"Painting Fraser's Highlanders" Topic
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| smacdowall | 20 Feb 2025 8:50 a.m. PST |
link It has been a while since I have painted tartan and so it is with some trepidation that I have started on a small unit of Fraser's Highlanders (78th Foot) circa 1759. The step by step process is described (with pics) on my blog. link |
 John the OFM  | 20 Feb 2025 9:33 a.m. PST |
Nice job. But you can go nuts "researching" Fraser's.
The Company of Military Historians shows them in a brown-ish tartan, something like this.
link That's how I painted mine many years ago. But…
Seeing the above photo, it might have been a take on the red. 🤷 I think you were ultimately correct to settle in the Government sett. And you did it well. |
| 0ldYeller | 20 Feb 2025 12:07 p.m. PST |
Maybe I missed it – but what figures are you using? |
| JimDuncanUK | 20 Feb 2025 12:58 p.m. PST |
Here's how I do tartan. link
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| DOUGKL | 20 Feb 2025 3:11 p.m. PST |
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| Extrabio1947 | 20 Feb 2025 4:02 p.m. PST |
I've always used artists watercolors for thin striping on tartans. Because of their dense pigmentation, you can thin them down to the point where you can lay down a hair-thin line without losing opacity. BTW, the dense pigmentation is why artists watercolors cost more than other water-based paints. |
| smacdowall | 21 Feb 2025 6:53 a.m. PST |
I forgot to mention the figures are 25mm RAFM
Cheers, Simon |
| 0ldYeller | 21 Feb 2025 11:16 a.m. PST |
LOL – knew I recognized those figures. RAFM make a great FIW/SYW line – true 25mm. |
 piper909 | 23 Feb 2025 9:50 p.m. PST |
Excellent work! I recognized those vintage RAFMs. I have several among my Jacobite rebellion units, on both sides. I lost some to lead rot, tho, so keep an eye open but if you got a bad batch, they'd have probably already shown the signs by now. Tartan is a challenge but also a skill. The process you've hit upon is very much like what I do.
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