I needed a painting for my Fallschirmjaeger in a hurry – so Roland Davis could paint some more. So I took some snaps of my existing figures. This is one of my WW2 Painting Guides.
Steven’s Figures
Roland Davis, John Mclennan, and a couple of guys on eBay painted the figures. I have shared a few close ups to show the general style and colours.
Battle Front / Flames of War
The Vallejo colour schemes from Battle Front: Fallschirmjaeger Camouflage. As it happens I don’t like the way they’ve painted the figures, but the colour suggestions seem sensible.
| Item | When | Area | Colours based on actual clothing | Vallejo Paints with Colour Chart Patches |
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| Plain olive green Smock | Early War | 
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 886 Green Grey |
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| Splinter pattern camouflage (Had jagged straight edges) (This is the Tan variation; also came with a pale greenish base) |
From 1941 (before Crete) | base colour | 
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 821 German Camo Beige |
| Jagged patches | 
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 826 German Camo Medium Brown |
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| Jagged patches | 
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 823 Luftwaffe Camo Green or  890 reflective green |
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| Water pattern camouflage (Had rounded edges): | From late 1943 | base colour | 
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 874 US Tan Earth – |
| Blotch | 
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 940 Saddle brown |
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| Blotch | 
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890 reflective green or 823 Luftwaffe Camo Green) |
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| Tropical Jacket | 
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| Tropical Trousers | 
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| Blue Trouser | 
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In terms of style of painting, I actually prefer the way the camo is painted on other BattleFront pages:
- Fallschirmjaegerkompanie (GBX08)
- Fallschirmjaeger Platoon (GE762)
- Fallschirmjaeger Platoon Battleworn (GE763)
- Fallschirmjaeger Anti-tank Gun Platoon (GE502)
- Fallschirmjaeger Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon (GE543)
- Fallschirmjaeger Light Gun Platoon (GE561)
- Fallschirmjaeger Mortar Platoon (GE765)
- Fallschirmjaeger Machine-gun Platoon (GE764)
This one seems to have a mix of early war and camo uniforms, which seems a bit odd.
Earthquake’s Skirmish Pages
Earthquake’s Skirmish Pages has a couple of Painting Guides for Fallschirmjaeger:
- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.shuck/paint13.html
- http://homepage.ntlworld.com/neil.shuck/paint14.html
Earthquake’s guide basically says to paint an early war Fallschirmjaeger this way:
- Undercoat black.
- Helmet: Basecoat Tamyia Field Blue (XF-50), dry brush Coat d’arms Field Blue (518)
- Smock: Basecoat Tamyia Black Green (XF-27), dry brush Humbrol Dark Green (30), dry brush Coat d’arms Green Grey (505),
- rain cape: basecoat Citadel ‘Snakebite Leather’, apply Zeltbahn shapes in Coat d’arms ‘Brick Red’ and Coat d’arms ‘Military Green’.
- Trousers Basecoat Tamyia Greman Grey (XF-63), dry brush Coat d’arms Uniform Grey (525)
- Boots: Basecoat Cote d’arms Slate Grey (533), wash with Citadel Black Ink, drybrush Coat d’arms ‘Slate Grey’
- Flesh: Basecoat Citadel Dwarf Flesh, shaded using Citadel Flesh Wash, dry brush Citadel Bronzed Flesh
- webbing: Citadel Scorched Brown
- water bottle: Main body Citadel Scorched Brown, Top Tamyia ‘Field Grey’, drybrush Coat d’arms ‘Green Grey’.
- gas mask case and mess tin: Tamyia Field Grey (XF-65)
- ammunition bandolier: Coat d’arms Uniform Grey (525), shaded with Black Ink, drybrushed Coat d’arms Uniform Grey (525). (Can substitute Coat d’arms ‘Slate Grey’ for the Coat d’arms Uniform Grey (525))
- rifle: Citadel Spearstaff Brown and Tamyia Gun Metal (X-10) (or Citadel ‘Bolt Gun Metal’, wash Citadel ‘Armour Wash’.)
- Potato Masher grenades: Handle painted Citadel ‘Snakebite Leather’; Tops
Tamyia ‘Field Grey’, drybrushCoat d’arms ‘Green Grey’. - Buckles: Citadel Bolt Gun Metal
- Eyes: Citadel Skull White.
For a late war guy, as above, except:
- Forage cap: basecoat Tamyia ‘Field Grey’, drybrush Coat d’arms ‘Green Grey’.
- Zeltbahn 31 pattern Camouflage Smock: basecoat Coat d’arms Pale Green, apply geometric patterns of Coat d’arms ‘Brick Red’ and Coat d’arms ‘Military Green’, coat of Tamyia ‘Smoke’, matt varnish.