Painting eastern front infantry

[a pair of pliers]

I am starting to work on an eastern front diorama and i need help with what exact colours to use for both my german and russian infantry (both are in winter gear). I was wondering if anyone knows what colours i should use.

[John Symmons]

Hi Pair of Pliers (PoP)

 

While i'm no expert on any WW2 infantry uniforms, but if you check out Vallejo paints you'll find several German infantry colours and a Ruian uniform colour, these could be a good starting point. Another useful guide is the box art of Zvezda models especially the art of tactic series.

 

Remember uniforms like any other paint schemes do not stay pristene especially when used in battle, this is especially true for infantry uniforms, so I wouldn't be too pedantic about colours being too uniform (excuse the pum) unless you're doing a parade diorama. Possibly your best bet is to use Google, unfortunately that will not give you any specific paint numbers. Hope this helps.

 

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