"French Cuirassier blue" Topic

Was the cuirassier blue actually lighter than the infantry blue? They generally seem quite light in plates and paintings, but so does often French infantry jackets.

The regulation color, with the exception of the 14th Cuirassiers, who wore white, was Imperial Blue, formerly Royal Blue. It was the same color as for the infantry, artillery, and engineers.

The regulation color for the 14th was regualr blue, he wore white uniforms in 1810 (without campaigning with those white unniforms)coming from dutch service for a few months.

Gboue

I use the same blue for my cuirassiers as for my lowly line infantry

Liquitex Prussian blue two drops medium blue one drop, as a base.
Hi-lite with two drops of each.

@wrgmr1 – The colour you chose should depend upon the scale of the figures to be painted. The smaller the figures, the lighter ther colour, in order for it to "look right".

keithbarker- you are correct, this is my recipe for 28mm figures. I should have defined that.

Yup! So don't forget….When it comes to 3mm, it should be Manchester City colours for all the French and Prussians, my little Pony pink for the Brit's, whiter than white for the Austrians, and Granny Smith apple green for the Russians. The Spanish army & Geurrillas multi shades of marsh-mallow….

Paul :)