German tank colors for winter snow combat, battle of the bulge

Here is the T-28’s adversary, or maybe “victim”:

Pretty cool guys, from 1:72 scale “Forcs of Valor” set, that will get used alongsdie a few AAM pieces. Repainted of course. I dont know what it is, but thier seems to be an oilyness that seeps up through the paint. I have tried all sorts of sealers, but this oily feeling always comes back eventually. The paint on the men does not lift off, or itself get greasy, so no harm no foul I guess.

After about 9 different coats of paint, ink, and wash, the base coat is complete. Paint process is about 20% complete at this point:

I have no pieces from Axis & Allies. I used to, as I have converted a few A&A board game planes to WaS planes in the past, but I traded them away, and no longer have any that I could paint as examples.

The camo looks pretty close to the Italian camo that the SS used late in the war.

Thanks. I have been known to use pennies as bases too. Especially if you go out an look for something to make bases out of, they all cost more than $0.01 each. Heck, bingo chips work good too, but they cost more than $0.01 too, lol. I paint and use pennies for all sorts of markers, including: Land mines, newly made shell craters, tank obstacle bases, etc. Odds are, whatever you mount on top of the pennies are worth more than the pennies themsleves. Since they arent worth saving to use at the store, I save a HUGE jar of pennies for all sorts of uses (anything except currency). I usually do my war games on 5/8 inch hex maps, and I couldnt get by without all my pennies. I just thought of a new use, too. I like to be able to blow up the buildings I put out on a map, and I bet I could glue thick grey felt to them, and have removable buildings?
  I imiagine your using them for bases also provides a very stable piece, which wont tip over.