Somewhere along the way we decided to make Panzer Corps a black and white film, but before that I was searching for the correct colors to repaint props to German WWII standards. I found a company named Vallejo produced a german paint set that fit the bill nicely.

There are actually two german paint sets, WWII German Paint Pack and the one I used, WWII German Camo Paint Pack. I found mine on ebay for about half price. (They also make Allied colors!)

paint

Model Set 14 -
16 Bottle Paint Packs include:
801 Brass, 916 German Luftwaffe Blue, 821 German Beige Camo, 822 German SS Black Brown Camo, 823 Luftwaffe Green Camo, 824 German Orange Brown Camo, 825 German Pale Violet Brown Camo, 826 German Medium Brown Camo, 830 German Field Grey, 833 German SS Bright Green Camo, 835 Salmon Rose, 871 Leather Brown, 964 Field Blue, 969 Park Green, 997 Silver.


before-after-helmet
Paratrooper helmet painted in early war Luftwaffe Blue.

color-chips
The paint lasts a long time but if you want to paint huge props you can make color chips then have a home improvement store match that color in pints or gallons.