16 paints
Covers 9 of 14 colours in this scheme
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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Paint sets that cover this scheme
All paint setsOne box of paints instead of 14 pots. Each card says how many of this scheme's colours it holds.
50 paints
Covers 8 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 5 of 14 colours in this scheme
8 paints
Covers 4 of 14 colours in this scheme
10 paints
Covers 3 of 14 colours in this scheme
16 paints
Covers 3 of 14 colours in this scheme
Or cover 93% of this scheme with 3 paint sets, A$475.98 together: Vallejo Game Color - Introduction Set + Warpaints Fanatic Metallics Paint Set + Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Mega Paint Set
General starter boxes
All boxesWe can't price a Bolt Action Soviet Union box in your market today, so these are general starter boxes, and each card says so.
Not Bolt Action Soviet Union — general starterSkaven · 25 models · 2 kits
5× Stormcast Eternals Liberators · 20× Skaven Clanrats
Not Bolt Action Soviet Union — general starterOrks · 12 models · 4 kits
1× Space Marines Lieutenant · 5× Intercessors · 1× Ork Nob · 5× Ork Boyz
Not Bolt Action Soviet Union — general starterDeath Guard · 14 models
7× Angels of Death Kill Team operatives · 7× Plague Marine Kill Team operatives
How the scheme reads on a model
Armour — base to highlight
Tap a colour to change its paint.
- Base coatGangreneGreen Stuff World · Acrylic ColorsView paint
- ShadeMilitary ShadeArmy Painter · Warpaints Fanatic Wash WP3209PView paint
- LayerGoblin GreenVallejo · Game Color 72.030View paint
- HighlightVince Venturella Dark Yellow GreenMonument · Monument Pro Signature SeriesView paint
- Edge highlightPastel GreenVallejo · Model Color 70.885View paint
Additional details
- TrimNecron CompoundCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048View paint
- WeaponsJohn Blanche Masterclass: Heavy MetalArmy Painter · Warpaints FanaticView paint
- LeatherBeasty BrownVallejo · Game Color 72.043View paint
- SkinBestigor FleshCitadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243View paint
- LensesElectric BlueScale75 · FX RangeView paint
- BasingEnglish UniformVallejo · Model Color 70.921View paint
- Brown leather webbingEarthVallejo · Game Color 72.062View paint
- Red star & tabsRedVallejo · Mecha Color 69.008View paint
- Winter overwhitesBrainmatter BeigeArmy Painter · WarpaintsView paint
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Base coat
Lay the foundation colour down over primer, slightly darker than the final tone.
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Castellan Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950278
fromA$5.40· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Shade
Wash the recesses to add depth and separate the details.
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Agrax Earthshade
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Shade 99189953084
fromA$10.26· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Layer
Rebuild the main colour on the raised areas, leaving the shade in the cracks.
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Deathworld Forest
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950279
fromA$5.40· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Highlight
Pick out the upper edges and surfaces that catch the light.
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Death Guard Green
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950299
fromA$5.44· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Edge highlight
Sharpen only the sharpest edges for a crisp, finished look.
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Details & accent colours
Change scheme ↑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.
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Necron Compound
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048
fromA$5.50· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Shining Silver
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
Metal — weapons
Bolters, blades and casings. Dark gunmetal, washed black, edged with bright steel.
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Leather & pouches
Straps, holsters and bare wood. Mid brown, shaded, then drybrushed a lighter tan.
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Skin & flesh
Faces and hands. Basecoat, a flesh wash into the recesses, then build the highlights back up.
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Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243
fromA$5.45· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Barbarian Flesh
Army Painter · Warpaints
No shop price tracked yet — the paint’s page has every seller we find.
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Eyes & lenses
Lenses, eyes and energy. A bright spot colour that pops against the armour - dot it on and add a white glint.
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Altdorf Guard Blue
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951313
fromA$5.45· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
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Basing — earth
Groundwork. Earth basecoat, drybrushed bone, finished with your choice of grass, sand or snow.
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XV-88
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Base 99189950285
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.
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Red star & tabs
Cap stars, collar tabs and hull slogans - tiny, and the only saturated colour on the figure, so keep the brush clean.
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Evil Sunz Scarlet
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951303
fromA$5.76· compare 3 shops· priced 5 Jul
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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.
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14 paints in this scheme
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14 paintspostage per seller
- not stocked: Gangrene, Military Shade, Vince Venturella Dark Yellow Green, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal
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- not stocked: Gangrene, Military Shade, Goblin Green, Vince Venturella Dark Yellow Green, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Electric Blue, English Uniform, Earth, Red, Brainmatter Beige
- not stocked: Gangrene, Military Shade, Goblin Green, Vince Venturella Dark Yellow Green, Pastel Green, John Blanche Masterclass: Heavy Metal, Beasty Brown, Bestigor Flesh, Electric Blue, English Uniform, Earth, Red, Brainmatter Beige
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Necron Compound
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Dry 99189952048
fromA$5.50· compare 4 shops· priced 5 Jul
Bestigor Flesh
Citadel (Warhammer Paints) · Layer 99189951243
fromA$5.45· compare 2 shops· priced 5 Jul
Every Soviet Union kit and box, priced
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