Lace 'n Big Hats

Lace 'n Big Hats is a diary of my lead adventures. The title comes from a remark of Martin Rapier, a member of TMP. Lace 'n Big Hats aggregates historical periods such as the Lace wars, Seven years war, Napoleonic Wars etc, which had this elaborate dress as one common factor. I like the phrase so much I am thinking of using it as a name for a rule set I am working on. My historical interests are actually a bit broader, so I will be throwing in bits and pieces from WW2 and even the Modern era.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

28mm Napoleonic Saxon line infantry (Calpe miniatures)

These figures are from Calpe miniatures. White is a very hard colour to paint. I have used various techniques to paint white and never settled on one. For the moment my view is that a white uniform should be mainly white, with subtle shading. That is hard to achieve in reality. For most purposes it is best just to paint the item white and use a very light grey or brown wash. I've done "highlights" of pure white after this. It takes quite a long time.