Bolt Action France Paint Scheme

A full Bolt Action France 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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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 kit
Khaki trousers & greatcoat
2

Shade

Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.

3

Layer

Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.

4

Highlight

Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.

5

Edge highlight

Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.

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.

Leather & pouches

Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.

Eyes & lenses

Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.

Basing — earth

Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.

Brown leather kit

French webbing is leather where everyone else’s is canvas - warm brown belts, pouches and bootstraps against the bleu horizon, and that is the whole 1940 look.

Khaki trousers & greatcoat

Trousers and the rolled greatcoat run khaki-beige under the blue-grey tunic and Adrian helmet. The two-tone dates the figure to 1940 better than any badge.

Your paints

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13 paints in this scheme

  • Intermediate Blue

    Vallejo

    No price tracked yet
  • Viking Grey

    Vallejo

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  • BS Medium Sea Grey

    Vallejo

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  • Blue Horror

    Citadel (Warhammer Paints)

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  • Gorgon Hide

    Army Painter

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  • Grey Knights Steel

    Citadel (Warhammer Paints)

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  • Iron Wolf

    Army Painter

  • Owlbear Brown

    Army Painter

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  • Bestigor Flesh

    Citadel (Warhammer Paints)

    No price tracked yet
  • Vomit Brown

    Citadel (Warhammer Paints)

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  • Graveyard Earth

    Citadel (Warhammer Paints)

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  • Flat Earth

    Vallejo

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  • US Khaki

    Vallejo

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