Chassuer Cheval ? Again!

[Helm]

Is this red/crimson about right ? There seems to be a different colour in every reference I have
Cheers
Steve

 

[kagemusha]

Hi Steve, pm sent.

Ron

 

[billyturnip]

This might help Steve,
http://www.cbx41.com/105-categorie-10508842.html

 

[Helm]

Cheers Ron and Rog heh sounds like a couple of east end mobsters

Steve

 

[MarquisMini]

Based on the reference pics i think you should be ok with basic red , crimson is a more "pinkish " red.
for the crimosn i use Magenta and a dab of napoleonic red.

 

[ChaosCossack]

Depends with regiment of Line Chasseurs this figure represents... Could be red, crimson, rose... Also, depending on the regiment, the facing colour would be shown on collar and cuffs or just cuffs etc. Its layed out in detail in the Rousellot book, I can forward it if you want.

Colin

 

[Helm]

It's not line sorry my bad it's Guard

 

[Lasalle]

To me it seems so perfect...
Andrea

 

[ivopreda]

ciao Steve

if you are painting a Guard chasseur of the guarda the colour you are looking for is RED, a scarlet red.
Nothing similar to crimson.

the attached picture shows exactly the same uniform with a dark green slightly changed in a blu.... has to be very dark green

 

[Helm]

Much appreciated Ivo thank you

Steve

 

[ChaosCossack]

I agree with Ivo... The red is a good solid red (I use Carmine as a base) and the green is a dark, almost black, green.

Colin

 

[Blind Pew]

Ditto.

 

[Wings5797]

This might help Steve,
http://www.cbx41.com/105-categorie-10508842.html

Great spot Roger.
Looks to be a very good museum.
Just drive away from my house and I didn't know it was there!
Cheers,
Keith

 

[Helm]

Great spot Roger.
Looks to be a very good museum.
Just drive away from my house and I didn't know it was there!
Cheers,
Keith

Go take pictures post haste lol

Steve

 

[Einion]

In case it's of any help to Steve and others, a quick bit on some of these colour/hue names.

Scarlet = orange-red, so anything scarlet should be at least a little orangey.

Crimson unfortunately varies a great deal in how it's defined, but for uniforms it's often a little to the magenta side of middle red, i.e. closer to rose; need to be careful here though, in paints crimson is usually not more magenta-ish, just darker.

A visual guide may help with remembering this down the line:

orange - scarlet - red - crimson - rose - magenta - red-violet​

BTW, it's best to avoid referring to crimson as pinkish as this implies it's lighter (as in red tinted with white).

Einion​

 

[1969]

Looking good so far mate.

Steve

 

[Helm]

Thanks for the tip Einion. Cheers Steve yeah it's early days but coming along.

Steve

 

[chippy]

It looks fine to me steve , Just How Many projects do you have on the go there Steve ??
chippy

 

[Helm]

Cheers Chippy, ATM I have the Agincourt scene,Batman (nearly done), Hinchcliffe Gothic Knight, Steve Readdies Pilgrim Knight and this one in various stages of work and a few in the grey army lol

Steve

 

[MarquisMini]

Yep,the vest is RED , very RED.
Perhaps i will use some combo between napoleonic red and bermellion