"Painting late Great War French Infantry (1916-1918)" Topic
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| Sidney Roundwood | 03 Jun 2013 2:13 a.m. PST |
I've posted a short series on painting late Great War French infantry, for the period 1616-1918) on my Blog.
There are three posts: The first covers painting bases, undercoating, painting faces and hands, and shade colours and can be found here: link The second covers painting mid-tone colours and highlights for all except the tricky Horizon Bleu colour of the French troops' clothing. It can be found here: link The third post covers painting Horizon Bleu and detailing and can be found here: link I hope you enjoy the posts. I have also added a "Late Great War French Painting Template" to the resources on my blog. Feel free to download, copy and use in any way you like.
Please don't think that these posts are in any way a "this is how you must do it guide". There are loads of better painters out there and plenty of great guides on-line and in print about how to paint terrific miniatures and models. That being said, these methods worked for me in getting some troops on the table I should also add that many people helped me work through getting the hang of the tricky Horizon Bleu colour. Without their help you'd be looking at photographs of grey greatcoats on a set of French Poilu! So, to everyone who helped, thank you very much! Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks everyone Sidney |
 Flashman14  | 03 Jun 2013 2:44 a.m. PST |
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| ataulfo | 03 Jun 2013 3:37 a.m. PST |
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| Oddball | 03 Jun 2013 4:11 a.m. PST |
Stunning, beautiful figures. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 03 Jun 2013 4:30 a.m. PST |
'There are loads of better painters out there' I'd be hard pushed to find one better than you, Sidney! |
| Ceterman | 03 Jun 2013 9:00 a.m. PST |
Love Sidney's stuff! Beautiful…
Peter |
| wrgmr1 | 03 Jun 2013 9:13 a.m. PST |
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| ScottS | 05 Jun 2013 8:32 a.m. PST |
Your work is inspirational, Sidney. I wish WWI was more popular here… |
| Don1962 | 23 Jul 2013 6:19 a.m. PST |
Sidney, I notice that you painted the Adrian helmet in various shades of grey. I'm not meaning to be critical, but I was under the impression that the helmets were more of dark blue or somewhat grey-blue color, rather than grey. That's what I use for my French troops, albeit with some highlighting to show some wear and tear as well as dust. Don |
| Joes Shop | 02 Aug 2013 7:04 a.m. PST |
Excellent work-thanks for posting. Regards, J. P. Kelly |
| iain1914 | 18 Aug 2013 1:04 p.m. PST |
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| czartank | 21 Sep 2013 12:43 p.m. PST |
Helmets were a bluey grey- Tamiya XF-18 is an exact match and I use it to restore original helmets; owing to different manufacturers, there would be a slight variation in shades. Early helmets were shiny, hence the helmet covers. The grey shade suggested looks good for scale, particularly once covered in mud. The pack, based on the existing examples I own and have seen, are more of an olive brown shade. There is a thin yellow stripe on the trousers- it can be safely left off in 15, 20 or 28mm in my opionion |
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