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.

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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 webbing
Red star & tabs
Winter overwhites
1

Base coat

Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.

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.

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 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.

Red star & tabs

Cap stars, collar tabs and hull slogans - tiny, and the only saturated colour on the figure, so keep the brush clean.

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.

Your paints

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14 paints in this scheme

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    Green Stuff World

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  • Absolution Green

    Army Painter

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  • Elf Green

    Army Painter

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  • German Pea Pattern Green Shade

    Foundry

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  • Pastel Green

    Vallejo

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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)

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  • Electric Blue

    Scale75

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  • Graveyard Earth

    Citadel (Warhammer Paints)

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  • Scorched Brown

    Citadel (Warhammer Paints)

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  • Cambion Crimson

    Army Painter

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  • Brainmatter Beige

    Army Painter

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