french napoleonic infantry

[badger]

i am struggling to paint white trousers on a French Napoleonic soldier - 120 mm scale/ help, badger

 

[MCPWilk]

I don't know if this is helpful, but I tend to use oils over an acrylic base or Halfords white primer and find that in the larger scales, "less is more":
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/150mm-officer-16th-light-dragoons-1812-815.78296/
http://www.planetfigure.com/threads...first-foot-guards-st-james-palace-1805.61911/

Good luck,

Mike