Blue Bonnets...

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hi all,
What/which colours would you use for Scots blue bonnets (waits for Mal gif quote from Firefly, where's Harwood when you need him?);





Okay, its bonnets For highlanders and Lowlanders in the '45?
I have Cerulean (too  bright shade, but first recognised in 1590) blue, sky blue (too pure) and Luftwaffe field grey (too grey, I guess).
Any guesses? Names, brands and paint numbers would help too.
Thanks in advance.

[Ithoriel]

Your wish is my command



I imagine bonnets would turn a variety of shades of blue in a short period of time.

[SV52]

In Scottish Gaeldom the commonest blue dyestuffs were:
Blaeberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) with alum or copperas
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) with alum

Woad as a source of blue was not grown in Scotland though it would have been available for import from England - at a price, similarly indigo.

I would imagine that more or less any shade would do, impossible I reckon for anyone to state a definitive colour. 

[T13A]

Hi

For my 1640/50s Covenanters I simply mix a mid blue and a light blue to give various shades. I suspect that's about as close as you can get.

Cheers Paul

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

That is brilliant guys, thank you.

And thank you Mike for the gif.

[paulr]

I use Vallejo 963 Medium Blue dry brushed with 943 Grey Blue

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Thanks Paul

[Westmarcher]

As has been alluded to above, you can probably get away with any shade of mid to dark blue. I'm currently using Vallejo Prussian Blue but only because I currently have it in my paint box! You could even consider colours that would represent dyes not taking, like this link below which illustrates a kind of purply blue.
http://www.antheads.co.uk/galguide/covenanter

[FierceKitty]

I understand that fixing a blue so it keeps original brilliance is a challenge even to Scottish ingenuity. (The mordant canna' take it, Captain. I canna' alter the laws o' chemistry! )

[paulr]

 

[Terry37]

Lemmey, A good question. My take is that it would not be a single defined shade. I personally would avoid to dark of a blue, and also avoid in "brilliant" shades. I do know form research that lowland bonnets were typically larger than highland bonnets, but this is a no count in painting figures.

Terry

[pierre the shy]

I use Vallejo 963 Medium Blue dry brushed with 943 Grey Blue

For what its worth I have just posted some pictures of the Covenant cavalry that Paul painted for me - they are in bonnets.

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,17480.msg269270/topicseen.html#msg269270

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Saw those, brilliant