Korean War - Chinese and North Korea painting guides?

Started by Leon, 15 December 2018, 09:03:27 PM

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Leon

Hi guys, we've got a customer looking for some colour info for painting his Chinese and North Korean troops, are there any useful online resources?
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Westmarcher

Hmmm. I dunno.

Has he tried the North Korean Embassy?
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Leon

Quote from: Westmarcher on 15 December 2018, 09:28:18 PM
Has he tried the North Korean Embassy?

He checked the North Korean Wikipedia and it said something about 'only the glorious People's Republic of Korea has discovered colour, the rest of world only exists in shades of beige'.  I'm not sure how accurate that is though...
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Westmarcher

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Steve J

A quick Google search came up with the following, of which the first looks pretty damned comprehensive:

http://www.hat.com/ColorsKor.html

https://www.paintinghistory.co.uk/product-page/the-wargamer-s-guide-to-the-korean-war-1950-53

Pinterest or Google images should provide lots of stuff as well I would have thought. Hope this helps?

Glorfindel

Thank you for the first link in particular - really helpful.


Phil


Leon

That's an excellent link, thanks for that Steve.  There's a conversion chart for Testors > Vallejo here: http://cdn.acrylicosvallejo.com/0049261608364909a238add9b4a53745/CC073-rev05.pdf

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