20% off RRPSoviet Starter Army
Soviet Union
1× Plastic T34/85 Medium Tank · 1× Soviet 82mm Mortar Team · 1× Metal Soviet Officer (random selection) · 1× Metal Medic · 8× Plastic Soviet Body Sprues · 5× Plastic Soviet Weapon Sprues
Bolt Action Soviet Union Paint Scheme
A full Bolt Action Soviet Union 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.
Start this scheme
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 RRPForward to Berlin! Soviet Army 1943-45 Starter Army
Soviet Union · 1 kits
42× Soviet Infantry · 2× Medium Machine Gun Teams · 1× Medium Mortar Team · 1× T34/85 Medium Tank · 1× Katyusha Multiple Rocket Launcher · 1× ZiS-3 76mm Divisional Gun
20% off RRPSoviet Army Winter Starter Army
Soviet Union
1× Soviet HQ (4 metal figures) · 1× Soviet MMG Team (metal) · 1× Soviet Medium Mortar Team (metal) · 1× KV-1/KV-2 Tank (plastic) · 80× Soviet Infantry (plastic)
20% off RRPSoviet Army (1940-43) Starter Army
Soviet Union · 2 kits
64× Multi-pose Soviet Army Infantry · 1× T-34/76 Medium Tank · 1× Officer · 1× Commissar · 1× Medic · 1× Medium Machine Gun Team · 1× 45mm Anti-tank Gun with Crew
20% off RRPStalingrad Battle-Set
Soviet Union · 2 kits
1× Sd.Kfz 139 Marder III · 1× T34/76 · 1× Soviet Sniper team · 56× Plastic Soviet infantry · 42× Plastic German Army infantry
Vallejo Game Color - Introduction Set
16 paints
£38.39
£47.99-20%
+4
from £38.39· compare 2 shops· priced 3 Jul
Covers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
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 SepCovers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
Army Painter Historical: WWII British Paint Set
20 paints
£53.19
£59.10-10%
+8
from £53.19· compare 2 shops· priced 2 Sep
Covers 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
+40
£186.73at Loaded Dice· priced 2 SepCovers 7 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 7 of 14 colours in this scheme
£19.19at Wayland Games· priced 3 Jul
Covers 6 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
Brown leather webbing
Red star & tabs
Winter overwhites
1
Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
Gangrene
Green Stuff World
★ Our pick for base coat
Very Close
Very Close
Very Close
Close
Castellan Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
2
Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
★ Our pick for shade
Very Close
Close
Zombie Dip
Green Stuff World
Similar
Approximate
3
Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
Discontinued
★ Our pick for layer
Very Close
Very Close
Very Close
Close
Goblin Green
Vallejo
4
Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
German Pea Pattern Green Shade
Foundry
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for highlight
Very Close
Death Guard Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Very Close
Very Close
Russian Tank Crew Highlights II
Vallejo
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
5
Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
★ Our pick for edge highlight
Very Close
Faded Green
Monument
Close
Ushabti Bone
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
Close
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.
★ Our pick for eyes & lenses
Very Close
Similar
Approximate
Approximate
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
Brown leather webbing
Belts, pouches and boots in warm brown against the 4BO green - Soviet kit is leather where the German is blackened, and the warmth is the tell.
Discontinued
Scorched Brown
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
★ Our pick for brown leather webbing
Very Close
Earth
Vallejo
Exact Match
Light Umber
Monument
Very Close
Very Close
Red star & tabs
Cap stars, collar tabs and hull slogans - tiny, and the only saturated colour on the figure, so keep the brush clean.
★ Our pick for red star & tabs
Very Close
Exact Match
Exact Match
Very Close
Winter overwhites
The winter kits go over the top in dirty off-white - shade with grey-brown and leave the green showing at cuffs and collar.
★ Our pick for winter overwhites
Very Close
Very Close
Metallic Medium
Monument
Very Close
Close
Longbeard Grey
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
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 8 of 14 paints in this scheme (57%) — shade, edge highlight, leather & pouches, skin & flesh and more.
Or cover 93% of the recipe with 3 boxes (£38.39 for 1 of the 3 — the rest are priced in dollars):
No price tracked yet
Vallejo Model Color - WWII Allies Set
16 paints
£38.39
£47.99-20%
+4
from £38.39· compare 3 shops· priced 3 JulNo price tracked yet
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 paintspostage per seller
- Absolution GreenMake It Paint It£5.49
- Pastel GreenModel Workshop£2.66
- Grey Knights SteelModel Workshop£2.54
- Electric BlueModel Workshop£3.25
- Brainmatter BeigeMerlin's Miniatures£2.99
- not stocked: Gangrene, Elf Green, German Pea Pattern Green Shade, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Graveyard Earth, Scorched Brown, Cambion Crimson
free UK delivery over £20
- Pastel Green£2.36
- Grey Knights Steel£4.04
- Bestigor Flesh£2.34
- Brainmatter Beige£2.88
- not stocked: Gangrene, Absolution Green, Elf Green, German Pea Pattern Green Shade, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Electric Blue, Graveyard Earth, Scorched Brown, Cambion Crimson
prices shown on Amazon at checkout
Add 2 to Amazon basket- Grey Knights Steelsee price
- Bestigor Fleshsee price
- not stocked: Gangrene, Absolution Green, Elf Green, German Pea Pattern Green Shade, Pastel Green, Iron Wolf, Owlbear Brown, Electric Blue, Graveyard Earth, Scorched Brown, Cambion Crimson, Brainmatter Beige
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Gangrene
Green Stuff World
£2.39at Loaded Dice· priced 2 SepElf Green
Army Painter
No price tracked yetGerman Pea Pattern Green Shade
Foundry
No price tracked yetPastel Green
Vallejo
£2.36at 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 AugElectric Blue
Scale75
£3.25at Model Workshop · eBay· priced 28 AugGraveyard Earth
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetScorched Brown
Citadel (Warhammer Paints)
No price tracked yetCambion Crimson
Army Painter
No price tracked yetBrainmatter Beige
Army Painter
£2.88at Wayland Games· priced 28 Aug
Recommended Box Set
Soviet Starter Army
Buy at Wayland Games Affiliate links — how we make money What's inside this box
The fastest way to start a Soviet Union army — a boxed force to paint with this scheme.
1× Plastic T34/85 Medium Tank · 1× Soviet 82mm Mortar Team · 1× Metal Soviet Officer (random selection) · 1× Metal Medic · 8× Plastic Soviet Body Sprues · 5× Plastic Soviet Weapon Sprues
Best price
£83.20Wayland Games
in stock · priced 4 Sep · free UK delivery over £20
Buy at Wayland Gamesexcl. delivery
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