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I have gone for the mixture of uniforms for my Heers guards, ranging for Early War uniforms to the Mid War uniform and my thinking is these are second line troops and would have their uniforms replaced once the serviceability of the old uniform was no longer. I am not totally sure if this would happen but I guess it would.

So I started is the early war greener field grey jacket and green trousers and I did this for all the troopers and officers in the high jack boots.

The Model 1936 Tunic (Early War) tone recipe is:

The based tunic colour with Vallejo Model Colour German Cam Ex Dark Green, highlighted with VMC German Uniform, and added further highlights of VMC Light Green Blue and VMC German Uniform at 50/50 mix.

Then I added a wash of Vallejo Model Colour German Cam Ex Dark Green, watered down with 5 parts water.

Colours used for the Model 1936 Tunic

Vallejo Model Colour German Cam Ex Dark Green

Vallejo Model Colour German Uniform

Vallejo Model Colour Light Green Blue

I worked on the grey trousers for the Model 1936 Tunic and to some of the overcoats.

The trouser and great coat (Early War) tone recipe is:

The based tunic colour with Vallejo Model Colour Dark Blue Grey, highlighted with VMC Neutral Grey, and added further highlights of VMC Light Grey.

Then I added a wash of Vallejo Model Colour Dark Blue Grey, watered down with 5 parts water.

Colours used for the Model 1936 Trouser

Vallejo Model Colour Dark Blue Grey

Vallejo Model Colour Neutral Grey

Vallejo Model Colour Light Grey

For the troops in the short boots and gaitered trousers, the Mid-War uniform or the Model 1940/41 Tunic and trouser, I when for the “new” field grey uniform colour.

The Model 1940/41 Tunic and trouser (Mid-War) tone recipe is:

The based tunic and trouser colour with Vallejo Model Colour German Camo Dark Green, highlighted with VMC German Field Grey, and added further highlights of VMC Green Grey.

Then I added a wash of Vallejo Model Colour German Camo Dark Green, watered down with 5 parts water.

Colours used for the Model 1940/41 Tunic and Trouser

Vallejo Model Colour German Camo Dark Green

Vallejo Model Colour German Field Grey

Vallejo Model Colour Green Grey

I have primed the Heer guards for 02 Hundred Zero and have started on the skin tones and carrying on trying to get the skin colour right, I am after getting a bit of warm into the skin and I am thinking I am getting there. I have played around with the recipe and used a different wash this time.

The skin tone recipe is:

The base skin with Vallejo Model Colour Tan Earth, highlighted with VMC Tan Yellow, and added further highlights of VMC Iraqui Sand and Basic Flesh.

Then I added a wash of Army paint Light Tone and with an old Citadel Red Ink in a 2 to 1 mix of Strong Tone to Red and watered down the mix with 3 parts water.

Then I highlighted it again with VMC Tan Yellow and Iraqui Sand.

Colours used

Vallejo Model Colour Tan Earth

Vallejo Model Colour Tan Yellow

Vallejo Model Colour Iraqui Sand

Vallejo Model Colour Basic Flesh

Citadel Paints (OOP) Red ink

Army Painter Light Tone

FALLSCHIRMJÄGER UNTEROFFIZIER (CORPORAL), 1944

SS- HAUPSTURMFUHRER (CAPTAIN)

CAPTAIN (KAPITANLEUTNANT)- U-BOAT COMMANDER, 1941

01 – Officers’ jacket, Kapitanleutnant insignia
02 – Kninght’s Cross of the Iron Cross
03 – U-boat crew badge
04 – Unofficial badges of the 1st and 9th U-boat flotilas
05 – Cigarettes
06 – Kriegsmarine officers’ cap
07 – Leather gloves
08 – Leather “U-Boot-Päckchen” – U-boat battle dress
09 – Boots
10 – “Junghans” watch
11 – Naval binoculars

VALLEJO MODEL COLOUR PAINT GUIDE FOR WWII GERMAN UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT

General

Uniforms: German Field Grey V70.830
Collar: Deep Green V70.970
Jack boots: Black  V70.950
Low boots: German Brown Black V70.822
Waders: Field Grey V70.830
Webbing: German Cam Black Brown V70.822
Ammo pouches: German Cam Black Brown V70.822
Haversack: Deck Tan V70.986
Canteen: German Black Brown V70.822
Or Mahogany Brown V70.846
Mess Tin: Olive Green V70.967
Gas Mask: Neutral Grey V70.992
Helmet: German Grey V70.995
Reed Green Uniform: German Uniform V70.920

Basic Uniform 1939+

Tunic: German Uniform V70.920
Trousers: Neutral Grey V 992
Webbing: Black V70.950
Ordinance: Green Yellow Olive V 892
Field cap: German Field Grey V70.830
Helmet: Olive Green V70.967
Tunic Collar: Black Green V70.980

Basic Uniform 1941+
Tunic: German Field Grey WWII V 830
Trousers: German Field Grey WWII V70.830
Webbing: Black V70.950
Ordinance: Green Yellow Olive V70.892
Field cap: German Field Grey WWII V70.830
Helmet: Olive Green V70.967 / German Grey V70.995
Tunic Collar: German Field Grey WWII V70.830

Basic Uniform 1944+
Tunic: Russian Uniform V70.924
Trousers: Russian Uniform V70.924
Webbing: Black V70.950
Ordinance: Green Yellow Olive V70.892
Field cap: German Field Grey WWII V70.830
Helmet: Olive Green V70.967 / German Grey V70.995
Tunic: Collar Russian Uniform V70.924
Ammo Pouches: Dark Grey V70.994

Uniform Variations 1944+
Tunic: English Uniform V70.921
Trousers: English Uniform V 921
Webbing: Yellow Ochre V70.913 / Dark Grey V70.994
Ordinance: Green Yellow Ochre V70.913
Field cap: Russian Uniform V70.924
Helmet: Yellow Ochre V70.913
Anklets: Green V70.975

Tropical Uniform/Desert
Uniform: Yellow Ochre V70.913 / Khaki V70.988 / Desert Yellow V70.977
Webbing: Mahogany Brown V70.846 / Sand Yellow V70.916
Ordinance: Yellow Dark Sand V 847
Field cap: Yellow Ochre V70.913
Helmet: Tan Yellow V70.912
Boots: Red Leather V 818

Panzer Crew 1939-1945
Field Cap: Neutral Grey V70.992
Beret: Black V70.950
Officer Cap: German Uniform V70.920
Cap/Tunic/Trousers: Black V70.950 / Grey V70.994
Waffenfarbe: Sunset Red V70.802
Belt/Boots: Black V70.950 / Grey V70.994
Shirt/Gloves: Neutral Grey V70.992

Splinter Camo
Base Colour (pale): Pastel Green V70.885
Base Colour (dark): Russian Uniform V70.924
Base Colour (marsh): Buff V70.976
Brown Colour: Beige Brown V70.875
Green Colour: Luftwaffe Cam Green V70.823
Raindrop Colour: Black Green V70.980

Fallschirmjäger
Bread Bag: German Grey V70.995
Webbing/Pouches: Chocolate Brown V70.872
Water Bottles: Chocolate Brown V70.872
Holsters: Chocolate Brown V70.872

1939-1940 Plain Green
Helmet: German Grey V70.995
Smock/Helmet Cover: Green Grey V70.886
Trousers/Pouches: Field Grey V70.830

Crete-1945 Splinter
Smock/Cover: German Cam Beige (Base) V70.821
Luftwaffe Camo: Luftwaffe Cam Green V70.823 / Flat Brown V70.984
Trousers/Pouches: Field Grey V70.830

N. Africa and Italy Camo
Smock/cover: German Cam Beige (Base) V70.821
Luftwaffe Camouflage: Luftwaffe Cam Green V70.823 / Flat Brown V70.984
Trousers/Pouches: Desert Yellow V70.977

Italian Camo Pattern
Olive Grey (Base) V70.888
German Cam Medium Brown V70.826
Sand Yellow V70.916

General equipment
Zeltbahn base: V70.821, Zeltbahn Geometric pattern: V70.826, V70.890
SS Collars: Black / V70.896 Extra Dark Green
Haversack: V70.886 Green Grey / V70.986 Deck Tan / V70.819 Iraqi Sand / V70.977 Desert Yellow
Mess Tin / Gas Mask: V 995 German Grey
Helmet: V 995 German Grey
Ammo Cans: Dark Yellow V 978
SMG Ammo Pouches: V 914 Green Ochre
Map Cases ” ”
Map/Binoc Cases: GW Dark Flesh
Gebirgsjäger Anorak: 66% V 887 Brown Violet, 33% V 992 Neutral Grey
M39 Grenade: V 975 Green
Field Flask: V875 Beige Brown / V70822 Brown
Cook Pot: V790 Silver
M38 Gas Mask case: V896 Dark Green
Gas Cape: V975 Green / V70886 Green Grey
Spade Holder: V994 Grey
Scabbard – Black

Welcome to Captain William Vanderlyon and his unit of Golden Lions, a fiction unit of SAS troopers for my games, as i wanted that Boys Own, Battle, Commando comic feel to them.

I have finished the British from the 02 Hundred Hours starter set and I have painted them as SAS, in North West Europe, late war. I am pleased with the results of the Denison Smock and the overall look of them and those Wargames Atlantic figures as very nice indeed and paint up very well.

I went with the grassy, dirt bases for these and the German Heer guards I will be going for a gravel/stone bases.

Now to paint Jerry

I have painted the red berets on the SAS in the NWE Theatre of War, as they had red berets and not light blue or sand berets, because they were dressed like British Paras.

Here below is the image I used to base my SAS on

The beret colour recipe is:

The beret colour with Vallejo Model Colour Burnt Cadmium Red, highlighted with of VMC Dark Red, and added further highlights of VMC Red/Dark Vermillion.

Colours used the webbing colour of the smock

Vallejo Model Colour Burnt Cadmium Red

Vallejo Model Colour Dark Red

Vallejo Model Colour Red/Dark Vermillion

I have finished the webbing on the soldiers, and I wanted that green Branco webbing that the British used in the later period of the Second World War. Look through the article below on British webbing and gosh trying to find that colour was a right pain. I went for the darker green colour are it was a nice contrast with the Denison Smock and Battledress.

The webbing colour recipe is:

The webbing base colour with Vallejo Model Colour Bronze Green, highlighted with 50/50 mix of VMC Bronze Green and VMC Pastel Green, and added further highlights of VMC Pastel Green.

Colours used the webbing colour of the smock

Vallejo Model Colour Bronze Green

Vallejo Model Colour Pastel Green

I have finished painting the Denison Smock worn by my British SAS, circa 1944, Northwest Europe, oh and the Paras and Commandos too. The Denison smock was a coverall jacket issued to Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents, the Parachute Regiment, the Glider Pilot Regiment, Air Landing Regiments, Air Observation Post Squadrons, Commando units, and other Commonwealth airborne units, to wear over their Battle Dress uniform during the Second World War. The garment was also issued as standard to the scout and sniper platoons of line infantry battalions.

The smock was initially worn over the paratrooper’s webbing equipment, but under his parachute pack and harness, as its primary purpose was to prevent the wearer’s equipment from snagging while emplaned or during a jump. It was equally useful for camouflage and as a windproof garment that provided a method of carrying ammunition or equipment. Contemporary photographs show that airborne troops preferred to wear the smocks under their webbing once they had landed.

The Denison Smock base colour recipe is:

The based smock with Vallejo Model Colour English Uniform, highlighted with VMC Khaki Grey, and added further highlights of VMC German Camo Beige WWII.

Then I added a wash of VMC English Uniform watered down the mix with 3 parts water.

Colours used the base color of the smock

Vallejo Model Colour English Uniform

Vallejo Model Colour Khaki Grey

Vallejo Model Colour German Camo Beige WWII

The Denison Smock green camouflage pattern colour recipe is:

The green for the camouflage pattern used for the smock, started with Vallejo Model Colour Russian Green/Camo Olive Green at a 2 part green to 1 part water, so it was slightly translucent, highlighted with VMC Russian Green/Camo Olive Green and VMC Pale Sand at 5 part green to 1 part sand, and a wash of VMC German Extra Dark Green at 1 part green and 5 part water.

I put the green down is large irregular patterns using a photo of a Denison Smock for reference. These smocks where actually hand painted with a mop, once the jacket was assembled.

Colours used the green camouflage pattern colour of the smock

Vallejo Model Colour German Extra Dark Green

Vallejo Model Colour Russian Green/Camo Olive Green

Vallejo Model Colour Pale Sand

The Denison Smock brown camouflage pattern colour recipe is:

The brown for the camouflage pattern used for the smock, started with Vallejo Model Colour Mahogany Brown at a 2 part green to 1 part water, so it was slightly translucent, highlighted with Vallejo Game Colour Tan and a wash of VMC Flat Brown at 1 part green and 5 part water.

I put the brown down is large irregular patterns using a photo of a Denison Smock for reference. These smocks where actually hand painted with a mop, once the jacket was assembled.

Colours used the brown camouflage pattern colour of the smock

Vallejo Model Colour Flat Brown

Vallejo Model Colour Mahogany Brown

Vallejo Game Colour Tan

I have painted the Khaki Battledress and the Bronze Green helmets, scarves and wooden hats for my British SAS for 02 Hundred Hours from Grey for Now Games. They are starting to take shape and the next stage is the Denison Smock for them.

The battledress recipe is:

The based battledress with Vallejo Model Colour Burnt Umber, highlighted with VMC English Uniform, and added further highlights of VMC Khaki Grey.

Then I added a wash of VMC Burnt Umber watered down the mix with 3 parts water.

Colours used the battledress

Vallejo Model Colour Burnt Umber

Vallejo Model Colour English Uniform

Vallejo Model Colour Khaki Grey

The Bronze Green recipe is:

The base skin with Vallejo Model Colour German Extra Dark Green, highlighted with VMC Bronze Green, and added further highlights of VMC Camo Olive Green/Russian Green and a final highlight of VMC Camo Olive Green/Russian Green and VMC Ivory at three part Russian Green and one part Ivory.

Colours used

Vallejo Model Colour German Extra Dark Green

Vallejo Model Colour Bronze Green

Vallejo Model Colour Camo Olive Green/Russian Green

Vallejo Model Colour Ivory