jbfrage | 17 Jun 2014 4:23 a.m. PST |
Hey all, I'm in the process or repainting some of my 15mm German WW1 figs and need some advice. To give you an idea of what I'm playing: I play a trench fight game in which 15mm figures are individually mounted. This is a real beer and pretzels type game. Units are around 40 men and represent about a platoon. That being said, I name the units each something different (Upper Silesians, Bavarians, Sherwood Foresters etc) for a more dramatic and varied feel rather than having a whole army of individual platoons from the same company/battalion. With the allies, it's easy to differentiate units. Even though its totally historically inaccurate given the scale of the game, I'll often have Belgians, French, Brits, and Americans fighting for the same small length of trench. Thus, it is easy to avoid getting the units mixed up. Does anyone have any advice as to how to do the same for the Germans? Is there a way I can differentiate the uniforms from one another as to avoid having to mark up the figures bases with different colors? The easiest way I can think of so far is having one unit in the standard grey color for the helmet while having another unit having brown helmet covers. Any other ideas? Thanks so much! j |
Doms Decals | 17 Jun 2014 4:30 a.m. PST |
Helmet covers are the obvious one; don't forget the multi-coloured camo ones (often painted helmets rather than cloth covers) favoured by stormtroopers. The other option is to do something with basing; eg. 2nd platoon's figures have a rock on their base, 3rd platoon a grass tuft etc. |
Big Martin Back | 17 Jun 2014 4:53 a.m. PST |
I was going to suggest helmet camo painting as well. It's what I intend to do whenever I actually get around to painting the late WW1 28mm Germans I bought at a bring-&-buy years ago. |
Dave Crowell | 17 Jun 2014 6:14 a.m. PST |
You could also have one unit of reservists in the old style spiked helmet. |
Col Durnford | 17 Jun 2014 6:22 a.m. PST |
I'm more inclined to go with the grass/rock on the base option with the location of the rock determining the unit. Rock on the front left 1st squad, rock on the front right 2nd squad. Vince |
Great War Ace | 17 Jun 2014 7:49 a.m. PST |
You could represent age of equipment, especially clothing. A very fresh unit is of course spotless and pressed. A unit that is about to be removed to a rear area for R&R and refitting would look positively ragged and muddy. Varying the amount of grime on the uniforms would also be a fun way to paint otherwise boring units, imho
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Ponder | 17 Jun 2014 8:13 a.m. PST |
Howdy, Don't forget variations in the field-gray uniform color? From an olive drab to a dark grey. Ponder on, JAS
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Brownbear | 17 Jun 2014 8:33 a.m. PST |
One coloured dot/strip on the base is the most easy method |
fred12df | 17 Jun 2014 10:50 a.m. PST |
You could have some Jaegers who seemed to have a greener shade of uniform even later in the war. Camo helmets are definitely a quick and easy way to make a platoon look different from its neighbours. |
Rudi the german | 17 Jun 2014 12:33 p.m. PST |
???? The Units are distingished by the tassel / portepee. This is how it is done. White for first unit Red for second unit Green for 3ed unit Blue for 4th unit
Also nice is to give every one a first name under their base like " hans, franz, fritz etc
" Greetings |
Rudi the german | 17 Jun 2014 12:41 p.m. PST |
link or give them some flags
:) |
Porkmann | 18 Jun 2014 2:05 p.m. PST |
My son is named Fritz and he has a portrait figure in my Breslau game 😁 |
Lion in the Stars | 19 Jun 2014 10:44 a.m. PST |
I like Great War Ace's idea, along with helmet distinctions. Camo'd helmets for the sturmtruppen, spiked helmets for that platoon of reservists, that kind of thing. |
monk2002uk | 19 Jun 2014 8:57 p.m. PST |
You could use some of the German regimental names but you might need very wide bases. Here is a relatively short one: Infanterieregiment Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia Nr.32 Robert |
VicCina | 22 Jun 2014 1:18 p.m. PST |
For my figures I use colored beads. |
Lewisgunner | 23 Jun 2014 3:03 a.m. PST |
Now that's a suggestion, cool hippy Germans with necklaces of coloured beads! |