I hate Avalon Hill's choice of colors!

@Imperious-Leader

Suspended from Reddit, but probably Germany grey, Italy yellow.

@coedewa

Valejo has all WWII paint you can imagine. Most of them are even named, for example: German Camouflage Red Brown, German Tank Grey, Afrika Korps Sand Yellow, etc.

For example, all you need to do is decide which year you want your Luftwaffe units from - since Luftwaffe colors changed during the War depending on which season (Summer or Winter) and Theatre of War.

Luftwaffe paintings are named RLM and then a number, for example RLM 65 or RLM 65 A (grey).

As the War progressed, various camouflage paintings became less available due to shortages in general.

Most Tank models in Late 1944 and Early 1945 were from the production line painted overall Tank Grey since this paint was still plentyfull.
This color was also perfect for City Fighting.

Frontline units needed to repaint their equipment with everyrhing they could find or capture from the enemy.

You might find inspiration here:

Panzer Colors I Panzer Colors II Panzer Colors III Messerschmitt Bf 109 in action Ju 87 Stuka in action SS Armor

All of the above are from Squadron/signal puplications
Multiple other books are available from this company.

Also check out:

The Eastern Front - Armor Camouflage and Markings 1941 to 1945, by Steven J. Zaloca & James Grandsen

I use waterbased paint from Valejo and acrylic paint from Humbrol.

After painting is dry, I add multiple layers of Matt Spray Varnish for further protection against wear and tear.

You can check out on this forum:
Global 1940 Game Report Thread. There you’ll find some pictures of the units I have in my Axis & Allies game.

I had to use multiple trays for some nations, but I managed to fit and organize all my pieces into the boxes!

Thanks everyone for your replies, I finished last night. Really happy with how these turned out.

factories.jpg

@Duff:

I tried to post photos for you but this forum won’t let me post links for some reason.

Because of the forum’s anti-spam software, you need to have a certain minimum of posts (I think it’s 10 but I’m not sure) before the forum gives you the option to post attachments.

Rich,

**––NICE WORK on your Italians. I remember seeing these fella’s in the
'39-Advanced" game we recently played. Although I was mainly concerned with the Pacific theater as USA & Anzac,…my S-2 Inteligence Officer pointed them out to me (Grin).

Tall Paul**

So very true. When I first started painting my aircraft I had to include decal roundels for the players to distinguish the pieces from one another. My naval units are painted mostly with a color scheme for playability except for the capital ships like the Carriers and popular Battleships. All of them have a decal or flag to show which nation they belong too. I actually replaced the OOB British Cruisers because I thought they looked too close in size with the destroyers. I ended up replacing with some ships I found on Shapeways. The biggest problem I had with naval units is that they can exist in the same seazone with enemy pieces unlike land territories. Because of this I decided to keep the subs, destroyers, cruisers and non unique battleships following a color scheme. There are so many colors in the spectrum though we should be able to come up with a solution that will make them look more historical yet keep the pattern or color scheme for the nation. I really would love to paint all the ships historically and maybe I will revisit them again someday. Every time I go back and repaint my pieces I seem to get better at it. Or at least I think I do, hehe.