With apologies to Blackadder fans; when thinking of a title for this post, the only thing that popped into my head was Baldrick's poem of the same name.
the Estavian artillery so far. Only one heavy gun and crew to paint.
To complete, some previously unshown Grenzer.
Very colorful guns!
ReplyDeleteJonathan,
ReplyDeleteThey are based on those of Hesse-Cassel. Surprisingly vibrant!
I've tried to match the main colour of the gun carriages to the heraldic colour for the state (blue for Bravance etc).
The plan was for white guns and then I found the HC ones on My Seven Years War blog, which also incorporate red.
Neil
I do like those cannon!
ReplyDeleteThey were just going to be plain boring white. Then I saw the Hesse Cassel ones! The Saxon scheme looks nice as well!
DeleteNeil
After the battle the army can sell the guns to the circus. Already have an appropriate paint scheme. 😀😀
ReplyDeleteDe dit diddle da der der dit diddle......☺
ReplyDeleteNeil
Agree with the other chaps; somehow my cannon will never be the same after seeing this...I may go off on a seventeenth century imagi-nation spiral...
ReplyDeleteWhat I will say is they are a bit of a b****r to paint!
DeleteIt's all about straight lines and touching up where you go wrong. I've also had issues with the white picking up red and going a bit pink. Can't identify if it's due to bleeding between colours or contamination from my fingers or the paint water or even all three.
The red is definitely a strong pigment and dominates the colour of the wash pot! Both white and red are Vallejo.
Neil