Restoring CBG-Mignot Cavalry (1 Viewer)

[Al Fisher]

I've restored about 30 CBG-Mignot horses and now must find riders for them. Finding riders circa WW1 has been much harder than expected, but I now have enough to at least start making three or four sets of French officer plus nine troopers each. (Should any of you have sources for additional riders o parts . . . Republican Garde and horizon blue . . . I'd certainly appreciate hearing from you. I wrote CBG-Migot, but they want 24 Euros each!!!) However, duplicating the facial color has me stumped as the flesh seems to have a yellowish cast . . . perhaps aged overcoating. Before I start exerimenting, I wonder if some of you could provide suggestions on how to go about this.

Thanks in advance . . .

Bosun Al

 

[blaster]

Hello Bosun Al,

I went to the CBG Mignot website and I do notice that the flesh can differ in some of their production sets. Generally it appears to have a yellowish cast, as you say.
http://www.cbgmignot.com/

I presume they use enamels in their production? The most consistent range are the Humbrol paints and you can go to this website which gives you a choice of enamels or acrylics:
http://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/humbrol-wallchart

If enamels, you may wish to consider the following: AA0076 Light Buff, AA0268 Trainer Yellow and AA0669 Flesh. Granted the colours may differ depending on your monitor setup etc but these two websites were seen on my monitor. I think that these colours best match the CBG Mignot flesh colours you require.


Rgds

Victor

 

[theBaron]

I use Testor's gloss enamel Cream for Caucasian skin color, on my toy soldiers. You could start with that, and maybe add a touch of yellow, but maybe also a touch of red to balance it.

Prost!
Brad

 

[johnnybach]

€24 each! - or should that be OUCH!

The only way you can get near a colour that you want Al - is to experiment.

I have never painted up a Mignot - and I don't know what paints they use. I use Humbrol Gloss - and some Revell - where this is a better option for what I do.

However, if I were using Humbrol - I would start with Flesh colour - and experiment from there.

I always use margarine tub lids - which are made of plastic - and plain white on the inside, as pallettes.

Cream, Ivory or White paint will lighten the shade of Flesh. Any of the yellows will change the colour in that direction. Red-Brown will deepen the Flesh Colour ( which is what I use to give rosy cheeks - or to define fingers etc). The more you mix in the "change" colours to your starter colour ( in this instance Flesh), the more the mixed colour will change.

I use the pallettes to mix small droplets of paint - AND RECORD WHAT I USE - for each trial. These colours will change as they dry.

Keep going with those that look promising - and eventually you will come up with something that you can probably live with.

[I may add that for my Glossy TS's I just like the Humbrol Flesh colour as it is for hands/faces - and always use that, regardless of what figure or casting I'm painting. I use Red-Brown for lips - and a mixture of Flesh/Red-Brown for rosy cheeks or shadow areas. If I want highlights - I mix in Flesh/Ivory. I also usually paint in rosy cheeks or highlights, wet into wet - but lips go on last - when the face is dry. ]

That last bit is what I do - Hope that helps - jb