Tabletop CP Painting Guide: Napoleonic British Infantry

In this video I show you how to quickly paint Napoleonic British Infantry.

[@nirnman]

another great painting tutorial a couple of points tho'. As a Brit, I would point out that the jacket turnbacks were white and not in the facing colours, and there is no stripe of facing colour down the centre of the front of the jacket each regiment had its own design of the button lace however at this size it would merely appear plain white. One tip I found in doing the collars cuffs and straps on the backpack is to do them white first then paint the facing colour to leave fine white borders top and bottom of the collar and between the cuff lace and then main backpack colour up to the straps.

[@kevinweadick698]

Just wanted to say that I found this to be the most helpful tutorial on painting a miniature, let alone a napoleonic miniature that I've seen on you tube. Really helpful and informative, absolutely brilliant

[@StackingLimit]

Another great Painting guide saved to my playlist for when I start my Peninsula war Brits for Sharp practice.

[@CullodenPaintingStudio]

Super result. Brightly painted Napoleonics en masse are a sight to behold!

[@KS2teacher18]

Terrific painting guide. I thoroughly enjoyed painting along with it using a group of 1/72 Strelets British Infantry on the march. They look good, maybe good enough to be the first set of Guards in the Order of Battle that I'm building up - many thanks.

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Excellent tutorial mate

[@NSYresearch]

It is either a greatcoat or a blanket. The blanket was made of a heavy wool that kept the soldier reasonably warm. If he had a greatcoat it was made of heavy wool again.

[@NSYresearch]

I think that when I start my AWI British I'm going to follow your technique for painting.

[@West_Coast_Gang]

Painting my first mini! Edit: black powder Waterloo british, flank company

[@tabletopcp]

Awesome! Will be a great looking force 🍻

[@craigstidham3318]

Wow Travis! You painted the eyes 😀

[@tabletopcp]

Craig Stidham well yeah! You never know when the eye painting police will show up 😄

[@11thfoot1812]

A very good and informative painting technique, but i have to say that the Royal Scots did not have blue down the front of the tunic only the white lines across the tunic in either square ended or Bastion ended.

[@e-4airman124]

thank you

[@semlan113]

I really like how you've done the gravel part of the base. Would you like to show that in a video or tell us in the comments. Thanks for the good content :D

[@tabletopcp]

Real simple. Just a couple layers of sand glued to the base then primed along with the model.

[@mcnab4236]

Hi Travis. I have a flesh recipe for you to try. Try Vallejo flesh base,, then your normal Agrax wash, highlight again with flesh base then a final highlight of flesh base and your highlight flesh colour mixed 50/50. It will look great. Give it a go and let me know what you think 👍

[@tabletopcp]

McNab seeing as I am almost out of my old recipe and it’s hard to find the old Vallejo Panzer Ace line now I will need to try a new one. Thanks!

[@alejandrocantu4652]

I may be wrong, but I thought the British soldiers wear red jackets and brown pants. The red was to hide the blood in battle, and the brown was to hide the fact that they soiled themselves facing Napoleon.

[@tabletopcp]

😄 makes sense to me

[@joee1251]

Awesome tutorial! I'll give it a go. One question: what did you use for the movement trays, or where can I buy some?? Thx

[@tabletopcp]

I believe I got the trays from War Bases.

[@Fredeye63]

For me...the easiest, quickest way for flesh is to use Wraithbone base and the Guillman Flesh contrast. I've used it on both 28mm and 15mm and it works best.

[@tabletopcp]

I’ve been doing that with my ACW rebels but using pallid wyche flesh as the base.

[@Fredeye63]

@@tabletopcp Okay I'll have to try that. Funny that I was in suspense till the very end because I wanted to see what you were going to do with the face.

[@NSYresearch]

God i must sound like a real nerd ... the D shaped mess tins (canteen) were issued for over 100 years in various forms.

[@tabletopcp]

Tim Bix lol. It’s all good. I like to learn such things.

[@jvcpaints]

I see you're using the army painter brushes. I have been too, but I've noticed that the brushes I bought 3 years ago lasted a really, really long time (like 2 and half years) but the ones I picked up a few months ago are just f'd up and unusable. I'm just wondering whether you've had a similar experience or did I just get a bad batch of them.

[@tabletopcp]

JvC Paints I haven’t noticed them lasting less time. I used one army painter brush to do this whole army and most of the last and just had to buy a new one. I think that’s pretty good for the price.

[@jvcpaints]

@@tabletopcp Thanks for the answer. I was blown away that the tips just started fraying after 3 or 4 uses. I'm not a newb at this and I take pretty good care of my stuff, so I was a bit taken aback. Looking forward to your next WWII beat down on Andre. lol

[@2smallbros711]

Great tutorial 1 question why do you always use perry miniatures or warlord

[@tabletopcp]

2Small Bros mainly because they are the most available to me and I am familiar with them. I did preset some Front Rank stuff for my next project.

[@2smallbros711]

Thanks love sharp practice AWI

[@NSYresearch]

Are there many makers of 28mm Napoleonics in the US?

[@2smallbros711]

Old glory I think is based in the USA

[@kazama6245]

what scale soldier? 28mm?

[@tabletopcp]

Yep 28mm