A guide to painting Napoleonic French light infantry voltigeurs (WA September Challenge)

[@MedievalWargamer]

Brilliantly painted my friend! Great tutorial! Love the basing too!

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks. Used some Vallejo earth texture, painted it and placed some tufts.

[@BrushQuill]

A nice little tutorial show casing using a variety if techniques. Definetly helps to break down the biases of different painting styles (e.g. layering vs washes) with vids like this

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thank you. I tend to use a bunch of techniques depending on the result I want. Base, wash, highlight could have worked here too, but I do like the Foundry colours and layering technique on some elite units and commanders.

[@e-4airman124]

thank you just starting out with these

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks for watching and commenting on a bunch of videos. I am very glad they are of use to you.

[@maryhinge6334]

Brilliantly painted. Really enjoyed watching this, plenty of good ideas there.👍

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks. Glad it's useful.

[@ernieme101]

very nicely done ! i'd never use this technique on multiple battalions (i know some people do!) but it's great for a skirmish game like Sharp Practice , or if you have tons of time on your hands , or want to show off a special unit like this .

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks. It would take forever and a day to paint a brigade like this. It would look great, but I am content to save the higher quality stuff for commanders and special units.

[@liberator2408]

Very nice figures mate

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks very much!

[@vicsminiatures7949]

Nice tutorial! Thanks for sharing your process.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

You're welcome!

[@paulspaintshed3511]

Lovely brushwork mate.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks buddy!

[@BootsontheTable]

Great tutorial mate. Thanks for sharing

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Cheers!

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Very nicely painted

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Cheers!

[@bonysminiatures3123]

Lovely job

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Cheers!

[@haroldhardrada7449]

Great job on the unit. I really like the colpacks. I have an old box of Victrix French 1804-07. I dont care much for the figures, but heads in bicornes have a lot of character, and would also look great on the Perry 1807-14 figures. BTW, you did a fine job describing your method of painting. I really don't think anymore detail is necessary.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks for watching, glad the video got across the message. Bicornes are fun; one day I might look at Austerlitz as a project and go wild with them. Perry do metal bicornes for these minis too.

[@haroldhardrada7449]

The problem with Perry faces is they have adopted realistic proportions, which often results in shallow detail. I am of the school that certain details, like faces, need to be exagerated slightly. Although overall I rate Perry as the best, Victrix and Warlord faces often have more character.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Yes I'd agree that Victrix and Warlord faces can paint up better and quicker than Perry.

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Luvin your work. Learnt a lot from this video

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

That's great to hear. Cheers!

[@WargamersAnonymous]

Very nice painting as always mate! The drybrushing the colpack first is a canny trick.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

The contrast paint needs something lighter than the Halfords grey primer to work properly I've found. You can even drybrush pure white over citadel Wraithbone or Grey Seer to really enhance the Contrast paints.

[@SpriteLovuh]

This is great! I have a question about the plume though, can it be any color pattern? I’m very confused with it lately lol

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks for watching! Voltigeur plumes varied a lot. Some were green, some yellow, some had both, others had a little red! I don't think you can be criticised for choosing from those three colours. Some source paintings might have more info for each regiment, and there may be written documents from the time that could help confirm it. I don't worry that much though!

[@markt.3685]

Was there a specific unit that these light voltigeurs were painted to represent? Thank you for the tutorial, enjoyed seeing how this developed, cheers!

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Not really. I am happy enough to say that sometime in 1809 in the Peninsula some legere voltigeurs had colpacks and overalls!

[@douglasherron7534]

Great video with lovely results. The question I have is - where do you source the colour schemes for the uniforms & equipment? Do you reference Osprey/ Arms & Armour Press, Knotel, Funcken or the model box artwork?

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Thanks. Google images and Pinterest are a good starting point. I have a subscription to scribd.com which allows access to Osprey books online, as well as a host of often out of print titles for download. The Perry plastic boxes are very useful thanks to the info sheets they provide.

[@douglasherron7534]

@@CullodenPaintingStudio Thanks for the response. I doubt I will ever be able to paint as well as you do, but if I can at least get the uniform colours right that's a start! BTW, is there a reason you use Perry models and isn't 28mm a bit big in comparison to the normal 1/72 (25mm) for wargaming?

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

@@douglasherron7534 there are so many quality miniatures out there that every scale is catered for. I like Perry for their proportions and 28mm is my preferred scale to paint at. I really only get a chance to play skirmish games and 28mm is perfect for that.

[@douglasherron7534]

@@CullodenPaintingStudio Thanks for the info. I have a couple of boxes of Zvezda figures to start out with - hence the interest in how to paint them! Keep the videos coming - they are excellent (and perfect for beginners like me).

[@petermcmahan4975]

Any suggestions on brushes? I’ve been getting cheap ones from hobby lobby and they’re not holding a point, I’m careful to not smash them and clean very often

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

I think you might need to invest in some Kolinsky sable brushes. Brands like Winsor & Newton, Raphael or Rosemary and co. You can find them on artists sites if they're not available on hobby sites. Failing that, Army Painter brushes are a decent midrange option. The "regiment" and "character" brushes have served me well.