Thanks chaps.
I came on here to ask that very question as I'm painting a test Connoisseur figure :-)
thanks
Mike
Mike, wot colour you plumped for, I can't decide if the blanket rolls are blue or greay!?::)
:) Dark grey it is then. :)
We must see colours differently then, because in my copy of Mike Snook's book they are practically black, with no hint of blue at all. Perrys have them dark grey, and in the painting done by the man who was there they look dark grey to me too. I don't know where this blue thing is coming from.
Colour is a funny thing. :)
I'm thinking of adding a couple of British units in the light blue iniforms. What number Humbrol matt enamal would be the closest match, any advice would be greatly appreciated.???
Vallejo's shade of light blue/grey that you use would be just as helpful, as I'm slowly moving over to their brand of acrylics. I really do appreciate all the help I've received from everyone in my toe dipping into the deeds of Empire. I've got the 'Sword and the Flame' rulebook, event cards and laminated quick reference sheets. A mountain of figures to get painted, a forest of palm trees at twenty pence a thousand, from China, an Airfix Fort Sahara and enough buildings for a riverside village. Soon I'll even know wot I'm talking about too, as I'm well into His Nibs's 'With the Malakand Field Force', and 'Go Strong into the Desert' has fallen through the letterbox this very dawn...
Wot I really need to do is stop playing on here and go strong into the paintbrush and get them Black Watch Highlanders fettled!!!:)
:o DRUMS!!! :o
From painted figures I've seen on 'tinterweb, British drummers seem to tote a brass drum, red bands top and bottom and white string thingys, How accurate is that for a Black Watch drummer in the Sudan? I've a nagging memory of a Military Modelling article, from the dawn of time, depicting drums with plain khaki covers on them????
It must be mu Fine Art degree..... it can make one see funny things lol
Seriously though, if you look in the Mike Snook's book there is a hint of blue in Michael's depiction of the York and Lancasters.
you have to remember that even dark greys are made up of many colours. It's actually possible to mix a black with a mix of the folowing, Burn't Umber, Viridian and Ultramarine. Of course, one should paint their mini's how they please :)
Darrell.
Just to complicate matters a tad, this painting of Tofrek by Fripp has a scene where the troops are in a mix of the grey uniforms and khaki.
Three examples of the grey uniform are highlighted with stars. Going from this period source, I'd say the grey uniforms were much paler, and with less blue in the grey than the way they are commonly painted on figures. Something to bear in mind.
Don't be confused by the two fellas in darker blue-grey on the right. They are in shirtsleeves order (the attack took place while the troops were working on a zariba).