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French WW1 blue....	10	05 Dec 2020 5:46 a.m. PST
German Leather Equipment	5	10 Nov 2020 3:16 p.m. PST
WW1 British Uniform Color	10	23 Oct 2020 11:45 a.m. PST
Best color for WWI Germans Late War	6	16 Sep 2020 12:43 p.m. PST
Naval Wargaming Basing and Painting Tutorial	1	14 Sep 2020 9:35 a.m. PST
Flamethrower 15mm	8	10 Sep 2020 1:10 p.m. PST
Chinese flesh tones painting assistance requested	20	09 Sep 2020 9:03 p.m. PST
Am I overdoing it?	20	09 Sep 2020 5:26 a.m. PST
WW1 Middle Eastern Theatre Painting Guide.	4	02 Sep 2020 5:19 p.m. PST
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Austro-Hungarian Artillery 1914	5	14 Aug 2020 7:04 a.m. PST
WW1 East Africa uniform colours?	12	25 May 2020 4:44 p.m. PST
1914, French army and "Taxis de la Marne".	5	12 Apr 2020 11:52 p.m. PST
BEF and British buses 1914	5	12 Apr 2020 11:50 p.m. PST
The Star Spawn of Cthulu	4	21 Mar 2020 11:28 a.m. PST
German WW1 artillery colors	7	09 Mar 2020 9:14 p.m. PST
Painting, weathering & finishing the Lanchester Armoured	5	04 Oct 2019 8:41 p.m. PST
1/6000 RJW ships: any photos	12	28 Sep 2019 11:35 a.m. PST
1914 Mediterranean Colors	6	27 Aug 2019 10:30 a.m. PST
Free booklets and painting guides	4	16 May 2019 6:04 p.m. PST
Color guide for Flying Circus	8	16 Apr 2019 8:58 a.m. PST
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1914 uniforms painting colour suggestions	16	10 Jan 2019 11:39 a.m. PST
WWI US figs	18	29 Dec 2018 2:14 p.m. PST
Chinese FT17 Color	15	13 Dec 2018 8:55 a.m. PST
1870 to 1914 - what's the difference?	9	06 Dec 2018 10:21 a.m. PST
Imperial German Naval NCO	2	22 Oct 2018 6:02 p.m. PST
Reeactment in France, US Army	3	10 Aug 2018 1:26 p.m. PST
German flags in East Africa	7	27 Jul 2018 4:47 p.m. PST
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28mm WW1 Austro-Hungary Polish Legion Miniatures	4	15 May 2018 8:42 p.m. PST
Soldiers from Senegal ...	12	08 May 2018 5:41 a.m. PST
Uniforms WW1; USA, UK, Belgium, Italy dans Russia	1	08 May 2018 5:34 a.m. PST
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15mm Cossack flags	7	16 Mar 2018 11:16 a.m. PST
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15mm WWI German AFV decals.	2	08 Feb 2018 6:18 a.m. PST
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Tamiya Surface Primer	8	22 Dec 2017 10:13 a.m. PST
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Sources for French Experimental Uniforms	3	26 Oct 2017 7:37 p.m. PST
Gaming the "Irish Revolutionary Period"	23	06 Sep 2017 1:53 a.m. PST
Chinese Army around 1910s-1930s	3	03 Aug 2017 5:35 p.m. PST
World War One Helmets	8	11 Jun 2017 2:24 p.m. PST
Color of saddle cloth for Mexican regulars	2	20 May 2017 8:38 a.m. PST
Austro-Hungarians and Russians on the eastern front	5	13 May 2017 7:30 a.m. PST
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WW1 Indian Army	7	30 Apr 2017 12:16 p.m. PST
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Mission Models Paints?	7	15 Mar 2017 7:22 a.m. PST
1918, Chateau-Thierry, helmets	8	06 Mar 2017 10:25 a.m. PST
RCW artillery colors	2	02 Feb 2017 10:39 p.m. PST
Desert Uniforms Khaki Hue: GB, France, Turkey, Italia	5	06 Jan 2017 2:44 p.m. PST
1918 German Infantry Boots Black or Brown?	8	30 Dec 2016 9:24 a.m. PST
Matt varnish drying glossy - cure?	37	29 Dec 2016 5:08 p.m. PST
US Renault FT17 Markings	2	29 Dec 2016 11:01 a.m. PST
Belgian MG	17	11 Dec 2016 4:28 p.m. PST
Belgian gun colour	3	09 Dec 2016 8:51 a.m. PST
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Late War German Jager Uniform	4	04 Nov 2016 9:20 a.m. PST
Color of Early World War 1 German uniforms	3	01 Nov 2016 10:10 a.m. PST
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WW1 Austrian Uniform and Helmet colors	7	31 Oct 2016 10:17 a.m. PST
WWI British Armored Car Camouflage	7	24 Oct 2016 7:35 p.m. PST
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French Colonial Artillery uniform 1916-18	3	16 Sep 2016 11:02 a.m. PST
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Early War German Uniform Color...	9	02 Aug 2016 10:44 a.m. PST
Philippine Constabulary uniform	10	01 Aug 2016 2:16 p.m. PST
uniform of the Philippino Constabulary	30	01 Aug 2016 1:31 p.m. PST
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Regular army of the Bukhara Emirate 1920	3	05 Nov 2015 10:20 p.m. PST
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