Army of the Blue King - Campaign Proposal

[Roger]

Thanks very much Eric, I should get some more done today. 

[errant49]

Very good Roger
I like it
Eric

[Roger]

Cheers Mark, painting on.

[marko]

Looking good Roger - paint on.


mark 

[Roger]

Here's how mine is looking at the moment.

[Roger]

It's been nice catching up on this thread and the nice work of all the painted figures so far. Now I am on leave work can continue mine. 

[errant49]

I had a chance to own an original copy of Hoffman's book
I confirm silver
Eric

[marko]

This has exposed an interesting issue to this time period - Neckel has an extraordinary line of figures for the Army of the Blue King.  A number of them are direct copies of drawings by Anton Hoffman such as this one.  However, the reproduction of these drawings and the uniforms is a bit variable depending on the source.


The photo I used is from the Anne S. K. Brown library.  The most common reference out there is from Nafziger which has different coloring on a number of the figures than the print at Anne S. K. Brown.  There are a number on the internet which also show some slight variations. 


Unfortunately there does not appear to be a huge amount of other information available.  Best advice seems to be that taken - do what feels right and looks good...

[alfsboy]

Thanks for the replies .I will go with my initial thoughts on this and go silver ,blue and silver always looks good .
Martin

[peter michael prow]

I researched this as much as I can, because I'm VERY picky about getting stuff right, sadly!
 I found conflicting illustrations, but from other precedent it's likely white to retain the distinctive between the officers.
For the record, I just did mine how I liked

[johnr]

Hi Martin,
I have illustrations showing silver or white and what looks like gold colour. So take your gut feeling. I painted mine gold because it was what I prefered.
 
John R

[alfsboy]

Does anyone know if the lace colour was silver or white  for a trooper .My gut feeling says silver as later ceremonial units had silver though this doesnt follow the usual silver  for officers and white for other ranks etc.
thanks in advance
Martin

[marko]

It is looking good Martin.  I am indeed chuffed about the wonderful results we have seen from this!  It is always great fun to see the multiple interpretations/choices painters make on the same figure.  Paint on.


mark 

[alfsboy]

My one is coming on .i am slowly relearning my skills or lack of them .Like they say "use it or lose it "
Martin

[Charles]

Yes, very nice John, I like it.