WIP Garde Suisse et Française, 1789

[MarquisMini]

Hello folks,
head it's on its final place, need to work on its wig and some details on the hat.
I started to work on the tails of the coat but need the epoxy to dry up.

 

[peedee]

Formidable m'sieur....

I'm really enjoying your work on this series Daniel.

Paul

 

[Chrisr]

Daniel,

Another couple of nice pieces. What are the differences between the 1767 regulation uniform and those of the 1779 -1786 uniform?

Cheers
Chris

 

[MarquisMini]

Daniel,

Another couple of nice pieces. What are the differences between the 1767 regulation uniform and those of the 1779 -1786 uniform?

Cheers
Chris

Hi Chris, there is quite few differences.
compare to the 1767 uniform, the new regulation uniform had its roots in 1776.
the coats had a more "prussian style", with stand up collar ,being slightly short and somehow colorful with collars in a different color than lapels and even turnbacks.
it was so unpopular the the new regulation came in 1779 with the cut of the coat 'a la Française', with long white tails .
the 1779 coat was the mother of the later napoleonic coats until they've changed to the closed up lapels in the front of the uniform.
here are two good examples of the 1767 , the 1779 and again the sligbtly modified coat regation of 1786.

 

[Chrisr]

Many thanks for your explanation Daniel.

Cheers
Chris

 

[MarquisMini]

Many thanks for your explanation Daniel.

Cheers
Chris

My pleasure Chris.
take care

 

[MarquisMini]

Hello folks,
work it on this switzer quite few hours in the past 2 days.
i completely stripped the remaining red paint on its coat, worked on the tails and turnbacks, added the arms (from a napoleonic sergeant ) and sand it ans smoothered some parts. This is the final pose for the figure.
i always like to give it some old illustration pose look, and especially proud and somewhat arrogant look appropiate and expected from a king's guard.
i have been wanting to try scale 75 acrylic paints , they seem to be nice and very vivid colors regardless their very matt finish when dry .
i have ordered 2 shades of red to try out and it will be in my ha ds on thursday.
so i will do a little review in here as i paint on this chap.
cheers

 

[MarquisMini]

I've got out of work early yesterday and had the chance to prime the figure.
I am using duplicolor self etching primer, so far it works great.
leaves a smooth surface and it is not very thick, dries really fast.

 

[MarquisMini]

The scale 75 red paint arrived on the mail today, so as soon as i got home i decided to give it a try.
Out of the bottle the color is very nice and intense, but as it dries up turns very matt, almost chalky.
so, plan B, used a combination of formula P3 Khorne red and a dab of vallejo game color gory red.
much halppier to use that as a base color.
it actually looks slight darker than the picture here.
doing my research i came to the conclusion that the red coat asociated to the Franco-swiss troops was in fact a darker Red than the more scarlet british red coat.
i hope i could make a good rendition of this swiss guard simce it is one of my favorite corps of the king's household

 

[celta0011]

felicitaciones!excelente escultura!

 

[Chrisr]

Coming along nicely Daniel.

 

[MarquisMini]

felicitaciones!excelente escultura!

Gracias campeon!

 

[Nap]

Daniel ,

As always your threads are full of interest and packed full of uniform information so thanks for sharing all tge uniform details .

As for the figure a cracking bit of work on the turnbacks and a great subject

Thanks for sharing

Nap

 

[Lasalle]

Bravissimo Daniel! Great achievements, I really like!

Andrea

 

[MarquisMini]

Thank you very much for your kind words Chrisr, Nap and Andrea.
best regards

 

[MarquisMini]

Hello planeteers,
finished the lace work and rank today.
the coat it's virtually done, just some touch ups left to do.

 

[MarquisMini]

Done with the coat, added the fleur-de-lys badges on the turnbacks (historex ancien regime attributes).
Layed the base color for the pants and vest usin a 1:1 mix of vallejo deck tan and stone grey.

 

[MarquisMini]

I finished the face, hat and coat of this guard.
next step it will be the pants and gaiters.
the mixes for the face were taken from Colorado miniatures- vallejo info.
there are 5 or 6 suggestions there.

 

[Nap]

Hi Daniel,

Looking good like those reds and the lacework .

Thanks for sharing the flesh mixes

Nap

 

[Edorta]

Great work with this conversion, Daniel, I love it. You nailed the color and tones of the uniform.

Military miniatures painted by Eduardo Garcia