A place where Ancient Ancient armies can peacefully retire to...
Possibly.
Oh, and some pulp. A few things on 6mm SciFi tanks and stuff. And the toy soldiers. Especially the War of 1897... And now I seem to be starting on 20mm Napoleonics as well!
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Assyrian army
Saturday 2 June 2018
Rifle green?
Yes, I'm sure there was one in there somewhere, I just don't seem to be able to find it...
Yes, blacks are very difficult to make - especially recently as the best black dyes were banned because they were carcinogenic! Rifle Green as a colour wasn't standardised until 1890. Before that, a range of dyes were used that faded to a range of colours... so 1897 can justify a slightly 'off' colour by saying the uniforms in use were from old batches of cloth. Or, I can simply go back to my mantra 'toy soldier' and not worry as much about accuracy. As such, I'm trying 975 Military Green - it isn't really 'grey' enough but... see how it looks, paint over if don't like the look.
I end up mixing most of my colours since craft paints are designed for painting soldiers. My rifles end up being painted with a very dark mix of forest green and black.
For blue uniforms, pants etc I mix dark blue and black as I can never find a blue as dark as my old uniform. .
Rifles I use a range of browns/brownishes depending what's at hand - usually 983 Flat Earth though. For dark blue uniforms I've pretty much standardised on 899 Dark Prussian Blue. I try not to mix my own colours these days as I have this need to touch up too many mistakes - and it's not easy to match batches.
Yes, blacks are very difficult to make - especially recently as the best black dyes were banned because they were carcinogenic! Rifle Green as a colour wasn't standardised until 1890. Before that, a range of dyes were used that faded to a range of colours... so 1897 can justify a slightly 'off' colour by saying the uniforms in use were from old batches of cloth. Or, I can simply go back to my mantra 'toy soldier' and not worry as much about accuracy. As such, I'm trying 975 Military Green - it isn't really 'grey' enough but... see how it looks, paint over if don't like the look.
ReplyDeleteI end up mixing most of my colours since craft paints are designed for painting soldiers. My rifles end up being painted with a very dark mix of forest green and black.
ReplyDeleteFor blue uniforms, pants etc I mix dark blue and black as I can never find a blue as dark as my old uniform. .
Rifles I use a range of browns/brownishes depending what's at hand - usually 983 Flat Earth though. For dark blue uniforms I've pretty much standardised on 899 Dark Prussian Blue. I try not to mix my own colours these days as I have this need to touch up too many mistakes - and it's not easy to match batches.
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