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Offline dodge

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WWII Colours - Help Needed
« on: September 24, 2007, 09:09:25 AM »
I'm about to start playing Hour of Glory and bought some miniatures to go with it.

I've looked at German Colour schemes and can see that it's a Greeny but Grey colour.

Can anyone suggest some paint that I could buy to get a reasonable likeness.

Thank you

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Re: WWII Colours - Help Needed
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2007, 09:14:16 AM »
Quote from: "dodge"
I'm about to start playing Hour of Glory and bought some miniatures to go with it.

I've looked at German Colour schemes and can see that it's a Greeny but Grey colour.

Can anyone suggest some paint that I could buy to get a reasonable likeness.

Thank you

 :)


Hi Dodge,  Could you please provide what area of conflict you are gaming with your Germans? :)
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2007, 09:48:40 AM »
Helen, Hour of Glory is a boardgame with figures about Allied raids on Nazi Germany. Sort of a "Where Eagles Dare" on the tabletop.

So generic World War Two Wehrmacht colours are the order of the day, I suppose. Can't really help with specific  colours myself, as that is outside of my painting experience, I'm afraid.
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2007, 11:33:23 AM »
Hi Dodge

http://www.boltactionminiatures.co.uk/webpage.php?PageID=32

Have a look at the above.

We do sell paints, I hope you don't mind me spaming the forum. Remember other companies do sell Vallejo paints so have scout around you might find them cheaper.

http://www.boltactionminiatures.co.uk/shop.php?CatID=48

http://www.boltactionminiatures.co.uk/product.php?ItemID=295

All the best and sorry if I have over stepped the mark.

Paul

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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2007, 11:36:05 AM »
I totally recommend Vallejo Model Color´s "German Field Grey WW2". While more avid historians might have problems with it, I´ve found it to be the perfect "Feldgrau in one go", especially for pulp subjects.

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« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2007, 12:23:20 PM »
Hi Dodge,  Could you please provide what area of conflict you are gaming with your Germans? :)[/quote]

Plynkes is right. The basic premise of Hour of Glory is that you have a side of agents infiltrating a stronghold. This in fact could be at any time during the war period.

I'm hoping to use eve of D-Day colour schemes at first for German Sentries etc... attacking a stronghold in Europe i.e a Chateau or Bavarian Castle.

When I've played a few games who knows what I'll do? Probably Bunker Storm which I bought at the same time  :lol: but that's for another time.

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« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2007, 01:13:19 PM »
Paul - Thanks for that I've printed the article and looked at the paint range and will get some maybe the German Camoflage set as this has a number of colours including the field grey.  :wink:

Westfalia Chris - Thanks for the advice I'll go with that Hour of Glory is fairly pulpy  :mrgreen:

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« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2007, 07:37:09 PM »
Quote from: "Plynkes"
Helen, Hour of Glory is a boardgame with figures about Allied raids on Nazi Germany. Sort of a "Where Eagles Dare" on the tabletop.

So generic World War Two Wehrmacht colours are the order of the day, I suppose. Can't really help with specific  colours myself, as that is outside of my painting experience, I'm afraid.


Thanks Poly, I've never heard of them before now. They do sound very interesting :)

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« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2007, 08:35:56 PM »
Never played it myself, but have nearly bought it on several occasions.

The look of it reminds me of a Games Workshop fantasy  game I used to play a few years ago with my mates. Can't remember the name of it.








I think Dodge is on the right track. Nice as those cardstock figures may be, I'll wager it's better with painted figures.

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« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2007, 09:41:32 PM »
The guys who did the game are ex-GW.
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2007, 10:48:48 PM »
Quote from: "Plynkes"
Never played it myself, but have nearly bought it on several occasions.

The look of it reminds me of a Games Workshop fantasy  game I used to play a few years ago with my mates. Can't remember the name of it.


The board looks a bit like the ones from Heroquest, a joint production of GW and MB Games.  Could that be the one you're thinking of?

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/229642?size=large

After seeing a review of the Hour of Glory in Wargames Journal I was really tempted.  It's on my 'maybe' list still.
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Offline dodge

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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2007, 08:02:18 AM »
Your absolutely right.

The creators are ex - GW.

They described it themselves as Heroquest WW2 style.

I saw it salute and nearly bought it. Then kept looking at their website till I saw thet=y were doing a deal for Hour of Glory and Bunkerstorm and bought it all. It looked fantastic at salute.

Their website is :

www.warmacre.com

Now have lots of figures to paint and still the same amount of time. The wife doesn't know about it yet haven't a clue how I'm going smuggle it all into the house then pretend I had it all along :roll:

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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2007, 08:20:51 AM »
Yeah, that was it. Heroquest was the game I couldn't remember the name of.

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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2007, 09:54:41 AM »
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Hi Dodge

http://www.boltactionminiatures.co.uk/webpage.php?PageID=32

Have a look at the above.

We do sell paints, I hope you don't mind me spaming the forum. Remember other companies do sell Vallejo paints so have scout around you might find them cheaper.

http://www.boltactionminiatures.co.uk/shop.php?CatID=48

http://www.boltactionminiatures.co.uk/product.php?ItemID=295

All the best and sorry if I have over stepped the mark.

Paul


Hi Paul

I've bitten the bullet and purchased a set of paint with field grey in it.

Looking forward to using them.

Dodge

Offline dodge

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« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2007, 07:18:09 PM »
Right

My Vallejo Colours have arrived including Field gray.

Can't wait to try them out.

Does that only sound sad to me?

Dodge

 

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