"Russian Foot Artillery Uniform question" Topic
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Lets party with Cossacks | 02 Oct 2018 4:13 a.m. PST |
Hello the question is trouser colours for Russian Foot artillery post 1811. I looked at Mark Conrad's Russian page, and worked out that in winter they had green trousers. But the position for summer seems unclear to me at least – either white or grey. There was a good discussion on this in 2008, but that did not seem conclusive either: TMP link So maybe there is just no conclusivity, or I am misreading Mark's really useful translations. What do you guys do – white or grey? Cheers in advance. |
79thPA | 02 Oct 2018 5:35 a.m. PST |
I used white because that's what the colored plate showed decades ago when I painted a Russian army. I recently picked up some 25s, and I intend to paint those white as well. |
von Winterfeldt | 02 Oct 2018 10:33 a.m. PST |
unfortunately Le Breton isn't active any longer on this forum, another expert of the Russian army who disappeared |
Lets party with Cossacks | 02 Oct 2018 1:02 p.m. PST |
79thPA yes that was basically my approach, until I read that the guard foot artillery always wore white breeches, and wondered about the distinction from line units. VW – that is a shame. Sascha had left earlier still I think. My current go to Russian expert, Greystreak, dodged the issue (for my purposes) by painting his superb 28mm Foundry Russians with green breeches. Then again that was consistent with his green breeched Jaegers, so I can't complain. |
14Bore | 02 Oct 2018 2:19 p.m. PST |
Most plates show white, all my artillerists have white. I only put my jagers in green breeches if no other reason to know their jagers. |
Sho Boki | 02 Oct 2018 4:07 p.m. PST |
White – summer, green – winter, grey – engineers, pioneers, some train and overalls for officers. |
79thPA | 02 Oct 2018 4:47 p.m. PST |
14Bore -- I do the exact same thing. |
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