"28th Chasseurs a Cheval" Topic
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Sebastian Palmer | 30 Jul 2014 4:03 a.m. PST |
Hi I'm painting some Adler 6mm Chasseurs a Cheval, as the 28th Regt, for use in the Battle of Smolensk (1812). I found this online: link … which says facings are Amarynth, and ties in with what Bukhari says, although the colour on the table (if you follow the above link) is very noticeably different from this: link But Amarynth, defined on wiki as a 'reddish rose' colour, is very definitely not purple. Rousselot and the Funckens have the 28th down as purple, not Amarynth! Anyone out there think they can settle it one way or the other? Or ought I just choose whichever I prefer, deep pink or purple? Thanks in advance for any help and advice offered. Seb |
Hampshire Hog | 30 Jul 2014 4:22 a.m. PST |
Deep pink Seb but remember if your painting 6mm you want to do them slightly lighter. Don't forget that dyes at the time were not that stable and faded easily. Also the colour quality control over the dyes was not 100% at manufacture. Tim |
SJDonovan | 30 Jul 2014 4:30 a.m. PST |
Hi Sebastian, Haythornthwaite in 'Uniforms of the Retreat from Moscow' has them has 'amaranth' (he puts the word in inverted commas and as far as I can see does not elaborate on it in the text). Otto von Pivka (Digby Smith) in 'Armies of 1812' describes the facings as peach blossom pink. But later, in 'Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars', now writing as Digby Smith, he describes the facings as maroon. Rousselot does indeed describe the facings as purple but given all of the above I wonder whether that might not be an imprecise translation from the French. Personally, I would go for a deep pink. |
von Winterfeldt | 30 Jul 2014 4:39 a.m. PST |
it is amarante, a very dark pink, mix crimson with a bit of white |
xxxxxxx | 30 Jul 2014 7:04 a.m. PST |
The palette of colors for the distictives was, from lightest to darkest … Orange-ish Reds aurore (light orange) // orange // capucine (dark orange) // escarlate (scarlet) Purple-ish Reds rose // garance (light cimson) // cramoisi (crimson) // amarante The other colors were jonquille (light yellow), chamois (yellowish-buff or dark yellow) and bleu celeste (literally sky blue, but darker and more saturated than the modern idea of sky blue) Amarante (I think "amaranth" in English) should be about the color of bordeaux wine, but slightly lighter.
The name comes from this flower :
In modern times, the color (using modern chemcial dye, of course) is the distinctive for the bérets of most French airborne troops.
It was also Murat's favorite color and was used by him, for example, for the uniformes of the lancier de berg.
- Sasha |
Sebastian Palmer | 31 Jul 2014 2:19 a.m. PST |
Thanks to everyone for the helpful feedback. Much appreciated. Might post a pic or two of the minis when they're done. |
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