Dark Ages Color Palette
The 100 Foot General has a very useful post on colors that should appear in the clothing of a Dark Ages army: Dark Ages Color Palette.
View ArticlePainting a World War II Marine
The Pacific Theatre in World War II is a relatively neglected period in miniature wargaming. I think that it has a lot to do with the lack of sexy things like tanks and SS uniforms. But it shouldn’t be...
View ArticlePainting Guide For English Civil War
Baccus 6mm has a good painting guide for the English Civil War. There’s also information on flags.
View ArticlePainting Horses Tutorial
Kevin’s Miniatures and Hobby Table has a good article on painting horses. I have never been good at painting the beasts.
View ArticleAustrian Uniforms 1448 – 1896
The New York Public Library’s Digital Gallery has a large collection of prints of Austrian uniforms from 1448 – 1896. It’s an incredible painting guide.
View ArticleGuide To Painting World War II Germans
The League of Augsburg website has a pdf quick and dirty guide to painting World War II Germans. There are some good suggestions in here as to which Vallejo and other paint lines to use.
View ArticlePolish Uniforms 1633 – 1797
The New York Public Library’s Digital Collection has plates of Polish uniforms from 1633 to 1787.
View ArticleBritish In Zululand Painting Guides
Duncan’s Colonial Modeling blog has a nice series of photos of British uniforms intended as a painting guide for the British in Zululand
View ArticleFrench Uniform Guide 1690 – 1900
Les Uniformes de l’Armee Francaise contains a series of marvelous images that will work very well as a painting guide.
View ArticleWorld War II Vehicle Camouflage Guide
Mike Cooper has a web page with useful information on World War Two vehicle camouflage. IIt includes text descriptions, as well as a virtual “paint chip” gallery.
View ArticlePainting A Velociraptor
Of course no one knows exactly what a dinosaur looked like, but Andrew Thompson will tell you how he painted a very nice looking one for his land that time forgot miniature wargame.
View Article1889 Colonial Uniform Guides
This is an excellent resource for colonial wargamers. Warflag has a number of nice color plates of French, German and Italian colonial uniforms from 1889.
View ArticleIndian Army Uniforms of the 1930s and 1940s
The Princely States Report website has some neat color plates of Indian Army unforms from the 1930s and 1940s. They’re originally from a pack of 50 Players Cigarette Cards.
View ArticleAmerican Revolution Painting Guide
The Sons of the Revolution in California have produced a fabulous set of pages with color plates of the uniforms of the American War of Independence. There’s a list below of the units that they have:...
View Article18th Century German States Painting Guides
There are some nice color plates on this site showing the uniforms of the German states in the 1700s. I don’t know German, but by looking at the plates, I think that they’re all from the Seven Years...
View ArticleAustrian Napoleonic Wars Uniform Guide
I know you won’t believe me, but there’s more to painting Austrian Napoleonic uniforms than endless seas of white. You can find more details in the uniform guide here.
View ArticleSpanish Uniforms Painting Guides
The Uniformes Militares Espa�oles site has extensive color plates of Spanish Uniforms for the years 1800 – 1980.
View ArticlePhotos of 1/72 World War II Model Airplanes
JD Burgess has a site with dozens of outstanding photos of World War II model airplanes. Each model not only has the traditional 3/4 on photo, but also left, right, rear, above rear, above left … well,...
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