Napoleonic Adventrures: Painting a Prussian Musketeer

 

In this episode I go through how I am painting my Prussianm Musketeers, there is an article on the blog to all the links of information sources and so on I have used: http://www.ringo-simpkins.co.uk/weblog/a/2015/03/how_to_paint_a_prussian_musketeer_1812_-_1815 Since doing this video I have come across some further information, apparently sword scabbards would be a leather brown colour (same as the - what I now know is the musket sling around the greatcoat roll over the shoulder), rather than black. I think my kollets are a bit too blue, the jackets were a really dark blue, so I might not use the light blue all over in future, just as a fleck of highlight. The officer's sheath was of red leather, not black and I am still hunting out the colours of the epaulettes of the officers greatcoat as I am not certain if they were just grey or of the same colours as the regimental distinction (in this case white) or rank. I did not paint the NCO's collar or cuffs with the gold lace, not through ignorance, I was just being lazy. Thanks to all who have helped me out with this.