Huguenot Regiment of Du Cambon - Teststand

So my test Stand gets near to be completed.

The Colourscheme I used hier (all Vallejo Colours if not stated differently)

Uniform:

Neutral Grey / Black Grey (2:1 Mixture - Basecoat)
Neutral Grey (Highlight 1)
London Grey (Highlight 2)

Uniform the blue parts:
Intense Blue
Sky Blue / Intense Blue (50:50 Highlight 1)
Sky Blue (Highlight 2)

Knots:

Ivory

Straps/Muskets:

Vallejo Colours
Flat Brown (Basecoat)
Beige Brown (First highlight)
Beige Brown/Ivory (50/50 Second Highlight)

Muskets/Bayonett/Knifes:

Vallejo Blackgrey (Basecoat)
Vallejo Gunmetal Grey (First highlight)
Vallejo Black Wash

Hats:

Vallejo Black (Basecoat)
Vallejo Black Grey (Highlight)
Vallejo Ivory (Hat around)

Faces:

Vallejo Colours
Beige Brown (Basecoat)
Brown Wash (Wash)
Flat Flesh (First Highlight)
Rosebrown (Second Highlight)

Huguenot Regiment of Du Cambon (Williamite)

My next project already basecoated is to paint a regiment of:

Huguenot Regiment of Du Cambon

(Picture curtesy of League of Augsburg webshop: http://www.leagueofaugsburg.com/shop/product-465.html )

This one gets a bit more tricky.

So first of all I have to admit I love to basecoat my miniatures in either white or a light grey. I guess thats always a matter of taste, but personally, I guess I wrote that before, have problems seeing every detail when basecoating black... So after the basecoat is dry I started to get familiar with the miniature and put up a black wash with Games Workshop Nuiln Oil.

Why that you might ask ? Taking a look at the miniatures here on the picture and after the print out with a colour laser printer I recognised a dark shaded grey as the main colour with a lighter tone on the more present parts.
What you possibly dont see in this picture is (and I hope someone might correct me here) that the command stand is more bluegrey then the grey of the rest of the infantry... thats the main colour challenge for me.

The wash in the early stage here brings clear breaks to the upcoming grey scales of the uniform. I use this method as I do not want to have some sort of "dirty look" afterwards, but a clear and "tidy" uniform.

So three stands ... 18 Figures .. lets see what this week brings...


Cheers
HaJo

Danish Foot Infantry (Williamite) - finished

I am really looking forward to my order of Pikes, Flags and the rulebook "Beneath the Lilly Banners" which I ordered through North Star Military over the weekend. Normally I would have called upon Barry from The League of Augsburg, but he stated he cant provide pikes... as to get Pikes it doesnt make sense for me and the postage to pay just to have the pikes delivered.

Also finished the Danish Foot Infantry which I started last week. What you see is 18 Infantry on foot. Missing is still the flags (including the Flagpoles) which are already ordered.

As I started this "How to paint" thing we should finish that one as well:

For the Uniform:

Vallejo Colours:
Khaki Grey (Basecoat)
Khaki (First highlight)
Buff (Second highlight)

Knots:
Buff/Ivory (50/50 Set as dots)

The parts below the uniforms and all other Red parts:

Games Workshop - Mecrite Red (Basecoat)
Vallejo - Vermillion (First highlight)
Vallejo - Vermillion/Ivory (50:50 Second Highlight)

Straps/Muskets:

Vallejo Colours
Flat Brown (Basecoat)
Beige Brown (First highlight)
Beige Brown/Ivory (50/50 Second Highlight)

Muskets/Bayonett/Knifes:

Vallejo Blackgrey (Basecoat)
Vallejo Gunmetal Grey (First highlight)
Vallejo Black Wash

Hats:

Vallejo Black (Basecoat)
Vallejo Black Grey (Highlight)
Vallejo Ivory (Hat around)

Faces:

Vallejo Colours
Beige Brown (Basecoat)
Brown Wash (Wash)
Flat Flesh (First Highlight)
Rosebrown (Second Highlight)

Hair:

Games Workshop - Yellow
Vallejo - Brown Wash

Total number of Colours used: 20

Danish Foot Infantry Test Stand

I finally managed to finish my first stand on the danish foot infantry...

Comments and suggestions are welcome