Unusual tank colour schemes

[Vanvlak]

My copy of Tanks (the Gale Force Nine game) finally arrived after some tribulations, and I like what I've seen so far - brief rules stats on a card, and the models seem quite ok.
I'm not after historical accuracy, and will probably use fictitious nations (such as the Republic of Venice on 1944...), but I'd like to use paint schemes which fit the period, more or less.
The examples taken from the tanks encyclopedia are what I had in mind - both are modelled by Matildas - but are there any other unusual schemesused by the US, USSR or Germany?

Maltese Matilda (hell to paint):


One of the 3-tone variants - I find all quite attractive:

[Ballardian]

A couple of German ones come to mind - A Tiger II in (I think a two colour) green & yellow scheme with curious freehand rings painted in the yellow, plus these from various books on painting german camo schemes.
 It's a bit harder to find any for the US, in the ETO tanks tended to be just OD though I've seen pics from the Italian campaign showing a green & brown pattern.

[robh]

The French had the "strangest" paint schemes, one CharB painted to look like a tree lined hedge being the stand out one.
But if you look at the Early Czech and Japanese tanks you will find standard wavy edge patch schemes done in some unusual colour combinations.

[Vanvlak]

@Ballardian -thank you.
The unpainted red areas are particularly interesting - as is the wavy whitewash, which I'd never seen in that pattern.

@Robh - thanks, I'd forgotten about the French - less familiar with Czech schemes, or early Japanese.

[von der Tann]

The unpainted red areas are particularly interesting ...

It is the color of the anti-rust paint slapped on by the factory.

[Vanvlak]

Got that - quite unusual.

Meanwhile - again from the encyclopaedia of tanks:
this prewar T-37 is unusual, at least for a Soviet tank:


and this Lee is a bit different too:


Researching Czechs - this IS daunting!


And Japan - easier, and quite attractive IJN marine tankette:

[lou passejaire]

quick camo on Free French  Stuart in Alsace January 1945 :

[Vanvlak]

quick camo on Free French  Stuart in Alsace January 1945

That's a nice one - thanks! 

[zippyfusenet]

Henh. Are you sure that T-37 is cammo painted, and not just rusted up?

You get some very unusual schemes on US vehicles in Tunisia in 1942. The troops were ordered to mix up a slurry of the local mud, and slap that on their vehicles for cammo. Looks at closely, it often had a rough texture. It held up badly under rain, and the idea was soon discarded. Some of the schemes were very crude, others more elaborate. Many artists interpret what they see in photos as paint, when it's more likely mud slurry.

[Vanvlak]

Henh. Are you sure that T-37 is cammo painted, and not just rusted up?

You get some very unusual schemes on US vehicles in Tunisia in 1942. The troops were ordered to mix up a slurry of the local mud, and slap that on their vehicles for cammo. Looks at closely, it often had a rough texture. It held up badly under rain, and the idea was soon discarded. Some of the schemes were very crude, others more elaborate. Many artists interpret what they see in photos as paint, when it's more likely mud slurry.

I think it is paint - but who cares, it's interesting 
Thanks for the US tip - the British had some interesting colours for US tanks too, in particular Shermans and Lees.

[Etranger]

The French had the "strangest" paint schemes, one CharB painted to look like a tree lined hedge being the stand out one...

Google 'Char B1 Bis "Fantastique"'

[Vanvlak]

Google 'Char B1 Bis "Fantastique"'

We want - a shrubbery!
Fantastique not just by name.
Thanks for the search suggestion. 

[lou passejaire]

you have this one too :

[von Lucky]

Early war / Winter War Soviet BT-2 and BT-5:





Made to look like tank tracks in the snow.

[cuprum]