Cannon color for a pirate ship?

[CptJake]

I have some long barreled cannon from Eureka, some shorter ones from Games of War, and a bunch of swivel guns.

The big guns are on carriages with four small wheels.  I assume those would be made of wood.

Do the carriages get painted?  What color(s)?

For the gun tubes, I've seen some painted a bronze color, some a steel/iron color, some almost a flat black.  What is an appropriate color or does it matter?

Thanks

Jake

[Blue in vt]

Cannon from this period would be either iron or bronze... Iron was painted black... Bronze was cleaned and would be bare or waxed so it's natural color... Unless you have a slovenly crew in which case a little green patina would be good.

Canon carriages were made of wood...bare or painted.

Cheers,

Blue

[ZuluPaul]

The gun carriages were painted, grey I believe with black for the iron work.