Hey guys! Just splurged to get myself the core set and some other models. I'm a long time wargamer in 40k and Warmachine, so I'm a fair hand at painting. I don't, however, have much experience with the paint colors predominately used by WWII factions. I was particularly struck by [so]Rice's walkers in particular, as they meet the general ideas I had for my paint schemes.

Long and short, can anyone tell me the colors from either Citadel or P3 (or vallejo) that work best for that Allies green color? I think I can handle the greys on the German walkers just fine.

Just use the base colour as is, you can then highlight, shade or dip it.

look in the 'paint' subforum, there are several good 'how tos' and in the news articles for Dust there are a couple of step by steps, i think [so]rice did one in there. use FoW's paint guides too as they scale up pretty good and are WWII after all....

Hi JadeFalcon777,

I'll help you with what I can. All of my tanks from both armies were worked straight off of the base colors. I'll give you the exact scheme for my walkers.

For the Americans:

Base Color

Gloss Coat

Pin Wash Black (Basically this is an oil wash, use any type of black oil paint and thin it with Turpentine and let it flow into the recesses. Than take a Q-tip with Turpentine and wipe off any mistakes)

Drybrush Citadel Camo Green (Focus the drybrushes on the edges and raised detail and not the flat areas).

Drybrush Citadel Knarloc Green (less than before)

Drybrush Citadel Bleached Bone (on edges only)

After this I applied weathering with Citadel Paints, Brown and White Oil Paints and Pigments.

And for the Germans:

Base Color

Gloss Coat

Pin Wash Black

Drybrush GW Codex Grey

Drybrush GW Fortress Grey (edges only)

Weathering same as above.

I hope this helps, if you need help with anything please ask, there are many talented painters on this forum who are always very helpful.

[so]Rice said:

Do the oil paints make that big of a difference? Just wondering, as I have been very apprehensive about dealing with oil paints, as you have to use some pretty foul chemicals to thin them up.

Thanks for the help! I have most of that stuff in my inventory already, though did you use a spray on gloss coat or do it by hand?

Yes, the oil paints make a huge difference.

I sprayed it on. You can airbrush Future Floor Polish or just spray on Gloss Varnish.

[so]Rice said:

Are they easier to work with? Also, I hope your using odorless turpentine, as the fumes from the non-odorless turpentine are really toxic, too much accumulated exposure to them can cause blindness. And THAT would suck, because you wouldn't be able to paint any more, so we wouldn't have awesome models to look at anymore! Lol.

For my armies I used the base primer color for the armor, and found a good color to go with it for the clothing. For axis, I used Citadel Fortress Gray, washed with badab black. For Allies I used a 50/50 mix of Citadel Desert Yellow and Bleached Bone washed with Devlan mud. Quick & easy