 Herkybird  | 24 Apr 2019 10:58 a.m. PST |
Hi all, I have been reading about the Habsburg army in the 7YW, but am confused as to the colour of the uniform coats.
Some places its a sort of fawn colour, Osprey books show a slightly brownish mid grey they describe as 'Wolf Grey'.
I am sure some of you have researched this, so I would be most grateful for a definitive answer! Thanks in advance! |
| Frederick | 24 Apr 2019 11:04 a.m. PST |
Well, the bug strikes again Austrian gunners wore a lightish brown coat (often called fawn) – might fade to a greyish colour but it certainly was intended to be brown That's how I paint my Austrian gunners |
| JimDuncanUK | 24 Apr 2019 11:06 a.m. PST |
Hi Herky Like all died cloths the brown coats as worn by Austrian artillery crews were subject to weathering so the brown colour would vary quite a bit. I use the Foundry Chestnut triad and they seem fine to me. Jim |
| von Schwartz | 24 Apr 2019 6:04 p.m. PST |
Brown…ish, Dutch have red lapels and turnbacks, Austrian/German no lapels and brown turnbacks. I agree with the bit about the original brown being rather mousy and washed out. |
| Extrabio1947 | 24 Apr 2019 6:42 p.m. PST |
This subject was covered pretty thoroughly in a recent thread on Der Alte Fritz's Fife and Drum Forum. Winterfeldt provided some very good, primary source information. Period prints and surviving uniforms show a grey coat with a tinge of brown. I believe it's what we would call "Earth Grey." It's not the same color that was worn in the Napoleonic Wars. |
| von Schwartz | 26 Apr 2019 12:26 p.m. PST |
Yeah, it was referred to as fawn, light brown. The Austrian miners and sappeurs of this period did have light grey or blue-ish grey uniforms. After several months, or sometimes even weeks, in the field, in the sun, the rain, and the dust they would tend to fade. Keep in mind this is in the day before colorfast dyes. Reds became pinks, blues became grays, everything else became a mish-mash of muddy colors. |
| Herkybird | 26 Apr 2019 4:14 p.m. PST |
Thanks guys, I think I will go with this colour (after Knotel)
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| von Schwartz | 28 Apr 2019 12:44 p.m. PST |
Like we said…fawn… (smile) |
| Herkybird | 28 Apr 2019 2:18 p.m. PST |
Ah, but there is Fawn and Fawn – I think I would describe the Knotel colour as light brownish grey! |
| von Schwartz | 28 Apr 2019 6:27 p.m. PST |
Well now your just being picky!! |
| Herkybird | 29 Apr 2019 3:34 p.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz | 04 May 2019 5:34 p.m. PST |
Naaaw it's obviously greyish brown! |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
