"Baader Meinhof, Baader Meinhof, Baader Meinhof," Topic
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| von Schwartz | 12 Jun 2019 6:53 p.m. PST |
There its happened again. I just came across some uniform prints, French SYW showing the French in a kind of a dove grey uniform, not the white that most of the uniform books want to show.
What do you think, dove grey or white? |
| JimDuncanUK | 13 Jun 2019 2:58 a.m. PST |
The general consensus appears to be a very light grey, almost white. Again it depends on scale/size. In 10mm I would paint them white. In 28mm I would paint them light grey. Depending on style I perhaps will wash/shade them. More so if they are in campaign mode. They are your figures, you choose. |
| DHautpol | 13 Jun 2019 4:06 a.m. PST |
I've painted Pendraken 10mm LOA figures with Games Workshop's 'Ulthuan Grey' for my French. It's a very pale shade of grey that actually looks white whilst you're applying it, until you paint something adjacent, such as a cravat or a sash, with true white and then the difference becomes apparent. |
| mildbill | 13 Jun 2019 6:21 a.m. PST |
Some French light cavalry during the French Revolution wore light grey, but I suppose this is kind of off topic. |
| Garde de Paris | 13 Jun 2019 7:41 a.m. PST |
A union organizer from the Ladies Garment Workers told me years ago that the French uniforms were made of "Lodeve" cloth. It was woven using two threads of white wool to 1 thread of dark blue, and from 6 feet away it looked light grey. GdeP |
 javelin98  | 13 Jun 2019 9:54 a.m. PST |
Ummm… what does this have to do with the 1970's terrorist group? |
| robert piepenbrink | 13 Jun 2019 10:11 a.m. PST |
I wondered about that myself, Javelin. I'm pretty sure they throw you out of the terrorists union for having a uniform. (I think you're allowed to wear other people's uniforms, but only when you're on the job.) |
| javelin98 | 13 Jun 2019 12:44 p.m. PST |
Well, that's nice and flexible of them! |
| von Schwartz | 13 Jun 2019 5:49 p.m. PST |
From: javelin98 & robert piepenbrink
Ummm… what does this have to do with the 1970's terrorist group? C'mon guys show a little initiative, look it up!! Baader Meinhof Phenomenon or "frequency illusion". The full description is a little wordy so I'm gonna make you do some work, happy reading. The frequency bit is on my end only I'm afraid. I was just looking at uniform colors for an upcoming project when suddenly it started popping up in the references I was reading, where I don't remember seeing it before, weird huh? A little "in" joke on my part.
Where's Rod Serling when you need him? |
| von Schwartz | 13 Jun 2019 5:56 p.m. PST |
I used to use Testor's Airframe white, no longer available, for Austrians and then added a little black wash for the French. |
| javelin98 | 18 Jun 2019 11:11 p.m. PST |
"Where's Rod Serling when you need him?" In a dimension of sight and sound… |
| von Schwartz | 23 Jun 2019 10:11 a.m. PST |
In a dimension of sight and sound… For his sake I hope they have "Lucky Strikes" unfiltered there. |
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