Blitzkrieg Project

After reading some articles, chapters and gathering picture reference this is what I found out about early war german uniforms:

I decided to go for the uniform of about 1940 which is called “Feldbluse M40” but also the “Feldbluse M36” was still in use. The slight difference was, beside the number of buttons,  the collar changing from green to the matching uniform colour but in fact the green collar was so popular that soldiers kept it or changed it back to green. I decided to keep the green on the collar as it adds a little eyecatcher to the model making it more interesting to look at.
The pre war german uniform was mostly grey but changing in the 1930s to green. There were two versions worn by the soldiers: One was the fieldtunic (Feldbluse) in fieldgrey and the other was the mor comfortable fatigue uniform (Drillichanzug or Arbeitsanzug) which had a more dark olive or reed green colour and was used in the warmer time of the year. The trousers had a slate grey colour at the beginning but changed to fieldgrey or  during the Blitzkrieg. During the invasion of the soviet union the uniform changed to an overall fieldgrey and introduced the famous camo patterns. I decided on using a bluish grey trouser colour for  one half of my force and a fieldgrey for the other representing the colour changes happening during the early war.

A great article I came across:

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_german_army_equipment.html#7

So as I did all my research and decided on a colour scheme its time to choose some matching colours:

VMC = Vallejo Model  Colour

CP = Citadel Paint

VMC 70.920 German Uniform: uniform

VMC 70.816 Luftwaffe Uniform: early trousers

VMC 70.823 Luftwaffe Camo green: mess tin, collar, shoulder straps, MG 38 ammo box

VMC 70.995 German Grey: boots, Kar 98 ammo pouches, Y-straps, cup on top of canteen, helmet, weapon belt

VMC 70.830 German Fieldgrey: late trousers, gas mask canister, gas cape pouch, blankets, bed rolls

VMC 70.821 German Camo Beige: breadbag, MP 40 ammo pouches

VMC 70.875 Beige Brown: wood on  rifle, shovel and stick grenade

VMC 70.872 Chocolate Brown: canteen, officers map bag, holster, eather straps

CP Cadian Fleshtone: skin base

CP Kislev Flesh: skin highlight

CP Leadbelcher: metal parts

CP Stormhost Silver: metal highlights

CP Agrax Earthshade: shading for beige and brown parts

CP Nuln Oil: shading dar parts of uniform and metal

CP Reikland Fleshshade: skin shading