Waffen SS - Counter color?

[wodin]

ORIGINAL: z1812

I prefer this. Black and Grey are so.........overdone. The SS did not commonly wear black in battle.

ORIGINAL: rico21

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I know, was thinking more their dress uniform

[DingBat]

ORIGINAL: z1812

I prefer this. Black and Grey are so.........overdone. The SS did not commonly wear black in battle.

It was the Panzertruppen who wore black.

[ncc1701e]

And why not purple? It was in a movie with some Irish Guards and Michael Caine. [:D]

[Anonymous]

Not a fan of the black, but the camo looks great.

[MrsWargamer]

Black is cliche, but isn't black more a Gestapo thing than a Waffen thing? I don't recall ever seeing black on anything other than a tanker Waffen or otherwise.

If you want realism, go with camo. If you want cliche overstated board game colour, then black isn't out of the norm.

[joeyeti]

For me the camo feels blurry on the map. Sticking to the esthetic of the game (single-color counters) the black wins for me.

[Benedict151]

Chapeau for asking the question.
I for one feel increasingly uncomfortable with the black counters (both in digital games and my old boardgames) and it would be refreshing to see something different. Either the camo or different shade of grey as rico21 put forward would work for me

Ben

[Jagger2002]

If you are looking for elite troops that might deserve special attention when they show up on the map board, black works nicely.

And if the color makes you uncomfortable, remember that black has traditionally been a sign of the bad guys...such as the black hat guy vs the white hat guy. Black counters are not glorifying the SS.

[z1812]

ORIGINAL: Jagger2002

If you are looking for elite troops that might deserve special attention when they show up on the map board, black works nicely.

And if the color makes you uncomfortable, remember that black has traditionally been a sign of the bad guys...such as the black hat guy vs the white hat guy. Black counters are not glorifying the SS.

We must go to the experts for the proper period correct colours.

There was little change in fashion colors during the 1930s. In spring and summer, colour gravitated towards saturated pastels such as peach, rose pink, lilac, sunny yellow, sky blue, and sea green. Add to that year round colors of red, copen blue, emerald green, orange, and mustard.

Rose pink tunics anyone?

[joeyeti]

ORIGINAL: z1812

We must go to the experts for the proper period correct colours.

There was little change in fashion colors during the 1930s. In spring and summer, colour gravitated towards saturated pastels such as peach, rose pink, lilac, sunny yellow, sky blue, and sea green. Add to that year round colors of red, copen blue, emerald green, orange, and mustard.

Rose pink tunics anyone?

Add a sprinkle of glitter and a touch of rosemary on the flap. Otherwise - faux pas!

[ajax23]

Black.
Bold, menacing, unique.

[bott.2]

Black works for me.