| ferg981 | 07 Jun 2020 2:00 p.m. PST |
Evening all, Just a quick weekend blog post! Some French skirmishers I painted up, as a practice run for my French Line Infantry in Greatcoats! Pictures are available on my blog for those interested in that sort of thing link Comments and feedback welcome as always! Regards J |
Frederick  | 07 Jun 2020 2:44 p.m. PST |
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| mysteron | 07 Jun 2020 4:47 p.m. PST |
Very nice indeed. I do like some in great coats .It gives units a more campaign look. |
| SHaT1984 | 07 Jun 2020 5:04 p.m. PST |
Yes very nice, but please bear in mind that by that campaign/ period green pompoms are the definite colour of the first fusilier company of all infantry.
Yellow is the determined [predominant, not exclusive] default for voltigeurs, especially where worn separately from plumes (i.e. some plumes have no pompom base). Also please don't use the same epaulette colouration for all. The mix of yellow/ greens/ scarlet are well recorded for the Peninsular units. Otherwise, carry on…
regards davew |
| von Winterfeldt | 07 Jun 2020 10:56 p.m. PST |
very nice painting with good effect |
| ferg981 | 08 Jun 2020 12:20 p.m. PST |
SH Cheers for that, will change the pom pom to yellow. The next set of skirmishers I do i'll change the epaulettes again, i've got green, yellow, green & yellow, yellow & green so far. Will mix some red in next time. Regards J |
| von Winterfeldt | 09 Jun 2020 4:21 a.m. PST |
I would not mix epaulettes within the same unit – you could use different schemes for different units, making identification easier. |
| takeda333 | 10 Jun 2020 6:21 a.m. PST |
They will look great, please post a unit pic when finished. |
| ferg981 | 13 Jun 2020 1:56 p.m. PST |
Von W No mixing within units, but I have 19 battalions of French Line finished but with no skirmishers.. so playing skirmisher catch up Regards J |
| SHaT1984 | 18 Jun 2020 9:02 p.m. PST |
J
On the OP, I think you should stick with the paler colours of beige and greys for greatcoats rather than dark browns. Of the grenadiers regiments present in Spain there is a higher proportion of red cords on Bearskins than seen in the 'Grande Armée' as an entity. The variety of voltigeurs except for the white uniform units (only a couple?) much broader as explained.
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paints the Dogman from the Flintloque starter set.