My first artillery piece... Boom!
When I first bought this 'unit' I had no idea who it would belong to...
Then I read Charles Grants description of the Danish artillery in The Armies and Uniforms of Marlborough's Wars...
"The Danish artillery regiment wore a violet coat lined green"
I am in...
Finding a suitable violet not as simple as had thought it would be...
I tried a number of colours before I settled on Vallejo Model Colour 960 Violeta...
Whether this reflects the true colour of cloth that would have been used I don't know... but the colour looks just right on the miniatures as far as I am concerned.
Of course to balance the vibrant uniform... the guns... I found out were also a nice quiet combination...
Red with yellow fittings...
I chose a fairly subdued set of colours for the gun... and the facings.
The overall effect is a lot more sombre than I would have expected and very pleasing...
The Coats... Vallejo... 960 Violeta.
The Facings... Citadel... Loren Forest.
The Gun Carriage... Citadel... Khorne Red.
The Fittings... Foundry... Ochre 4B.
The miniatures are as always Front Rank...
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/spanish-succession/
The paints are Citadel...
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling
And Wargames Foundry
https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint
Bases from Warbases...
https://warbases.co.uk/?product_cat=premier-bases-metric
There are many suppliers for Vallejo... a web search should help you find a source easy enough.
After a little research I have found a French dragoon regiment that fits the colour scheme I have..
Dragoon Regiment Pereux..They have a rather nice Guidon.
I also had to add some white piping around the edge of the cap and paint the tassel the same...
All the best Aly
Smart looking gun and crew, Aly!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jonathan.
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Looks good! Violet would be hard to turn down.
ReplyDeleteThank you Peter...
DeleteIt would have been rude not to do it...
All the best. Aly
Colourful period isn’t it? Looking good Aly.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is...
DeleteThank you Paul.
All the best. Aly
Oups, we don't have any Danish troop in our armies...So tempting when I see this beautiful artillery, top notch job!
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil...
DeleteGo on you know you want to...
All the best. Aly
Very regal looking troops Aly.
ReplyDeleteThank you Phil.
DeleteAll the best. Aly
Lovely lovely colours and paintwork, I do like your basing too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ragsta.
DeleteAll the best. Aly
An excellent job on both groups of figures Aly. I have some Danes for this era but don't think I did artillery - just battalion guns served by grenadiers...
ReplyDeleteThank you Keith...
DeleteBattalion guns served by Grenadiers sounds rather interesting.
All the best. Aly
Splendid stuff there Aly!
ReplyDeleteThank you David.
DeleteAll the best. Aly.
Had a hard time wrapping my head around "violet" when you mentioned it--nicely rendered!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ed...
DeleteIt doesn’t seem right at first...
But as you can see ...:-0
All the best. Aly
If I'd read your post before seeing the figures I think I would have been put off but as it is they look splendid!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thank you Iain...
DeleteI was a bit surprised myself.
All the best. Aly
Violet and green.... it works. Why? WHY!
ReplyDeleteHi Mark...
DeleteI have been told that it is because they are complimentary colours...
I don’t know if my brain can deal with the science...
All the best. Aly