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john964
06-16-2008, 03:41 PM
If you want to accurately paint your naval miniatures then here is the book for you.

It is Clash of Arms Painters Guide to WWII Camouflage by Patrick Hreachmack.
This book has everything from types of paints from various companies that match the real colors that were used. It also has drawings of various camo styles of the USN RN IJN and several others.
Ed Rotondaro
06-16-2008, 03:49 PM
If you want to accurately paint your naval miniatures then here is the book for you.

It is Clash of Arms Painters Guide to WWII Camouflage by Patrick Hreachmack.
This book has everything from types of paints from various companies that match the real colors that were used. It also has drawings of various camo styles of the USN RN IJN and several others.

John:

The various Squadron Warships in Action books also have color illustrations of the ships in question in camo schemes and usually give the FS codes for the colors used for each scheme, at least for US ships.
john964
06-16-2008, 04:17 PM
John:

The various Squadron Warships in Action books also have color illustrations of the ships in question in camo schemes and usually give the FS codes for the colors used for each scheme, at least for US ships.Ed, I own several of the books myself but buying them all is a tad expensive and they maybe out of print, but this book has them all in one volume. It also has examples for other navies as I stated earlier.
Scott Chisholm
06-16-2008, 07:59 PM
Gents,

Any suggestions for WWI ships? I'm getting ready to paint some.... in 1/6000! :eek:
Mike Malanaphy
06-16-2008, 10:08 PM
If you want to accurately paint your naval miniatures then here is the book for you.

It is Clash of Arms Painters Guide to WWII Camouflage by Patrick Hreachmack.
This book has everything from types of paints from various companies that match the real colors that were used. It also has drawings of various camo styles of the USN RN IJN and several others.

Hi,

It's a great book, but the promised second volume has never appeared as far as I know. The patterns have been simplified, but look great on my 1:2400s. For you paint chip mavens, don't forget that the IJN had four shades of gray depending on the dockyard they were refitted in.