| Don1962 | 20 Sep 2012 8:21 a.m. PST |
I would appreciate if anyone can offer some authoritative information of the color of artillery pieces and limbers from the Franco-Prussian War. Thanks,
Don |
| nickinsomerset | 20 Sep 2012 9:45 a.m. PST |
Not sure what the correct colours are as I sit here painting some Napoleonics, I recall I painted mine Olive Green for the French, Enchanted blue (GW Colour)for the Prussians, Dark Grey for the Bavarians and Brown for the Wurtenburgers. Cant remember what I used for the Saxons,
Tallty Ho! |
| Martin Rapier | 20 Sep 2012 12:50 p.m. PST |
I use pretty much the same colours as Nick, including the grey for Bavarians. |
Big Red  | 20 Sep 2012 1:39 p.m. PST |
Beautiful looking games, Nick! |
| Broglie | 20 Sep 2012 2:09 p.m. PST |
Looks like a great setup. What rules do you use? Have you a blog with more pictures? |
| nickinsomerset | 20 Sep 2012 2:56 p.m. PST |
In 28mm we use They Died for Glory, but have also had a play with Black Powder. More photos here a few different FPW games, but no blog: link Tally Ho! |
| Don1962 | 21 Sep 2012 11:04 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the input. Still searching for an authoritative source on this subject. This depiction of Prussian artillery shows a fairly light shade of blue
(the green coats for the artillery men are a mystery though). |
| Broglie | 22 Sep 2012 8:54 a.m. PST |
Are they not Saxon artillery in green tunics?
Mystery solved? |
| mashrewba | 22 Sep 2012 11:20 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know about the imported artillery in the Republican period Parrot rifles etc and the odd Gatling-I think mainly from the US. I imagine that could be fielded like ACW guns? |
| nickinsomerset | 22 Sep 2012 1:01 p.m. PST |
Possibly Saxon Gunners but I think they had darker coloured gun carriages possible grey or green, Tally Ho! |
| Mollinary | 30 Sep 2012 4:46 a.m. PST |
DCW they are Saxons, the red cuffs, as opposed to black with red piping, gives them away. I think you can also, just, see the silver Saxon shield In the centre of the brass sunburst on the front of the pickelhaube of the chap on the right. My Saxon guns are a light grey, but I cannot recall what source I got that from. The odd thing about the pickelhauben is the reinforcing strip down the back. I had thought the Saxons used the standard Model 1867 Prussian style, which had the round base for the spike as shown, but had dropped the strip that the Model 1860 had sported. It was reintroduced after the war as the lack of it had led to a lot of distortion. So it may just be that this is a pretty late post war print, and reflects later uniforms and gun colours rather than accurate 1870 versions. Mollinary |
| HammerHead | 17 Aug 2013 11:13 a.m. PST |
European armies took boatloads of redundant guns & cannon from the U.S just after the Civil war |
| Mollinary | 31 Aug 2013 1:33 p.m. PST |
Dave, Do you have details and sources you can share? Mollinary |
