At the end of the day, my take from all those exchanges is the following: it doesn't matter. If it looks good to me, it's good enough - after all, it is my lead being pushed on my table, and if you have a problem with it, stay at your home! But since these miniatures need to be painted, one way or another, I had to pic some bottles from the Vallejo box...
Here's how I proceeded. Gris-blanc is not really grey; but it is not white, either. It looks a pearlish off white when compared to bright white, but it looks white when compared to anything else. I then put on my palette some white, and just a minimal drop of a grey; at the end, I will "miracle dip" the miniatures with the more brownish Minwax Polyshade ("Antique Walnut Satin".) Hopefully, the final effect will be somewhat off-white, between grey-ish and cream. For the time being, here's how these infantrymen look at this stage of production.
Some work continues also on the Prussian fussiliers, but nothing worth reporting with a picture yet. Finally, I also dip the brush into some ground color for the mythical windmill... here, in exclusive, a preview for your eyes' only!
3 comments:
For "gris-blanc" I use a variety of light grays and off-whites.
I personally like to use slightly different colors for each battalion . . . thus making them more easily distinguished from one another.
My take is that essentially it was probably more-or-less dependent upon the mix of wool used for the coats anyway.
However I would have absolutely no problem with an opponent who chose to do them whatever way he chose.
So paint them however you like them . . . and most gamers will be quite happy to face them without worrying what exact shade they are (and no one really knows for sure anyway).
I look forward to seeing the finished result.
-- Jeff
Adik - for what it's worth I think you have hit the nail on the head with the choice you went for when depicting "gris-blanc".
When I paint French I use the lightest grey I can find, but I give it a very dilute wash of black ink afterwards.....
i love it! you've got mad skills!
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