Painting Guide: French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry 1812-1815

Perry Minatures: French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry 1812-1815 Scale: 28mm
Material: Plastic
Number of units: 14

Method: Base Coat Method - Undercoat, Select and paint base colours, wash, use the same colours to highlight.

Paints used: Revell (R), Games Workshop (GW) and Vallejo (V)

Horses


To speed up the horses I choose not have very much variation. Nearly all horses would be brown except for the Trumpeter whose horse is usually grey.

1. Assemble, clean all horses
2. Undercoat with Black R302 or Basalt Gey V869
3. Heavy dry brush brown horses with Scorched Brown (GW)
4. Highlights, 1st - Bestial Brown (GW). 2nd - Black Badab (GW). 3rd Light dry brush Bestial Brown (GW)
5. If any horses are having "socks" use 1st Fortress Grey (GW), 2nd Skull White (GW), 3rd white V951 - Repeat for Nose/Head colours
6. Saddle Rug:
7. Reins:
8. Fur:

Pictures to follow......

French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry 1812-1815

Had these for a while but just getting started on these, hopefully 2012 will be a lot better for painting :o)

A new project to create Napoleonic armies for 2012 is underway. Painting guides and photo's soon.

Next Up - Napoleonic French Heavy Cavalry 1812-1815

I saw these completed on WAB Corner, I have sent off for a box.

Painting Guide - Perry French Line Infantry

1st set, I am experimenting with colours and techniques.

Painting;

Brushes:- 0, 2/, 3/0

Undercoat: Black Chaos

Flesh: Tallarn Flesh, Dwarf Flesh

Uniform: Blue (56), Bleached Bone and Blue for highlights, Devlan Mud Wash

Piping: White

Greatcoats: Revell Stone Grey (73) Grey (57), Devlan Mud Wash

Rifles: Wood Brown (382), Schorched Brown

Swords: Silver, Gold, Black Wash

Basing;

Mounted on 20x20mm square bases.

Sand and Static Grass

See General Painting Technique for painting them.