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22/09/2017 at 11:30 #72090Truls Engebakken-FjellParticipant
They are in the good kind of uniform, but the boring one of later war.
22/09/2017 at 15:28 #72105Darkest Star GamesParticipantThey look fantastic! Very nice job.
I’d hate to have worn white pants to war though, brown pants would have been much better!
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22/09/2017 at 16:21 #72110Not Connard SageParticipantThey look fantastic! Very nice job. I’d hate to have worn white pants to war though, brown pants would have been much better!
How can you tell the colour of their pants? They’ve got breeches on over them.
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22/09/2017 at 16:27 #72113Norm SParticipantVery nice, I love the tones, I am guessing you got that with a final VERY thin wash?
22/09/2017 at 16:49 #72120Truls Engebakken-FjellParticipantVery nice, I love the tones, I am guessing you got that with a final VERY thin wash?
No washes were harmed or used in the painting of these figures. 😉
23/09/2017 at 04:58 #72156McKinstryParticipantI’m guessing many of the pants got browner once the shooting started?
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02/10/2017 at 16:37 #72983BanditParticipantVery nice job. The figures look terrific. Third battalion of the regiment based on their pompons? Very cool. Terrific use of technique to show artificial shadows. Even the basing – with the standard bearers staggered between the ranks as was customary. One facing color question (not meant as a criticism): source for the shoulder strap color?
Cheers,
The Bandit
02/10/2017 at 17:43 #72992Truls Engebakken-FjellParticipantTimothy J. Reese digital plates.
http://www.reeseartofwars.com/
His list of sources for the Russians are
Philip Haythornthwaite The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1): Infantry 1799-1814 (Osprey MAA185), 1987 Philip Haythornthwaite The Russian
Army of the Napoleonic Wars (2): Cavalry 1799-1814(Osprey MAA189), 1987 Terrence Wise Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (2): Colours, Standards and
Guidons of Austria, Britain, Prussia & Russia (Osprey MAA78), 1978 Various uniform plates were consulted from the superlative work of Alexander Viskovatov.
Web Sites: Napoleon, His Army and Enemies: Battles—Tactics—Commanders—Uniforms—Maps
http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Russian_army.htm Xenophon Group International, Army of Alexander I [Viskovatov Plates]
http://www.xenophon-mil.org/rusarmy/alex1/alexander%20army.htm
So mainly osprey it seems.
02/10/2017 at 18:02 #72993BanditParticipantThanks, I’d understood Azov to be from the Brest Inspection – thus, straw facings just as you have made sense – but with red as the regimental color for shoulder straps. Jonathan Gingerich notes that on his site translating Viskovatov. This does contradict Xenophon Group International who also cites Viskovatov, as well as Osprey.
Cheers,
The Bandit
02/10/2017 at 18:27 #73000Truls Engebakken-FjellParticipantI’m not deep enough into it to do a good judgment of who to trust when it comes to sources and translating of sources.
I paid good money to get turquoise soldiers straps so that’s what I have.
02/10/2017 at 18:28 #73001BanditParticipant02/10/2017 at 19:15 #73007GreystreakParticipantAgreed, Reese’s plates contain many, many errors. The best of modern updated/translated scholarship is to be found on Jonathan Gingerich’s site: http://zaotlichiye.net63.net/allfacings.html . Flag staff colours, drumstick colours, pompons, sword knots, shoulder straps, etc. for all eras of the Napoleonic period.
Terrific painting!
Bryce Allen
02/10/2017 at 19:54 #73012PaintingLittleSoldiersParticipantVery good, thanks for posting
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