| IronMarshal | 14 Dec 2013 8:10 p.m. PST |
I am trying to paint some British 25/28s and have tried Vallejo Rojo 70.926 Red and Bermilion 70.947 Red as well as Citadel Red Gore and Blood Red and last I have tried Howard Hues British Red. None seems right. I have tried mixing the colors as well. The HH British Red seems too light, and a little pinkish. the best seems to be a mix of Gore and Blood.
Any suggestions? |
 Mserafin  | 14 Dec 2013 8:36 p.m. PST |
I'm quite pleased with the results of using Vallejo 908 "Carmine" for the rank and file and "Vermillion" for the officers. |
| John the OFM | 14 Dec 2013 10:09 p.m. PST |
Try Howard Hues Brick Red.
By an amazing coincidence, I just cleaned my brush from painting some AWI British Guards from Fife and Drum.
On white prime of course, the only civilized way to paint. |
| Brian Smaller | 14 Dec 2013 10:59 p.m. PST |
I use the Citadel red Gore/Blood red and it works out OK. |
 Artilleryman | 15 Dec 2013 4:31 a.m. PST |
I use Citadel Foundation Mechrite Red for the 'brick red' of the other ranks and Vallejo 026 Scarlet for officers and NCOs. This seems to give a pleasing contrast while showing the faded state that most soldiers jackets got to so quickly on campaign. Sadly the Mechrite Red is no longer produced and I had to lay in a stock as soon as heard of the new system coming in. I should have enough for my planned British force as I have not been able to find a suitable replacement. |
| MajorB | 15 Dec 2013 7:39 a.m. PST |
Coat d'Arms 104 Blood Red |
| IronMarshal | 15 Dec 2013 6:41 p.m. PST |
Thanks,
what is the deal with Howard Hues, who's paints I like, calling that stuff "British red?" |
| Porkmann | 16 Dec 2013 1:04 a.m. PST |
Red? Stroudwater Scarlet sir! |
| Stepman3 | 26 Nov 2014 8:55 p.m. PST |
Thinking about a brown undercoat then a drybrush of white followed by painting red touch up the straps and trim… |
| SteveWalsh | 17 Apr 2015 11:37 p.m. PST |
For anyone that uses oil paint, I undercoat with a white spraypaint, then when the red coat is due, I make a thinned mixture of brown madder alizerin and crimson and wash this onto the figure, when the spirit has evaporated I then mix cadmium scarlet with a little venetian red and brown madder alizarin to make a brick red and paint the coats with this, the previous wash merges with the new paint giving nice transitions to the folds in the clothing, the next day I then add a little more scarlet and a little naples yellow to the previous days mix, this makes a slightly but subtle lighter colour and use this to highlight the highest parts of the jackets, Officers and SNCOs are slightly different, the wash is the same but the coats are just cadmium scarlet highlighted with cadmium scarlet with a very slight touch of naples yellow and cadmium orange for the highlights. |
| 4th Cuirassier | 24 Apr 2015 3:59 p.m. PST |
FWIW bricks in this era were distinctly orange so contemporary references to British coats being brick red should probably reflect this. Freud's London house dates from this sort of era and you can see what colour Georgian brickwork was:
Brick red today is usually taken to be a brownish dark red but this I think is the colour of a later formulation. |
| von Winterfeldt | 25 Apr 2015 5:25 a.m. PST |
Foundry triad British Red |
paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.
