2 0 2 0 - 1 0 - 1 5 

[Song of Drums and Shakos]¶
Black Brunswickers¶

I started to paint all the blacks.

For the uniform I decided to mix grey into the black:

  • 70.950 Black

  • 2/3 70.950 Black

    &

    1/3 72.748 Sombre Grey

  • above mix plus a touch of 70.918 Ivory

For the lacing I added more of the ivory to get a lighter tone.

The pouches and straps and stuff, I added a touch of yellow to get a warmer tone.

  • 2/3 70.950 Black

    &

    1/3 72.707 Gold Yellow

  • Above mix

    &

    72.704 Elf Skintone

  • Above mix

    &

    70.918 Ivory

The leather parts (shoes, shako top, shako bottom, shako shield) I added brown for yet another shade of black.

  • 3/4 70.950 Black

    &

    1/4 70.872 Chocolate Brown

  • Several steps with more and more 70.918 Ivory added

The emblem on the shako just got a light overbrush of 70.883 silver grey.

The blue parts of the uniform were painted as follows:

  • 70.963 Medium Blue

  • 70.963 Medium Blue

    &

    70.844 Deep Sky Blue added in 2—3 steps

The blue of the water-canteen was also painted in 70.963 Medium Blue. Then I painted the BLJ (Braunschweig Lauenburg'sche Jäger) in 70.883 silver grey. I then mixed the blue and grey for a light drybrush. Finally I applied a very watered down wash of 72.094 Black Ink the bring out the wood texture.

Bummer! While reading up on how to actually paint the minis, I noticed that I ordered the wrong miniatures, if I want to have the peninsular Brunswickers. The one's I ordered are more fitting for when they returned from the peninsular to the north. The Leib Batallion miniatures would have been correct; with the tussel thing and the skull on the shako... Well... next time...

Published 2020-10-15 21:16:10

28mm | Black Brunswickers | Napoleonic - Peninsular | Perry Miniatures | Products for Wargamers | Song of Drums and Shakos

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

Back to Top

2 0 2 0 - 1 0 - 1 7 

[Song of Drums and Shakos]¶
Black Brunswickers¶

I painted the piping in blue.

After some more reading, I recognized that the piping color is wrong, though. The Brunswickers in the peninsular campaign had the blue piping, but as described in the previous post the miniatures I have are the wrong ones for the setting. The ones I have a are rather for Quatre-Bas or Waterloo. So I repainted the piping to green, making the minis part of the 2nd line batallion.

The line infantry had the pompon in yellow on the bottom and blue on the top (light infantry in reversed order). Colors used:

Pompon, Yellow

  • 70.883 Silver grey basecoat
  • 72.707 Gold Yellow
  • 70.952 Lemon Yellow

Pompon, Blue

  • 70.963 Medium Blue

  • 70.963 Medium Blue

    &

    70.844 Deep Sky Blue

  • 70.963 Medium Blue

    &

    70.844 Deep Sky Blue

    &

    70.918 Ivory

Greatcoat on top of Backpack

  • 70.886 Green Grey
  • 70.883 Silver Grey

Green Piping

  • 70.980 Black Green

  • 70.980 Black Green

    &

    70.968 Flat Green

  • 70.980 Black Green

    &

    70.968 Flat Green

    &

    70.918 Ivory

With that, the first three models are done:

Published 2020-10-17 18:15:10

28mm | Black Brunswickers | Napoleonic - Peninsular | Perry Miniatures | Products for Wargamers | Song of Drums and Shakos

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

Back to Top

2 0 2 0 - 1 0 - 2 1 

[Song of Drums and Shakos]¶
Black Brunswickers¶

The line infantry is done. When looking at the models, I am not sure I will stick with the colors I used for the bases. Now looking at the finished models, it seems a bit dark and reddish-brown... Let's see...

Next up is the light infantry.

Published 2020-10-21 18:34:10

28mm | Black Brunswickers | Napoleonic - Peninsular | Perry Miniatures | Products for Wargamers | Song of Drums and Shakos

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

Back to Top

2 0 2 0 - 1 0 - 2 3 

[Song of Drums and Shakos]¶
Black Brunswickers¶

I decided to change the base color. I replaced the Liquitex Burned Sienna for Schminke College Medium Brown (2 parts) mixed with Liquitex Raw Sienna (1 part) as the base coat; main and highlight color remain the same.

Here is the light infantry with the new base color (and skin, hair and weapons painted).

Here is a comparison of the old and the new bases. I like the new scheme better, it looks more subdued, the burned sienna is much more vibrant. Also, the overall contrast is less.

Now I need to repaint the line infantry's bases.

Published 2020-10-23 20:49:10

28mm | Black Brunswickers | Napoleonic - Peninsular | Perry Miniatures | Products for Wargamers | Song of Drums and Shakos

All posts for this project: newest first | oldest first.

Back to Top


Home


First Post