*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 28, 2024, 11:51:34 AM

Login with username, password and session length

Donate

We Appreciate Your Support

Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 1686475
  • Total Topics: 118102
  • Online Today: 857
  • Online Ever: 2235
  • (October 29, 2023, 12:32:45 AM)
Users Online

Recent

Author Topic: Seeking Advice  (Read 1358 times)

Offline Sardoo

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 851
Seeking Advice
« on: October 31, 2015, 05:00:10 PM »
I'm about to embark on constructing and painting the Eureka Guillotine and crowd set. Three of the figures are French soldiers doing crowd control while one is an officer standing watching. I've researched the figures as best as I can via the internet but can't work out from the photos I've found which shades of blue and red to use for the jackets, facings etc.

I'd be really grateful if someone could give me some advice on which paints to use. If someone had a recipe for the wooden guillotine that would be a bonus!

Thanks for any help given!

Offline Shipka

  • Mastermind
  • Posts: 1779
    • RussoTurkishWar1877
Re: Seeking Advice
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2015, 05:17:59 PM »
The blue I believe used for uniforms was a shade of two darker than French Blue

Offline rumacara

  • Supporting Adventurer
  • Galactic Brain
  • *
  • Posts: 4333
  • Zillions of painted miniz!
Re: Seeking Advice
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2015, 01:04:26 AM »
You also have some armed civilians from the period on the Wargames Foundry website that might be usefull.

http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/napoleonic/french-revolution/french-revolution-liberty-equality-fraternity-collection-bcm/

Offline Sardoo

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 851
Re: Seeking Advice
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2015, 09:26:14 PM »
Cheers! Thanks for the advice!

Offline Mad Padre

  • Bookworm
  • Posts: 59
    • Mad Padre Wargames
Re: Seeking Advice
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2015, 07:43:01 PM »
Ooops replied to wrong topic.  Don't know how to delete a post.  :(
« Last Edit: November 02, 2015, 07:45:25 PM by Mad Padre »

Offline Sardoo

  • Mad Scientist
  • Posts: 851
Re: Seeking Advice
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2015, 11:10:15 PM »
Thanks for dropping by anyway! :)

 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
12 Replies
5398 Views
Last post October 11, 2010, 04:13:27 PM
by Antenociti
1 Replies
1501 Views
Last post June 08, 2011, 11:46:35 PM
by Hat Guy
24 Replies
3005 Views
Last post August 24, 2021, 09:46:19 AM
by Friends of General Haig
12 Replies
1404 Views
Last post February 03, 2023, 10:17:25 PM
by ARKOUDAKI
0 Replies
429 Views
Last post February 06, 2024, 01:25:31 PM
by Lamour