochre. Tivo thin oats are WASH the tank with Sepia Wash Tiy v0 achieve an even better tan one chick coat. coverage over che whale sank, lesting the wah pool i the secsce. Add abit of Black Wa if you wane a sligholy darker m February 19 finish. ‘GREEN OCHRE Ragl SAND the desert were fret se ies anush SSM Sa Deyo = a painted in a dark ali P ¥ TIDY UP the wash with Green Ochre using a combination of DRYBRUSH the rank with Inegi Sand, concentrating on edges deybruching and layering. raised details, and upper eurfecesto add bighight.CAMOUFLAGE & WEATHERED PAINT a=... COLOUR PALETTE ) \ GREEN OCHRE \ GERMAN FIELD Gaey WWil ‘330, BASECOAT your tuk with Green Ochre IRAQISAND SEPIA WASH Sie osh WASH the tank with Sepia Wash. Try 40 achieve an even coverage over the whole tank, again, adding a bit of Black Wash fore darker wach if you le DRYBRUSH the tank with Inagi Sand, concentrating om edges, FILIN the centre ofthe chips and scratches with Black Grey, rused details, and upper surfaces to add bighlght. Add small. leaving the lighter edges showing. Ti to keep chips mall fora spots and scratches of Iraqi Sand, concentrating on areas of high wear and heavy ws ie @ PAINT patches of German Field Grey over the Green Ochrs, ais for approximately 50% coverage aver the Green Ochre ‘GREEN OcHRE GERMAN FIELD GREY ‘dam Brush co TY UP the wash with Green Ochre and German Field Grey suing a combination of dbrushing and layering BLACK GREY | GER, CAM. BLACK BROWN velit et Yo could nce Ger. Carn. Black Bron ro fill in the cenere of the sraches stad, as metal tarts 0 tr bran a son aos exposed to air, Look at old trucks the next time you are drivingITALIAN MARKINGS “Tactical markings are an excellent way of adding visual and historical incerest ro your model, Most Talian enks festare an ideoifying number on the side ofthe hl or tu ieens plate and leona symbols You ean nd more deailed Information on allan markings on the Flamer Of Wer website cee ate tea "The Talianayeay hada simple method of numbering their eanks. The colour denores the company (Red for 1 Companys Blue for 2 Company, and Yellow for “¥ Company) dhe plawoon within te company i howe, by che numbes of stripes inside che bat. The number above the spe shows the number ofthe vehicle i the platoan DEDEVEDEDE 2yevavaray 1T940 ITALIAN DECALS While the lalian Plaxo bos mark [ (seit ee DERE oeITALIAN INFANTRY DESERT UNIFORMS AND WEBBING COLOUR PALETTE GQ peerrysiow Madu Bath ra BASECOAT she wniform with Desert Yellows asing two chin coats if necessary {for-an even coverage BN on WASH the gure with Sepia Wash to add depth tothe model. @_ ow aren Sonal Brush ft PAINT che canvas webbing gear Yellow Green ‘Deseer vetLow Veliow GReen ‘OLIVE GREY Smal Bosh HIGHUGHT raised areas of the uniform, secbbing and Puttes with cher seme bate colour, In the desert the Bersagicsi were issued with 3 light cotton tropical in hue and is often described as Light aki. Trousers and Tunics were the same colout, though most troops retained their original Green-Geey puttees ts were painted the same sand 1 asthe eanks and vehicles, and wwete adorned with th al Cockerel feathers. ai Some soldicrs continued to wear green helmets, s0 you could paint some of the helmets. German Fielderey fora bit of variety Often B worn from caprurd stocks. These were in the lighter British Khaki Drill, Inuqi Sand (360), which make a good contrast on your desere uniforms. shirts and T Q@_ owrceer m3 Sena Brush PAINT the Puszees Olive Grey. tesa Noe onan DRYBRUSH sie model lightly with Inegi Sand. Apply a heavier drybrush around the bottom ofthe modelEASTERN ee UNIFORMS AND WEBBING Cotte PALETTE Vestn aorn Sa Bish —E SOG ‘OLIVE GREY QQ excey ~ s QUVE GREY ~~ =. 2 ==. a Sra nn HIGHLIGHT rased areas of the uniform — HIGHUGHT rated ares ofthe uniform — HIGHUGHT she uniform with a mix of and webbing with Olive Grey and webbing with Olive Grey lise Grey and Stone Grey for added aepth, ITALIAN VEHICLE GALLERY. Renault (37m) Semovente (0m) Lancia Truck Lana (90mm)c a ee r F aaa r A ae SS — Fa = cca = 4 TS nelBased on the book written by Harold Coyle in 1987, World War Ill: Team Yankee brings the conflict that simmered throughout the Cold War to life. You will command your troops in miniature on a realistic battlefield. re In Team Yankee, a heavy combat team of M4 Abrams tanks and M113 armoured personnel carriers faces a Sovie invasion of West Germany. Outnumbered and outgunned, Captain Sean Bannon and his men will have * o ie) and they'll have to fight smart if they are going to survive. Lt, Colonel Yuri Potecknov’s motor rifle battalion is preparing to execute its mission in the scientific he had been taught at the Frunze Military Academy and used in Afghanistan. Victory today will bri Preven tes erate au Tacs oaCollecting a World War Ifl: Team Yankee m daunting before you begin, y quickly discover how much fan itis. In fact, many find thac they cannot stop at just one army or force, and usually end up with ewo, three or more forces at various stages of completion. Some people require patience and motivation to see an army through to the end, And many painters find chemselves easily distracted by new miniatures for completely different forces all the time, But that is half the fun! PLAN YOUR FORCE There are two ways to go about collecting 2 World War Ii army: by looking through Army books such as Red Thunder, Leopard, or Siripes and finding a list that you think is cool, or by simply collecting the models that you like and then finding an Intelligence Briefing they fic int. The mest inporantting btohweaciai gel Aa help inspire you and give you the motivation to finish ™ your project. ‘There area lot of things to consider when thinking, about starting a World War III army. Check out our website, wen: Team-Yankee.coms for more information con the types of forces you can choose from. PLATOONS Like Flames Of War, in World War Il: Teane Yankee, the basic unic isa platoon, Each platoon card indicates the required squads and teams you must have to make that unit. World War ILI: Team Yankee box sets aze designed around the units in che books, and come with all the options needed co make a platoon, and come with all the cards you need to field the miniatures.NOT SURE WHERE TO START? TRY HAMMERFALL! Hammerfall contains everything you need to start collecting and playing World War I1l: Team Yankee, including: 2x American MI Abrams tanks, 3x Soviet T-64 tanks, A120 page full colour rulebook, Dice Cardboard Terrain, and Unit cards Painting and playing games with Hammerfall miniatures should help you decide where to go next in the Team Yankee hobby, and give you a good base to start from,UNITED STATES Bannon snapped his head to the left. There was no need to use a map. There was only one place where the Russians would be, and that was on the hill 2,200 meters away. All the training, planning, and preparation was over. Team Yankee was about to learn if the Team's seventy-nine men and twenty-five million dollars worth of equipment could do what they were supposed to do; close with and destroy the enemy by fire, manoeuvre, and shock effect. The events in the ba shee are based on the novel by HW Coyle, a sold with the US Army in Europe in the 1980s. Team Yankee is about one company, or team, called Team Yank heavy combat team under the command of Captain Sean Bannon in West Germany. At the start of the s men and a mix of modern, high-tech weaponry as well as tried equips the Team isa rank-heavy company team, itis attached to 3° Battalion, a mechanised infantry battalion. 106UsARMouR INFANTRY WEAPONS | MARKINGS | a "AGES AGES 109, TANK TRACKS WEATHER EFFECTS US CAMOUFLAGE GALLERY SGTYORKUSDARKGREEN BLACK WASH ar Ot on BASECOAT your tank with US Dark Green. Two thin coats WASH the tank with Black Wish Ty achieve an even are preferable to one thick cout. Alternatively ou can use a coverage over the whole tank, lng the wash pool in the US Dark Green spray cen for your undercoat. receses without building up t00 much on lat surfaces USDARKGREEN gy Us FieLo Daas an nat [ee ‘TIOY UP with US Dark Green using drybrushing and QUTUNE she camouflage pattern with US Field Drab, % layering. while leaving the recses dark, Skip the mext three then fill inthe outlines. Iti good iden to look at historical eps if you don't want to paint the full MERDC scheme. photograph for gui DARK SAND. i SS erm Bh EDGE the US Field Drab camouflage with short branches of EDGE the camouflage patterns with gull wings of Black Dark Sand. These lins surround about a third ofthe edge of These patterns abo surround about a third of the ede ofthe the camouflage colour brown patches. DARK SAND. o BLACK WASH Se vir SS" SUMMER MERDC DRYBRUSH the nk with Dark Sand concentrating om edges, WASH the details with Black Wash ro add def mised details, and upper surface to add highlight camouflage patternUS TANK MARKINGS Tactical markings are an excellent way of adding visual and historical interest 3 to your model, We have base the US markings of the callsigns from the Platoon Pl Team Yankee novel nd ever popular chevtons and kil ing markings. US AIRCRAFT Rotors. @ BLACK 950 OLIVE 3 Fuselage RUSSIAN UNIFORM 924 AH-1 COBRA Camouflage GUNSHIP GREEN 295, Camouflage LONDON GREY 35 A-10 WARTHOGPAINTING US INFANTRY SEE FACES EUROPEAN CAMOUFLAGE — Qo, f BASECOAT she uniform with Reflective CAMOUFLAGE with small patches of Khaki covering about half ofthe remaining Reflective Green. a) Was the fg liberal with Black Wah te ada depth tothe uniform: ——“”“<<.. @ CAMOUFLAGE with fine lines of Black screw the Flat Earth and Khaki FLAT EARTH 5 a" CAMOUFLAGE with small patches of Flat Earth covering about one-third of the uniform, BLACK WASH f PINWASH some of the dep recess swith Black Wash to add more depth QDESERT CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS ‘COLOUR PALETTE a= GER CAM BEIGE Tage Bash FLAT BROWN. Tange Brush \ FLAT BROW! \ MCHEEROWN | BaseCOAT she uniform with Gen Camm. Beige, using to thin coas if ecesery ta achieve an even coverage > BLACK WASH ie tant CAMOUFLAGE with small paces of Ras Brown covering about one. quarter ofthe uniform. BLACK WASH ae Waite Fie ts oS ip WASH with a thinmed dawn Bleck Wish to blend the camouflage patches legether CAMOUFLAGE with small pot of Black and Whit. WEBBING EQUIPMENT. BLACK WASH Ea o COLOUR PALETTE BLACK WAS! BASECOAT she webbing wish Olive Brown WASH the details careful with Black Wach AFRICAN-AMERICAN SKIN Qe COLOUR PALETTE 1. BLACK BROWN, Black WASH A Doh ry LexTHIER BROWN Ce BASECOAT the skin with Ger. Cam. Black Brown, LEATHER Brown WASH with Black Wash UGH BROWN TR ash CAMOUFLAGE with small pacis of Light Brown covering about one-chird of the uniform. ‘OLIVE BROWN Fre Bnish Cn TIDY UP with another lier of Olive Brown, 4 HiGHLicHT with a layer of Leather Brown,