The real ones were supposedly painted, but no indications what colors were paint and which ones weren't. I don't know that I buy it, looking closely there are no indications that they were painted. Thirty year old recollections can be foggy also. The orange ones have an odd mark on them where a logo may have been painted over but that is the only aberration I noticed while researching them. Plus the backing colors varied on the pauldrons, and were consistent with the corresponding top color. So, at least two off-the-shelf models were used, its probable that only one was painted, if any at all.