Recommended Colors for Painting 15mm Miniatures
Note: These colors are my recommendations for painting 15mm miniatures. These colors are 'scale' in that they can be used without lightening. They are best used with a white undercoat, in fact I don't recommend any other color. Generally, these colors will need a wash of some sort to shade.
Recommended Colors for Painting 15mm Armor
| COLOR SWATCH | NAME | VALLEJO | COMMENTS |
| German N. African Tanks | Tan Yellow 70912 or Desert Yellow 70977 | White added to achieve a bleached look. | |
| German Tank Dark Yellow | |||
| German Tank Grey | German Grey 70995 & White 70951 | Ratio is 2 drops of German Grey to 1 drop White. | |
| German Camo Red Brown | |||
| German Camo Green | |||
| German Red Oxide Primer | |||
| Russian Tank Green | |||
| Russian Medium Tank Green | |||
| Russian Dark Tank Green | |||
| Russian Camo Earth | Added to some 1943 T-34s. | ||
| UK Tank Light Green | Fireflies, CMP vehicles etc... | ||
| UK Tank Dark Green | Bren Carriers, Matilda I/IIs etc... | ||
| UK Desert sand | White can be added for more of a bleached look. | ||
| USA Tank Olive Drab | |||
| USA Vehicle Olive Drab | |||
| USA Brown Tarps | Halftrack roof covers, | ||
| French Tank Base Yellow | Base color on French Cavalry Tanks. | ||
| French Camo Red Brown | Red camo color on French Cavalry Tanks. | ||
| French Camo Green | Green camo color on French Cavalry Tanks. |
Recommended Colors for Painting 15mm Infantry
| GERMANY | NAME | PAINT | COMMENTS |
| German Uniform Feldgrau (Fieldgrey) | German Fieldgrey WWII 70830 & White 70951 | Ratio is 3 drops of Fieldgrey to 1 drop White. | |
| German Uniform Afrika Korp. | |||
| German Helmet | Olive Grey 70888 & Black 70950 | Ratio is 3 drops of Olive Grey to 1 drop Black. Good early to mid war color. | |
| German Early-war Collar | Military Green 70975 | You can add black to darken but looks fairly to scale for 1939-42 collar. | |
| Water Bottle Cover | Beige Brown 70875 | Suede leather water bottle cover | |
| Breadbag and Gasmask strap | Khaki 70988 | ||
| Entrenching tool wooden handle | Sunny Skintone 70845 with Iraqui Sand 70819 | Ratio is 1 drop each | |
| Rifles and MG Butts | Liquid Acrylic 820 Mahogany (best) or Cavalry Brown 70982 with Black 70950 | 820 has a nice scale sheen to it. If you don't have 820, a touch of black mixed in to darken the Cavalry brown. |
| OTHER | NAME | PAINT | COMMENTS |
| Canadian Uniform Khaki | |||
| UK Uniform Khaki Europe | |||
| UK Uniform Africa | |||
| UK Helmet | |||
| 1943 Russian Uniform Khaki | |||
| Russian Helmet | |||
| USA Uniform Europe 44-45 Tunics / Pants | |||
| USA Uniform Europe 44-45 Pants | |||
| USA Helmet | |||
| Rifles and MG Butts | Liquid Acrylic 820 Mahogany (best) or Cavalry Brown 70982 with Black 70950 | 820 has a nice scale sheen to it. If you don't have 820, a touch of black mixed in to darken the Cavalry brown. |
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