Late French Uniforms question

[CaptainHaddonCollider]

Hi all,
I browsed through the internet for some guides on how to paint french uniforms from the later Grande Guerre-era, and so far I've managed to come up with only sir Roundwood's excellent blog. While the tutorial is very thorough and pass great attention to every detail, it also uses a lot of specialist paints which are not readily available here.

I was therefore wondering, if anyone could point me to a few useful valljeo substitutes I could use for the uniform instead.

Thank you for your time!

-CHC

[former user]

are we talking bleue horizon ot khaki moutarde?

[CaptainHaddonCollider]

We're talking the dusty blue of the Régiments d'Infanterie, not Tirailleurs khaki.

[former user]

then I have to pass, horizon is not my colour

but here is what I found somewhere else
http://gotflag.blogspot.de/2014/01/on-les-aura-28mm-french-trench-raiders.html

[fred]

I find Vallejo French Mirage Blue a very handy colour (no 900).

I haven't got to 1916+ french, still in early war, but I use it for guns and the like




 

[CaptainHaddonCollider]

Thanks to both of you, I will continue my Quest for an acceptable bleue horizon in the near future!

[MartinR]

I did all my 1916+ French in Vallejo mirage blue, seems to do the job although you might want to mix a bit of dark grey in when doing the helmets.

I did it over a black undercoat which toned down some of 'blueness'.

Cheers
Martin

[CaptainHaddonCollider]

So far I think that's what I will be going with, as that's the colour I have available for try-outs when the first Poilus arrive this weekend.

[Stecal]

Prime with Testors Model Master Intermediate Blue.  Not really much to do after that but paint faces and rifles

http://www.testors.com/product-catalog/testors-brands/model-master/american-fs-enamel/sprays/