Sunday, November 13, 2011

OG 2nd Ed. 4th Swiss Infantry

Finished the remainder of the OG 2nd Ed. French - painted as 4th Swiss Infantry. I read that the red took on a violet shade in sunlight. I mixed a little bit of blue into the red for the base coat to give it a slightly darker look than the British red coats.
Here are some surviving examples of Swiss infantry coats - the two on the left are from the late 18th Century; the two on the right are from the Valaison Battalion.
A period illustration of 4th Swiss Regiment officers - in 1812 Bardin regulation uniforms.
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16 comments:

  1. Ben GilmourNovember 13, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    Lovely work as always, Dean!

    I wonder how many friendly-fire casualties they took when in the presence of the British?!

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  2. RodgerNovember 14, 2011 at 1:10 AM

    Excellent Dean. I would like to add some Swiss to my army one day.

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  3. Doc SmithNovember 14, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    Hard-fightin' straight-shootin' Swiss! Love 'em!

    Great work Dean.

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  4. GuidowgNovember 14, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    Great looking figures, really colourful. You get fantastic results.

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  5. The Angry LurkerNovember 14, 2011 at 2:52 AM

    Nice colour alright, really nice looking unit.

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  6. Ray RousellNovember 14, 2011 at 5:35 AM

    Great looking figures!!!!!

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  7. DeanMNovember 14, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I appreciate the interest - yes, these "redcoats" will liven up the look of the French infantry. Best, Dean

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  8. Christopher(aka Axebreaker)November 14, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    Really nailing it well on your Naps Dean!

    Christopher

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  9. Captain Richard's miniature Civil WarNovember 14, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Excellent paintwork, Dean

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  10. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Nice work Dean on the Swiss. It beats painting blue all the time.

    Cheers,

    Helen

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  11. CurtNovember 15, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Well done! The OG 2nd edition stuff is quite nice. I like what you've done with the red tones.

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  12. PaulalbaNovember 15, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    Really nice Dean,
    ANother unit I have noted down to add in the future.
    Cheers
    Paul

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  13. RazorOne223November 16, 2011 at 7:22 AM

    Nice looking unit, I have not yet tried OG 28mm figs. I have a bunch in my 15mm armies though. What do you think of them?


    cheers

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  14. DeanMNovember 16, 2011 at 7:49 AM

    Razor: I would say the 1815 (& probably the 1812 set too) are closest in both sculpting & size as Perry French - although slightly less robust. The 1809 set is slightly smaller than Perry. The Victrix French (& Highlanders) are a bit bigger/taller than both Perry & of course OG 2nd Ed. That all said, they look fine in their own units on the table - I will post a picture of them all based soon. Thanks, Dean

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  15. RazorOne223November 18, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Cool I cant wait to see them, thanks Dean.

    Cheers

    Eric

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  16. CurtNovember 28, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    I really like that red you've come up with. What are you using as the base colour? I'll have to poach that for when I do-up my own Swiss.

    Best,

    Curt

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