20% off RRPBritish & Inter-Allied Commandos Starter Army
Great Britain
36× Multi-pose Commandos · 1× Centaur IV Close Support Tank · 2× Officers · 1× Medic · 1× Radio Operator · 1× Medium Mortar Team · 1× MMG Team
Bolt Action Great Britain Paint Scheme
A full Bolt Action Great Britain paint scheme, generated and ready to test: the armour ramp from basecoat to edge highlight plus metals, skin, lenses and basing — every colour matched to real paints from Citadel, Vallejo, Army Painter and 35+ more ranges, with live prices. Use it as a planner, tweak any colour, or take it into the full generator.
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The boxes we can price for this faction, cheapest first, and the paint sets that cover most of the recipe below.
20% off RRP
20% off RRPBritish Airborne Starter Army
Great Britain
1× Second Lieutenant (Veteran), built from the plastic sprues · 1× Extra Rifleman (Veteran), built from the plastic sprues · 1× Artillery Forward Observer, built from the plastic sprues · 10× Paratroop Section: NCO and 2 soldiers with SMGs, LMG team, built from the plastic sprues · 10× Paratroop Section: NCO and 1 soldier with SMGs, LMG team, built from the plastic sprues · 8× Paratroop Section: NCO and 3 soldiers with SMGs, built from the plastic sprues · 1× Vickers MMG Team (Veteran) · 1× Light Mortar Team (Veteran) · 1× Medium Mortar Team with Spotter (Veteran), built from the plastic sprues · 1× PIAT Team (Veteran), built from the plastic sprues · 1× Sniper Team (Veteran), built from the plastic sprues · 1× Flamethrower Team (Veteran) · 1× QF 6-pdr Anti-tank Gun (Veteran)
20% off RRPFor King & Country British & Canadian Starter Army
Great Britain · 1 kits
36× British or Canadian plastic infantry with rifles, light machine guns, light mortars and PIATs (includes the 16 artillery and heavy-weapon crew) · 1× Heavy Weapons Platoon: mortar teams and machine guns (built from the plastic infantry) · 1× Cromwell medium tank · 1× Humber armoured car · 1× 6-pounder medium anti-tank gun
20% off RRPBritish 8th Army Starter Army
Great Britain · 1 kits
36× British 8th Army Infantry (plastic) · 1× 8th Army 6-pdr Anti-tank Gun (metal) · 1× 8th Army 25-pdr light artillery (metal) · 1× 8th Army Vickers MMG Team (metal) · 1× 8th Army 3" Medium Mortar Team (metal) · 2× 8th Army Bren Carrier (plastic) with passengers (metal)
20% off RRPAyo Gorkhali! - Gurkha Starter Army
Great Britain
AK Interactive Signature Set - WWII German Uniforms by Calvin Tan (AK11759)
18 paints
£44.55
£49.50-10%
+6
£44.55at Loaded Dice· priced 2 Sep
Covers 9 of 14 colours in this scheme
£19.19at Wayland Games· priced 3 Jul
Covers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
Vallejo Model Color - American Colonial Set
16 paints
£38.39
£47.99-20%
+4
from £38.39· compare 2 shops· priced 3 Jul
Covers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
+2
£40.46at Loaded Dice· priced 2 SepCovers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
Army Painter Historical: WWII American Paint Set
20 paints
£53.19
£59.10-10%
+8
from £53.19· compare 2 shops· priced 2 Sep
Covers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
Vallejo Model Air - Basic Box Set
71 paints
£191.99
£239.99-20%
+59
from £191.99· compare 2 shops· priced 3 JulCovers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Base coat
Shade
Layer
Highlight
Edge highlight
Additional details
Trim
Weapons
Leather
Skin
Lenses
Basing
Blancoed webbing
Boots & leather
Desert drill (8th Army)
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
★ Our pick for base coat
Exact Match
Exact Match
British Equipment Canvas Shade
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Very Close
Gengis Khaki
Green Stuff World
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
Zombie Dip
Green Stuff World
★ Our pick for shade
Close
Close
Similar
Approximate
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
★ Our pick for layer
Very Close
Very CloseDiscontinued
Very Close
Close
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
German Splinter Tan Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for highlight
Very Close
Very Close
Close
Close
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Very Close
Very Close
Very CloseDiscontinued
Close
Details & accent colours
Everything else on the model - metals, skin, leather, lenses, basing and this faction's signature accents.
Metal — trim
Trim and bare plate. Basecoat steel, wash dark, then edge bright silver.
★ Our pick for metal — trim
Very Close
Very Close
Very Close
Heavy Metal
Scale75
Close
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
★ Our pick for metal — weapons
Similar
Close
Black Metal
Scale75
Similar
Similar
Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
★ Our pick for leather & pouches
Exact Match
Very Close
Very Close
Beasty Brown
Vallejo
Very Close
Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for skin & flesh
Very Close
Very Close
Elf Skin Tone
Vallejo
Very Close
Resurrection Flesh
Scale75
Very Close
Caucasian Skintone
Kimera Kolors
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
Ultramarine
Vallejo
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Very CloseDiscontinued
Close
Close
Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
Discontinued
Graveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for basing — earth
Very Close
Gobi Brown
Scale75
Exact Match
German Splinter Brown Light
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Very Close
Dark Beige
Green Stuff World
Blancoed webbing
37-pattern webbing is LIGHTER than the battledress, not darker - blanco pale green-khaki, or the pouches vanish into the uniform.
Ushabti Bone
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
★ Our pick for blancoed webbing
Very Close
Khaki
Monument
Very Close
Exact Match
Afrikakorps Tank Crew Highlights
Vallejo
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Very Close
Boots & leather
Boots, slings and jerkins in dark brown - the only strong dark on a low-contrast figure, so it does the work of an outline.
Olive Brown
Vallejo
★ Our pick for boots & leather
Very Close
Exact Match
Very CloseDiscontinued
Very Close
German Splinter Brown Shade
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Desert drill (8th Army)
For the 8th Army swap the serge for pale sand drill and take the webbing near-white. Same models; the two-shade change is the whole theatre.
★ Our pick for desert drill (8th army)
Very Close
Very Close
Sandstorm
Green Stuff World
Very Close
Very Close
Buy It as a Box
Paint sets that cover this recipe - a set is usually cheaper than buying pots one by one.
No price tracked yet
Covers 10 of 14 paints in this scheme (71%) — base coat, highlight, edge highlight, leather & pouches and more.
Or cover 100% of the recipe with 3 boxes (£93.04 for 2 of the 3 — the rest are priced in dollars):
No price tracked yet
Speedpaint Marker: Most Wanted Set
20 paints
£73.85
£82.05-10%
+8
£73.85at Wayland Games· priced 3 Jul £19.19at Wayland Games· priced 3 Jul
Your paints
Tick off what's already on your shelf — whatever's left is your shopping list.
14 paints in this scheme
Price this recipe
14 paintsfree UK delivery over £20
- Zombie Dip£1.94
- Prairie Ochre£2.88
- Skeleton Horde£4.04
- Grey Knights Steel£4.04
- Bestigor Flesh£2.34
- Ultramarine£3.00
- Ushabti Bone£2.34
- Morghast Bone£2.34
- not stocked: Russian Uniform WWII, German Splinter Tan Light, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Graveyard Earth, Olive Brown
postage per seller
- Russian Uniform WWIIModel Workshop£2.66
- Prairie OchreMerlin's Miniatures£2.99
- Grey Knights SteelModel Workshop£2.54
- UltramarineJadlam£2.99
- Olive BrownModel Workshop£2.66
- Morghast BoneModel Workshop£2.54
- not stocked: Zombie Dip, German Splinter Tan Light, Skeleton Horde, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Graveyard Earth, Ushabti Bone
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
Add 3 to Amazon basket- Grey Knights Steelsee price
- Bestigor Fleshsee price
- Morghast Bonesee price
- not stocked: Russian Uniform WWII, Zombie Dip, Prairie Ochre, German Splinter Tan Light, Skeleton Horde, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Ultramarine, Graveyard Earth, Ushabti Bone, Olive Brown
totals excl. delivery · affiliate links
Russian Uniform WWII
Vallejo
£2.66at Model Workshop · eBay· priced 28 AugPrairie Ochre
Army Painter
£2.88at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugGerman Splinter Tan Light
Foundry
No price tracked yetSkeleton Horde
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£4.04at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugIron Wolf
Army Painter
No price tracked yetOwlbear Brown
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugUltramarine
Vallejo
£2.99at Jadlam · eBay· priced 28 AugGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetUshabti Bone
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 28 AugOlive Brown
Vallejo
£2.66at Model Workshop · eBay· priced 28 AugMorghast Bone
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
£2.34at Wayland Games· priced 28 Aug
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British & Inter-Allied Commandos Starter Army
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The fastest way to start a Great Britain army — a boxed force to paint with this scheme.
36× Multi-pose Commandos · 1× Centaur IV Close Support Tank · 2× Officers · 1× Medic · 1× Radio Operator · 1× Medium Mortar Team · 1× MMG Team
Best price
£55.20Wayland Games
in stock · priced 4 Sep · free UK delivery over £20
Buy at Wayland Gamesexcl. delivery
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