K47 Grenadier Sections with lightning effect
Colour scheme research/decisions
Looking at pictures of Airborne models and reenactors on the internet it looks like the key factors for painting are the red berets and the camouflaged coats. The trousers, boots and weapons I can paint as I have for the rest of my British infantry – that is in a variety of browns and black.
The K47 Resurgence book says that Grenadier Sections were formed from the 7th Bn Grenadier Guards. In terms of uniform it appears that the Grenadier Guards were equipped in the same way as “normal” British infantry. So brown is the way to go.
I found this artwork which is supposedly of Lance Corporal Harry Nicholls of the 3rd battalion grenadier guards.
The standard beret colours for Grenadier sections are Khaki these days, but during WW2 berets were usually black, except for Commandos, Airborne, and a few other branches of the military. I want my Grenadiers to stand out as being assigned to work with Rift Tech though so I’m thinking I’ll give them a unique beret colour for the time period – probably a blue to match the tesla weapons.
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