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Vallejo paint colors for US WWII Figures?

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BTH
  • Member since
    August 2010
Vallejo paint colors for US WWII Figures?
Posted by BTH on Monday, November 8, 2010 7:44 PM

So I took a dive and bought the old, old Tamiya WWII US infantry figures. Not the good US assault infantry, but the old four-piece ones that are more the like Bucket of Army Men type. It was only a few bucks, and I thought I'd hone some figure painting skills on them (which are woeful at best [and non-existent for painting the faces])

I've heard Vallejo is the go-to source for figure painting with acrylics. What paints should I get, though? I'm not too familiar with what they have as I usually just use Tamiya and Polly Scale paints, and when I took a glance I saw so many colors it made my head spin.

I guess it's mostly for the colors of US Army trousers, M1941 field jackets, and straps/ammo pouches.

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by ajlafleche on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 6:30 PM

For the jackets, I'd go with Khaki (988) , USA Uniform (922) for the trousers and olive green (067) for the web gear. Helmets might be US Dark Green (893) US Olive Drab (889). These are base colors. Send your e-mail address to ajlaflechecomcast.net and I'll send you a copy of Vallejo's highlight and shadow chart I got free from Colorado Miniatures. That's also a great source for Vallejo paints. Gray has the full line on his site at good prices. Vallejo also has an allied 16 color set.

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  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World
Posted by SteveM on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 7:10 PM

Another good Vallejo color for US helmets is Brown Violet. Despite the name, it comes out the perfect shade.

Steve M.

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