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.
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I imagine bonnets would turn a variety of shades of blue in a short period of time.
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.
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
That is brilliant guys, thank you.
And thank you Mike for the gif.
I use Vallejo 963 Medium Blue dry brushed with 943 Grey Blue
Thanks Paul
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 (http://www.antheads.co.uk/galguide/covenanter)
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! )
;D ;D ;D
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
Quote from: paulr on 21 December 2018, 10:48:39 PM
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
Saw those, brilliant