Appaerently they did wear them, no idea why

Tidied up the bases of the 95th Rifles (as a note to myself, dry brushed in Sienna then sand), not quite sure what to go with regarding flock or tufts on these, thinking not too green, but not entirely sure?

French Dragoons

Made a start on these chaps tonight. I discovered that French dragoons wore green jackets, when I was researching the colours for their kit. Unfortunately I had already painted their jackets blue  A quick covering of white, then they were swapped into green. I'm enjoying painting these, but I am very glad I am doing small skirmish forces, not an army!!

Looking good

I wish I could do my dry-brushing in Sienna!

 

Looking forward to seeing the finished forces

Absolutely ! 

Cheers - Phil

Had a play with basing for the Dragoons, I'm liking the look of the 3,2,1 basing* even more.



One advantage of working from home Is that I was able to do the above during a rather long call early this afternoon. But as I only managed 10mins for lunch, it hardly feels like slacking!



* obscure cultural reference - should it be known as Ted Rodgers basing?

Quote from: fred. on 16 June 2020, 08:10:40 PM
* obscure cultural reference - should it be known as Ted Rodgers basing?

Yes. I think so. 

At least someone got it  

French Infantry

Just did a bit of painting this evening, but I'm glad I did. Started on the various accoutrements of the French infantry. Did a fair bit of googling the other day to find pictures to determine the colours of each bit, as they certainly carry a lot, and some of the colours were surprising.



Does anyone know what the item is on the back left hand side of these chaps, the item still white? I suppose I really want to know what colour to paint it.

The firing troops have a small pouch in a similar place - again any ideas on colours?

And finally the sergeants seem to have a gourd or bottle any thoughts on colours for that?

Thanks in advance!

Is the back left item the a sabre/bayonet frog? In which case it's white.


The gourd I think would be yellow/tan

Ta, the gourd is spot on for what the Sergeant has.

I'm not sure that it is the bayonet frog - the bayonet is further round at the side of the figure. It's also only on this 1 pose, of the 3 I have. I looks quite like a WWII british water bottle.

Paint it black or metallic, no one will notice.

Quote from: mad lemmey on 17 June 2020, 08:25:05 AM
Paint it black or metallic, no one will notice.

Black was my default - on a dark blue coat they become pretty much invisible.

Considering the number of drawings and photos around it's a little surprising that these things aren't known

The only other thing I thought it could be would be a bread bag?

I don't think its a bread bag - looks too small.

But that drawing has what looks like a water bottle below, the bread bag, and it could be that. The problem with all of this, is that it is a very small piece of sculpting, and I can see it more clearly in the photos than directly...