"Russo Japanese 1904-05 artillery colours" Topic
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| Deserter | 03 Feb 2012 12:56 a.m. PST |
Hello,
what colours should I paint Russian and Japanese field guns for the 1904-05 war? Thank you in advance. |
 Saginaw  | 03 Feb 2012 8:06 a.m. PST |
Deserter, are you referring to the pieces themselves, or their carriages? |
| Deserter | 03 Feb 2012 8:39 a.m. PST |
guns & carriages, thank you |
| Saginaw | 03 Feb 2012 8:53 a.m. PST |
OK. I've been searching around for the last 40 minutes, and I found the following:
They're from the Displaced Miniatures website, and it's the only pic that shows what you're specifically looking for. I'll keep looking around, and hopefully, I'll find something. |
| DeanMoto | 03 Feb 2012 9:35 a.m. PST |
For what it' worth, I painted those pieces. AND, I can't even remember how I decided upon those colors!  I know I found a reference of sorts – because it was hard & somewhat elusive as I recall. Anyway, if I find the source I'll post it here. Dean |
| DeanMoto | 03 Feb 2012 9:43 a.m. PST |
Okay, here's what I posted on my blog when I painted them up a few years ago: "I'm not even sure of the colors – due to my failed web search. I just gave it a light blue-grey finish. Figured that's how some German guns were painted at the time – and the Japanese sort of following their lead after the Franco-Prussian War" link So, either take your chances with these colors, or keep searching. BTW, there is a RJW site that may help russojapanesewar.com I can't recall if I asked there or not at the time. Dean |
| Deserter | 03 Feb 2012 2:02 p.m. PST |
thank you, will go for dark green for Russian and light blue-grey for Japanese |
| Deserter | 03 Feb 2012 2:03 p.m. PST |
excellent painting job on your figures, by the way |
| Doc Ord | 03 Feb 2012 3:31 p.m. PST |
I have seen a period Japanese print somewhere that showed guns in a light grey-similar to those nicely painted ones above. |
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