WIP 40mm Royal Deux-ponts Fusiliers, Yorktown

[MarquisMini]

 

[Edorta]

They look great. Are you sure about the yellow piping on collar?

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

 

[taffjones]

Hello Daniel, lovely work as always matey, will be following it closely.

Jonesy

 

[Jaybo]

Hi Daniel,
I too love this period and this regiment. My wife and I recently visited Savannah where the Royal Deux-Ponts regiment took part on the attack on the British redoubts there (unsuccessfully). They did so along with the Haitian 'Les Chasseurs Volontaires de Saint-Domingue' to which there is a life size bronze group dedicated to them.
I must agree with Eduardo on the shade of blue issue. There is a similar debate as to the shade of sky-blue that the French 5th hussars wore during the Napoleonic Wars (I side with the darker shade for reasons I won't go into here). But as the late great Col.Elting reminded me once, we must remember that in the 18th/19th centuries theu used vegetable based dyes, NOT modern color fast dyes!
Keep up the good work and Vive le roi!

 

[MarquisMini]

They look great. Are you sure about the yellow piping on collar?

Hi Eduardo, to honestly answer you , i am not completely sure about the piping on the collar.
i have seen so many contradicting sources on the piling of the collar as well as the colors of the coat.
i've always prefer a "non piping" collar for two reasons, 1, it's a painstaking process to do it, 2...i lime the look without the piping but you and i lime to be as historically accurate and sources don't make any easier.
i will look further into my archives and make a desition on wether to paint over or not.
i will keep you aprise of the change.
As always,thanks for your valuable input.
regards


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[MarquisMini]

Hello Daniel, lovely work as always matey, will be following it closely.

Jonesy

Taff, thank you for folling up , good to jave you here mate.
regards

 

[MarquisMini]

Hi Daniel,
I too love this period and this regiment. My wife and I recently visited Savannah where the Royal Deux-Ponts regiment took part on the attack on the British redoubts there (unsuccessfully). They did so along with the Haitian 'Les Chasseurs Volontaires de Saint-Domingue' to which there is a life size bronze group dedicated to them.
I must agree with Eduardo on the shade of blue issue. There is a similar debate as to the shade of sky-blue that the French 5th hussars wore during the Napoleonic Wars (I side with the darker shade for reasons I won't go into here). But as the late great Col.Elting reminded me once, we must remember that in the 18th/19th centuries theu used vegetable based dyes, NOT modern color fast dyes!
Keep up the good work and Vive le roi!

Thanks for you kind words Jaybo!.
I am sure it must be a great experience visiting those places which i am planning to do one day.
I too, like the darke shade of "sky blue", some sources tend to make it look like really light.
Let's see what i come up with on this project.
Best regards!

 

[MarquisMini]

They look great. Are you sure about the yellow piping on collar?

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia

Eduardo, something that i forgot to mention regarding the illustration you've sent me before when we talk about the shade of Sky blue.
2 things, the bearskin cap is supossed to bear the King's cypher, the second is the yellow, too golden to be lemon yellow .
i've seen a lot of these grenadier caps and i deed, some regiments wore a genade, but especially Royal regiments must have borne the king's arms.
Regards

 

[Martin Antonenko]

Very nice - as ever!

Cheers

 

[MarquisMini]

Very nice - as ever!

Cheers

Danke Martin!

 

[MarquisMini]

Hello folks, i was able to finished the sky blue coat on two of the troopers, rather than working on all of them i decided to try a combination of blues that i am happy with and will use the same with some variation on other troopers, coats had a lifespan of 3 years and i am sure the wear and tear was not the same for everybody .
I was researching on the piling on the collar as it was mention by Edorta , i found more sources that omit the piping than sources that mention the piping, so i decided to get rid of the yellow piping on the collar and love it, great look for these chaps.
regards

 

[MarquisMini]

Making progress on these chaps.
Need to finish the faces, gaiters and muskets....can't wait to put them on the battlefield :-S

 

[ChaosCossack]

Perfect blue

Colin

 

[MarquisMini]

Perfect blue

thanks my friend

Colin

 

[MarquisMini]

Hello planeteers,
I have finish the first batch of 12 tropers plus commanding officer and two flag bearers.
This week i'll work on the hands with muskets and place them on the left arm.
i already started to work on the 3rd of the 4 bases and decided to ace the troopers on it cause i run out of working space a d sometimes the paint get chilled when the fall, so better to have them already there.
i will come up with 6 grenadiers soon,they will be aced on the left of side of the picture.
i am now working on one of the 4 drummers i am pla ning to add to this regiment.
regards

 

[ChaosCossack]

They really look good once they are on the groundwork... gives them some context and seems to give them some life.

Great work... carry on my friend

Colin

 

[MarquisMini]

They really look good once they are on the groundwork... gives them some context and seems to give them some life.

Great work... carry on my friend

Colin

thanks for your cheering words my friend.
i will post more pics soon.
best regards

 

[Wings5797]

Hi Daniel,
These chaps look awesome on your groundwork.
I have seen a great change in your painting skills on these tiny armies over the months. Very good work.
All the very best,
Keith

 

[MarquisMini]

Hi Daniel,
These chaps look awesome on your groundwork.
I have seen a great change in your painting skills on these tiny armies over the months. Very good work.
All the very best,
Keith

Cheers keith!
thanks for you comments.
Best regards

 

[MarquisMini]

Hello folks, working on the Royal Deux-ponts drummers now.
I decided to have 4 rather then the usual 2, so, it will ne a little bit of work painting those king's livery but i think it will look great when done.
Regards