DP's Franco-Prussians

[Leman]

Here are the first of my FPW Imperial phase figures: http://s1101.photobucket.com/albums/g440/dourpuritan/Figurephotos2011/FPWphotos10mm/

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

DP
Really good stuff!
Are you sure about the colour of the artillery carriages, I thought the French were more mid to dark grey in colour? The surviving examples at Les Invalides certainly are (but that is after 130 years)?
The surviving mitrilleuse in German is on a later green artillery carriage.

[nikharwood]

Very nice DP - very nice indeed 

Looking into my crystal ball, I can see some of these in my future y'know 

I might start with a toe-in-the-water Single Brigade for Black Powder...and grow from there 

[Shedman]

They look really good

[Leman]

Hi mad lemmy,

Atillery colours to my knowledge are as follows:

French - darkish/mid olivey-green - I've gone for a slightly brighter green to make them stand out on the table more, owing to the small scale.
Prussian - mid- bluish-grey - I go for more of an emphasis on the blue
Bavarian - silver-grey - I use the colour as supplied by Model Color. I have read in a number of sources that the Bavarian Krupp breach loaders had bronze barrels! Anyone out there any more info on this?
Brunswick - Black, again with bronze Krupp barrels.
Wurttemburg - a khaki-grey colour.

DP

[Hertsblue]

Love the cavalry in particular. Anyone who paints the Chasseurs d'Afrique gets my vote  And did you paint that infantry colour freehand? Amazing!

[mollinary]

DP,

Congratulations, lovely job - and very effective basing!  My sources agree with yours regarding artillery carriage colours, and I did exactly as you have, painted them lighter/brighter to take account of the small size.  Great to see another army based for TTLGB (I think?). 

Mollinary

[Bernie]

Yep excellent looking figures. Especially liked the cavalry

The greenish carriages are correct are as far as I know. I think the grey came in at the end of the century so this could account for the guns at Les Invalides being repainted in that livery at a later date

Regarding using slightly brighter colours and 10mm scale I also do the same for the Jaegers painting them in a slightly lighter green than historical put once Army painted is splashed on and dusted with a matt sprat varnish this tones it down slightly, but still make them stand out in their natty green jackets

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hi mad lemmy,

Atillery colours to my knowledge are as follows:

French - darkish/mid olivey-green - I've gone for a slightly brighter green to make them stand out on the table more, owing to the small scale.
Prussian - mid- bluish-grey - I go for more of an emphasis on the blue
Bavarian - silver-grey - I use the colour as supplied by Model Color. I have read in a number of sources that the Bavarian Krupp breach loaders had bronze barrels! Anyone out there any more info on this?
Brunswick - Black, again with bronze Krupp barrels.
Wurttemburg - a khaki-grey colour.

DP

Cool, just though I'd check. I'd got my Prussians right anyway, and I agree on Brunswick (although they were part of 19th Division Artillery, so only have one half-battery in my army) my sources say Wurttenburg are 'olive-grey-brown' half-horse artillery (whatever the hell colour that is)

[Shedman]

Re French Artillery colours - the 2 books I have by Mark Strachan and Nigel Smith both say green

Looks like we are all agreed on green then - apart from Osprey

The Osprey Campaign book on Solferino has an illustration on P71 of French artillery with the carriages in natural colours ie brown

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Rats!
I'm not repainting a corps and a half of French Artillery now!   
No one else at our club knows better 

[Leman]

Not to worry - you should see the state of my ACW artillery. As far as I know it's olive-green for union, blue-grey for Confederate, but a lot of artillery was captured and did any of it appear in just natural wood colour.

DP