"Napoleonic French infantry 1815 epaulettes colour" Topic

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spartan66	30 Jul 2014 11:08 a.m. PST
Hi, Painting up some 28s in greatcoat for 100 days campaign. Grenadiers have epaulettes only. I had originally been told Glory Red game colour 72.011 was what I should used but it appeared very dark. I then tried model colour vermillion 70.909 but this looks much too pink/red. Any advice appreciated. Thanks
jeffreyw3	30 Jul 2014 12:17 p.m. PST
What happens if you paint them Gory Red, and then highlight with a mixture 50/50 mix of the Gory and Vermillion?
SJDonovan	30 Jul 2014 12:17 p.m. PST
I would paint them the same colour as you would use for the collars and cuffs of the line infantry. Personally, I use scarlet but I am doing 15mm figures so you might want to use a slightly darker red. You could try going back to using your original shade for a base colour and then highlight with scarlet.
spartan66	30 Jul 2014 3:45 p.m. PST
Thanks guys, I'll try the highlight over the original colour and see how that works out. Mike

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