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Battlefront
By Evan Allen
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I don’t usually mix different colours to achieve my basic uniforms but this uniform,
unfortunately, seems to defy any single colour in the entire vast Vallejo range.
Eventually I settled on a mix of Middlestone (882) + 20% US Dark Green (893).
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Uniform item FWP Humbrol Tamiya
master Workshop
Weapon Furn. Flat Brown
170 1735 XF10 Scorched Brown
(wood) (984)
Webbing & Green Grey
83 1704 XF60 Cammo Green
Equip. (886)
US Olive Drab
Helmet 155 2050 XF62 Catchan Green
(887)
Flat Brown
Jump Boots 62 1701 XF10 Scorched Brown
(984)
The M1942 uniform was
practical to wear in combat
when it was warm but it
offered no protection from
the elements when the
weather turned nasty. Also,
being made from
lightweight cotton, the
knees and elbows tended to
wear out quickly so many
an airborne trooper bribed
his unit parachute rigger to
sew patches over the
elbows and knees. The
material commonly used
for this was cotton duck
from old parachute packs
and was olive drab in
colour.
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The Glidermen
The only allowance for airborne duties was the issue of jump boots to some fortunate
troopers and other than that this figure has been painted as an ordinary infantryman
in the M1941 uniform.
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The new airborne divisions arriving fresh from the States already wore this new
uniform and it was the uniform seen dropping from the sky, or climbing out of a
glider, during “Market Garden” in Holland and “Varsity” over the Rhine and into
Germany proper.
This figure is painted as wearing the new M1943 olive drab uniform. The uniform
colour I used is US Dark Green (893). The rest is the same as for the earlier paratroop
uniform colours details.
For all the airborne equipment like mortars and bazookas etc. I use:
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Item FWP Humbrol Tamiya
master Workshop
Support US Olive Drab
155 2050 XF62 Catchan Green
Weapons (887)
as the US Army used pretty much the same colour of Olive drab on
everything.
I hope I’ve given you enough to help get you started on painting your
airborne force and also a feel for the kind of troops that you’ll be
leading, I’m sure, to tabletop success whether from the sky or as elite
“leg infantry” with a bit of Armour in support.
Happy gaming
Cheers,
Evan.
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