[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"faction-/factions/bolt-action-poland":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":371,"description":372,"extension":373,"faction":374,"heroImage":375,"hex":376,"intro":377,"lastUpdated":371,"meta":378,"navigation":379,"path":380,"seo":381,"stem":382,"system":383,"__hash__":384},"factions/factions/bolt-action-poland.md","How to Paint Polish Infantry (Bolt Action)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":361},"minimark",[9,13,18,21,25,28,71,82,115,133,137,140,169,173,260,264,278,294,307,311,353],[10,11,12],"p",{},"The Polish army of September 1939 wears a khaki all of its own: greyer and greener than British battledress, browner and duller than Soviet cloth, and nothing like feldgrau. It sits right in the middle of the drab band, which sounds like a problem and is actually the opportunity - one base bottle, one wash and two highlights cover every figure in the range, and the character comes from three details instead: the four-cornered rogatywka cap, warm brown leather kit, and a helmet whose paint finish was visibly rough. Five boxes make the whole army, so the shopping list here is genuinely short.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"the-signature-look","The signature look",[10,19,20],{},"Greyed khaki tunic, breeches and greatcoat, brown leather belt, braces and pouches, and a wz.31 helmet in a darker khaki-green with a granular, sandpapery surface. Greatcoats are everywhere - the infantry box is a greatcoat box - which means the largest flat area on most models is one colour, and that puts the whole weight of the scheme on getting the base tone right and varying it.",[14,22,24],{"id":23},"the-wz36-uniform","The wz.36 uniform",[10,26,27],{},"Undercoat black or dark brown; the khaki is a mid tone and benefits from shadow already being present.",[29,30,31,40,51,57],"ol",{},[32,33,34,35,39],"li",{},"Basecoat Vallejo Model Color ",[36,37,38],"strong",{},"Khaki Grey",", two thin coats. This is the reference bottle for Polish 1939 cloth, and its slight grey cast is exactly what separates it from a British tunic.",[32,41,42,43,46,47,50],{},"Shade with ",[36,44,45],{},"Agrax Earthshade"," in the folds, or Army Painter ",[36,48,49],{},"Military Shade"," across the whole garment if you want it to stay cool rather than warming towards brown.",[32,52,53,54,56],{},"Layer ",[36,55,38],{}," back over the raised cloth: the chest, the tops of the shoulders, the front of the thighs, and the length of the greatcoat skirt.",[32,58,59,60,62,63,66,67,70],{},"Highlight with ",[36,61,38],{}," mixed two to one with ",[36,64,65],{},"Green Ochre",", then a sparing final catch of ",[36,68,69],{},"Dark Sand"," on shoulders, elbows and the tops of the folds.",[10,72,73,74,77,78,81],{},"Run the greatcoat a shade apart from the tunic - a drop of ",[36,75,76],{},"Stone Grey"," in the base for the coat, a drop of ",[36,79,80],{},"Khaki"," for the tunic. Two related khakis on one model reads as issued cloth; a single flat khaki reads as a plastic figure.",[10,83,84,85,88,89,92,93,95,96,99,100,103,104,107,108,110,111,114],{},"Citadel equivalent: ",[36,86,87],{},"Steel Legion Drab"," basecoat greyed with a touch of ",[36,90,91],{},"Dawnstone",", ",[36,94,45],{},", layer, highlight ",[36,97,98],{},"Karak Stone",". Army Painter Fanatic: ",[36,101,102],{},"Command Khaki"," with a drop of ",[36,105,106],{},"Uniform Grey",", shaded ",[36,109,49],{},", highlighted ",[36,112,113],{},"Tomb King Tan",".",[10,116,117,118,121,122,125,126,129,130,132],{},"Speed route: undercoat ",[36,119,120],{},"Wraithbone",", one coat of Army Painter Speedpaint ",[36,123,124],{},"Mummified Grime"," or Citadel ",[36,127,128],{},"Militarum Green"," contrast, then an edge catch of ",[36,131,69],{},". Greatcoats are large uninterrupted panels, so the one-coat route flatters them - this is a nation you can field in two evenings.",[14,134,136],{"id":135},"the-wz31-helmet","The wz.31 helmet",[10,138,139],{},"Worth its own two minutes, because the Polish helmet did not have a smooth finish: the paint was applied with a granular texture, and showing that is the single most Polish thing on the model.",[29,141,142,149,156,162],{},[32,143,144,145,148],{},"Basecoat ",[36,146,147],{},"Camouflage Olive Green"," - distinctly darker and greener than the uniform.",[32,150,151,152,155],{},"Shade ",[36,153,154],{},"Nuln Oil"," under the brim and around the rivets.",[32,157,158,159,161],{},"Stipple, rather than brush, a thinned coat of the same ",[36,160,147],{}," across the dome to break the surface up. A little modelling paste in the mix exaggerates it nicely at 28mm.",[32,163,164,165,168],{},"Drybrush ",[36,166,167],{},"Green Grey"," lightly over the whole dome. The texture catches it and does the work for you.",[14,170,172],{"id":171},"leather-kit-and-metal","Leather, kit and metal",[174,175,176,190,201,212,222,245],"ul",{},[32,177,178,179,182,183,185,186,189],{},"Belt, Y-braces, pouches and pack straps: ",[36,180,181],{},"Flat Earth"," basecoat, ",[36,184,45],{},", highlight ",[36,187,188],{},"Beige Brown",". Warm brown leather, mid-toned - the same tell as a Soviet, and nothing like German blackened straps.",[32,191,192,193,196,197,110,199,114],{},"Officers' map cases, holsters and riding boots: ",[36,194,195],{},"Chocolate Brown"," shaded ",[36,198,154],{},[36,200,188],{},[32,202,203,204,207,208,211],{},"Ankle boots with puttees, or long boots: ",[36,205,206],{},"Black Grey"," highlighted ",[36,209,210],{},"Neutral Grey"," for issue black, or the brown leather recipe for reservists.",[32,213,214,215,218,219,221],{},"Rogatywka and field cap: the uniform khaki, with the cap eagle picked out in ",[36,216,217],{},"Silver"," and washed ",[36,220,154],{},". It is a two-millimetre detail that names the nation.",[32,223,224,225,228,229,231,232,196,235,237,238,241,242,114],{},"wz.29 Mauser rifles and the wz.28 automatic rifle: ",[36,226,227],{},"Flat Brown"," stocks highlighted ",[36,230,188],{},", metalwork ",[36,233,234],{},"Gunmetal",[36,236,154],{},", or Citadel ",[36,239,240],{},"Leadbelcher"," into ",[36,243,244],{},"Runefang Steel",[32,246,247,248,92,251,92,253,256,257,114],{},"Faces: ",[36,249,250],{},"Basic Skin Tone",[36,252,45],{},[36,254,255],{},"Medium Fleshtone",", a touch of ",[36,258,259],{},"Light Flesh",[14,261,263],{"id":262},"variations-worth-painting","Variations worth painting",[10,265,266,269,270,273,274,277],{},[36,267,268],{},"Cavalry."," Lance pennants are the one saturated colour in the army: ",[36,271,272],{},"Off-White"," over ",[36,275,276],{},"Carmine Red",", painted as two clean bands with a hairline of the base khaki left showing at the staff.",[10,279,280,283,284,287,288,290,291,293],{},[36,281,282],{},"Vehicles."," The TKS tankette and the 7TP carry a three-colour disruptive scheme of soft-edged patches: base ",[36,285,286],{},"Iraqi Sand",", then blotches of ",[36,289,147],{}," and ",[36,292,195],{}," with blurred rather than hard edges. Keep the sand visible between the patches - it is the ground colour, not a fourth blob.",[10,295,296,299,300,303,304,306],{},[36,297,298],{},"Poles in exile."," The 1st Armoured Division in Normandy and the 2nd Corps in Italy fought in British battledress, so those figures take the British recipe entirely: ",[36,301,302],{},"English Uniform"," cloth and pale ",[36,305,167],{}," webbing, with the Polish eagle and a red-and-white flash as the only change. If you already own a British force, half a Polish one is on the shelf.",[14,308,310],{"id":309},"tips-and-common-mistakes","Tips and common mistakes",[174,312,313,319,325,331,337],{},[32,314,315,318],{},[36,316,317],{},"Grey the khaki."," If it looks like a British tunic, add grey; if it looks German, add brown. Polish cloth sits between the two on purpose.",[32,320,321,324],{},[36,322,323],{},"Brown leather, always."," Belt, braces and pouches all warm brown. Dark webbing turns a Pole into a German in one brushstroke.",[32,326,327,330],{},[36,328,329],{},"Texture the helmet."," Stipple it, do not paint it smooth. It is the detail that people who know the army will look for.",[32,332,333,336],{},[36,334,335],{},"Two khakis for the greatcoats."," Coat and tunic a shade apart. A greatcoat squad in one flat colour is a very large flat colour.",[32,338,339,342,343,348,349,114],{},[36,340,341],{},"Mud to the knee."," September 1939 was a fighting retreat: a ",[344,345,347],"a",{"href":346},"/guides/drybrushing","drybrushed"," earth tone up the boots and coat skirt ties them to the ",[344,350,352],{"href":351},"/guides/basing-miniatures","base",[10,354,355,356,360],{},"When the palette is settled, ",[344,357,359],{"href":358},"/tools/scheme-generator?color=78765A","open this scheme in the generator"," to swap brands or push the base greener for the wz.31 helmet.",{"title":362,"searchDepth":363,"depth":363,"links":364},"",2,[365,366,367,368,369,370],{"id":16,"depth":363,"text":17},{"id":23,"depth":363,"text":24},{"id":135,"depth":363,"text":136},{"id":171,"depth":363,"text":172},{"id":262,"depth":363,"text":263},{"id":309,"depth":363,"text":310},"2026-09-04","How to paint Bolt Action Poles - the wz.36 khaki uniform and greatcoat, the textured wz.31 helmet, brown leather kit, the rogatywka cap and the 1939 vehicle camouflage.","md","Bolt Action Poland",null,"#78765A","A greyed khaki, brown leather and a helmet with a texture",{},true,"/factions/bolt-action-poland",{"title":5,"description":372},"factions/bolt-action-poland","bolt-action","ZspeEYgk_wmavzYAJoH5jHToeMCMQvNH4evTuTkmIcY"]