Herero Kapitan in the Coat of the Kaiser's Guard.

[Estorff]

I've had some fun researching a very unusual uniform coat worn in German Southwest Africa by the Herero Leader Assa Riarua in the 1890s, and then finding a figure that I could paint up to represent him as he might have appeared in the coat and trousers of the Guard du Corps and a model 1891 spiked Schutztruppe sun helmet!  The figure is one of a pair of Natal Carbineers by Empress.  You can see images of the figure more and read about Riarua and his cuirassier koller at my blog Cornflower Blue & Corduroy: http://omaheke.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-herero-kapitan-in-coat-of-kaisers.html

[juergen c. olk]

Great stuff! One of the main Hausa chiefs in Kamerun had a bodyguard in a Quasi-Prussian hussar uniform. Chris Dales " German Colonial Uniform",website has some nice plates and pictures of King Njoya personal troops,it's really cool. He also Prussian Kurrassieren uniforms.

[Estorff]

Very nice Hausa image.  Looks like he is wearing the officer's koller, with gold stripes instead of white.

[Kommando_J]

Saw the mini good strong colours, I feel a wash would complete the look, add some shading into that fabulous coat.

[Estorff]

Thanks very much for the suggested improvements.  Am still getting the feel for painting so the advice is most welcome.

[Kommando_J]

Thanks very much for the suggested improvements.  Am still getting the feel for painting so the advice is most welcome.

No problem for the longest time I never used shading at all, but now that I do it's a really good/lazy way to clean things up especially as i've started using a white undercoat a lot more.

I found this article useful as well as the one at the bottom about painting a roman tribune, http://www.warlordgames.com/painting-using-army-painter-quick-shade/