A Chota Sahib figure simple repaint (1 Viewer)
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Painted the face on this piece. Just starting on the trews. I had been misled by an old Cassin-Scott painting that showed the trews to have broad light green bands. Anyway, the trews needed repainting and I am adding another layer of banding to the trousers, hopefully will be shown in the next pics.
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Hi Blaster,
Spotted your thread the repaint of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) figure.
I wore the uniform of The Cameronians for a good number of years, and have noted that some modellers and painters, often insert an extra white line on the fly line of the trews, but that is an error , none existed, see the following link for a clear shot of the front of the trews, - https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...0041/lot-2ab1d4ac-38be-4a93-909d-a59900fbd43d
Sorry not skilled enough with the technology, to show image.
As can also be seen there is a lot of blue I the trews.
Good Luck with the repaint.
Yours,
Blackbob
Spotted your thread the repaint of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) figure.
I wore the uniform of The Cameronians for a good number of years, and have noted that some modellers and painters, often insert an extra white line on the fly line of the trews, but that is an error , none existed, see the following link for a clear shot of the front of the trews, - https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...0041/lot-2ab1d4ac-38be-4a93-909d-a59900fbd43d
Sorry not skilled enough with the technology, to show image.
As can also be seen there is a lot of blue I the trews.
Good Luck with the repaint.
Yours,
Blackbob
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Hello Blackbob,
Thanks for looking and commenting.
When I decided to redo the trews which was done many years ago, I had only known about missing an extra band on the lower edge of the trews.
Many illustrations show the sett as black bands and lines on a green background. However, thanks for your link which I have added here as a pic. This shows the black bands as largely a blue hue. Where they intersect, there is a darker blue square. I have also added a typical illustration of the Cameronians. The real thing is always not as glamorous as the illustrations, same as with Napoleonic uniforms
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I will tint my black with blue.
Rgds
Victor
Thanks for looking and commenting.
When I decided to redo the trews which was done many years ago, I had only known about missing an extra band on the lower edge of the trews.
Many illustrations show the sett as black bands and lines on a green background. However, thanks for your link which I have added here as a pic. This shows the black bands as largely a blue hue. Where they intersect, there is a darker blue square. I have also added a typical illustration of the Cameronians. The real thing is always not as glamorous as the illustrations, same as with Napoleonic uniforms
.I will tint my black with blue.
Rgds
Victor
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Did a lot of ptg over the weekend. I also straightened the white line on the back of the trews for this piece.
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Grey Heron
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Nice brushwork Victor on this figure. An interesting topic to cover.
Cheers,
Grey
Cheers,
Grey
What a terrific piece of work. I did a figure of a Cameronian officer a while ago (could desperately use a repaint) and this is the guide I used for the plaid. Almost no matter what I did, the blue lines jumped out too much. I like the way you handled it.
