Two New Historical Paint Sets On The Way From The Army Painter
July 24, 2026 by brennon
The Army Painter expanded their Historical range of paint sets with two more available on their website this month. These sets now cover the Imperial Japanese and the German Afrika Korps from World War II.
World War II - Imperial Japanese Paint Set // The Army Painter
The Imperial Japanese set gives you some great colour choices for painting the Japanese as they would have been during engagements in China, Southeast Asia, and across the Pacific islands. All of the paints have been researched and put together alongside expert advice from Dr Stephen Bull.
World War II - Imperial Japanese Paint Set - Contents // The Army Painter
The set comes with twenty paints which cover acrylics, washes and metallics that should get your miniatures for games like Bolt Action and Flames of War ready to go in no time. You will also find that eleven of them are brand-new Warpaints Historical colours in this set, which have been designed to fit the army.
As well as catering for the Japanese, you can also get a set for the German Afrika Korps who fought in the Northern Desert during World War II.
World War II - German Afrika Korps Paint Set // The Army Painter
Again, this set has been put together and researched alongside Dr Stephen Bull and represents the lighter uniform tones that worked well for the African sand and the brutal heat that beat down on soldiers fighting in this theatre. A great set of paints for working on your troops for the Siege of Tobruk and El Alamein.
World War II - German Afrika Korps Paint Set - Contents // The Army Painter
The set comes with ten unique acrylic colours to craft the perfect uniforms for your German soldiers. It makes a change from painting the grey that the Germans wore in the fight for Europe. Both sets also benefit from a painting guide that gives you a little bit of help when getting started using these paints.
Both of these sets join the expanding range of Historical paints from The Army Painter, specially designed to fit troops of a given period. It will be great to see if they branch out to cover more than just World War II.
Are you going to be picking these up?
"It will be great to see if they branch out to cover more than just World War II..."
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The problem with these paint sets is that it’s really hard to get replacements when you run out of just one colour. As far as I can tell, you can only get them by buying direct from Army Painter