"Any tips for painting "scalloped" hat lace? " Topic

Gentlemen,

With all the number of topics on hats and lace, I hope this request with draw some much needed tips.

I shall be painting the IR 54 Sincere regiment, which has "scalloped" hat lace. Any tips on how to paint this in 15mm?

My first impression was to use a toothpick for the rounded edges, but thought I had better ask.

Cheers,
Robert

Have a go at painting a line of incomplete dots – sort of bite mark idea. Failing that, paint solid lace, add black vertical lines (but make sure they're thin) and then touch up the lace on top/vertical edge so that the lines only partially cross the lace. Neither is a perfect solution but it's what I'd try.

I try to avoid painting the regiments that have scalloped hat lace. The idea of "dots" for 15mm figures makes sense.

DAF… So no 1. Leibgarde?

A verification; IR 54 Sincere list yellow buttons, yellow pom-pom and yellow and red bobs.

The scalloped lacing would also be yellow?

Cheers,

Go with your first impression. A toothpick is just the thing for this sort of detail as a very uniformly sized dot can be created with a little practice.

It can be done, but it is tough to get it right unless you are one of the few "Michaelangelos" that can do anything extremely well! If you are even a good painter then my first thought is to avoid units with scalloped lace, second thought is Thailand or Bangledesh, third is number one again!!

Avoid doing them and having my Austrians a bit leaner without them? Now I am up for the challenge.

The two battalions are nearly done and I should have the hats done by the weekend with photos added to the blog by early next week. Also have 10 flags and standards to do.

Cheers,