Painting Prussians!
In the following I’m just going to show a single temporary base from the nine I will actually be painting. These as I mentioned will become three regiment bases on 60mm x 30mm MDF bases. Each representing a Combined Infantry Regiment from Hunnerbein’s brigade in Yorck’s Corps.
Each of those Combined Infantry Regiments is actually composed of a mixture of battalions from different Line Regiments in the Prussian army. In the case of the one I’ll show in the photos it’s the it’ll be the 2nd Combined Infantry Regiment which contains 1st Battalion of 3rd East Prussian Infantry Regiment and 1st and Fusilier Battalions of the 4th East Prussian Regiment. I’m going to choose just one of those battalions to represent whole Combined Infantry Regiment. In this case it will be the 1st Battalion of the 4th East Prussian Regiment.
When painting these I use a 000 Windsor and Newton Series 7 brush and a head magnifier over my reading glasses. My eyes really are not that great and magnification is key. There’s also a very bright LED lamp set to as close to sunlight shade as possible and a home-made wet-palette. Many of the paints used have been chosen because they are just ones I have to hand.
To start with I have applied the coat colour as a base. I’ve used Vallejo Prussian Blue. Some might say this is too bright for the dark Prussian coats, but with 6mm I’ve found it pays to paint with bright colours and anyway if you look around in various sources you will find a large range of shades represented. It seemed right to use a colour named after the nation I’m painting an army for.
Next is all the Black bits. Shako, which I will be leaving plain black to represent the commonly seen oil-skin cover, boots, bayonet and sword sheath, and ammo pouch.
Now the backpack in Cavalry Brown. Just a bit peaks out of the top above the greatcoat roll on the back.
And then the greatcoat roll itself in London Grey.
Now it’s on to brighter colours. The turnbacks will be red or Vermillion, the 4th East Prussian had light blue shoulder straps and brick-red or pale orange collars and cuffs. I’ve used Deep Sky Blue and Clear Orange for these.
Now the muskets and bayonets. Musket stocks first in Beige Brown, the colour I pretty much always use for wood. Bayonets and Swords in Oily Steel, which is my go-to steel colour. You’ll note I actually painted the standard staff white at this point after an extra bit of research.
I always used to paint the faces first on 28mm minis, but on 6mm they’re right near the end. Hands and faces in Dwarf Flesh as I always feel it looks nicer than the paler alternatives often proposed and various details in Old Gold, finial on the standard, sword hilts, sheath chapes.
Now its on to fine and miscellaneous details: the horse, drum and anything else I might have missed.
Next the standard transfer is added. This I’ve made myself with my inkjet printer and the images from www.warflag.com. The transfer is coated with Vallejo Matt Varnish and the edges of the image tidied up with appropriate coloured paint.
And the whole lot ready for basing, which will be the next blog post.
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