I know the smaller caliber of shells had coloured bands painted on them but for 1:76/1:72 what would you recomend for an overall colour? The temptation would obviosly be some sort of metallic grey combined with brass but I have seen some dio's were shells have been painted a very dark green.
I started out not having a clue about shell color; I painted my first shells yellow! later on when I finished Bertha I decided to paint shells brass. the trouble is in my opinion brass dulls as soon as it dries, but I go with it because its better than yellow. I have a bunch of smaller caliber shells primed but haven't gotten around to painting them yet. hope this helps. If you would like, I could post some pics of Bertha's finished shells.
greetings, Josh
-- Edited by FR73 on Sunday 31st of July 2011 08:12:27 PM
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I don't know about other nations but for British artillery you might want to get hold of "British Artillery Weapons and Ammunition 1914-1918" by Ian Hogg and L F Thurston. There are several pages in the book on ammunition markings, such as HE shells which had a yellow body with a red filling ring when filled with Lyddite and a green band when filled with TNT or Amatol. Shrapnel had a black body with a red tip etc.
This was a great help when I was painting up my shells for WW1 games, at least for the Brits. If anyone knows of similar details for other nations such as the Germans and the French that would be great!
Cheers
Paul B
-- Edited by Paul B on Monday 1st of August 2011 08:19:08 PM
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