Painting Perry Miniatures French Napoleonic Line Infantry 1807-1814 with Citadel Contrast Paint. 

Thanks very much. Haven't tried Contrast Paints on 15mm myself. I'm sure they would work well.

They are a novel tool, providing the base coat and shade in one. It is a small range of only around 30 colours, and they do naturally cater for the bright fantasy/sci-fi settings of Warhammer and its offspring, so precise authentic colour matching to uniforms is difficult. However, even a few paints to do whites, black and flesh alone could speed up the whole painting process, leaving "proper" colours for the important historical colours.

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching and your kind words.

It really does elevate them to the next level.

Their selling point is they are your base coat and shade in one bottle. Not so effective on flat surfaces and some colours work better than others though. Just like you said after your video, I have more paints than models it seems!

Thanks very much.

With practice they are a great addition to the painting arsenal.

Glad this video was some help!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!

Glad it was a helpful vid!

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed.

@@CullodenPaintingStudio no need to thank because your job is great. Can I put it on FB , I am in a group of 28mm players....

Yes of course. Please share.

Lots of use for them. Flow very well so good for shading and lining.

Cheers!

It's on the cards!

I will do. Thanks for watching.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed.

I do like my own minis that little bit grubbier. For the dress uniform look then Apothecary White for the breeches and Ultramarine Blue for the jackets would be good substitutions for the Skeleton Horde and Leviadon Blue. Not perfect, but the range is fairly limited at 30-ish paints. They definitely do lend themselves to historicals as well as sci-fi and fantasy though.

@@CullodenPaintingStudio I discovered just leave the Bone primer on the pants for my Austrians . And a Pale grey Wash from Vallejo to the jacket

I do like to have a difference between the shades of white on my models. Vallejo products are top notch.

I did some Russians with acrylic paints once before that's on the channel, but perhaps I can revisit them with some different paints. Thanks for watching.

Staining can be an issue. You can either do two coats, though you lose a lot of the depth of shade, or when applying one coat, start on a flat surface and move the brush to a recess. Doing so moves the bulk of the paint to an area that will have a deep shadow, and stop it drying in pools on flat surfaces.

Culloden Painting Studio Thanks for the tip, much appreciated.

It's something I have considered, but I don't have the cash to invest in another line of paints!

I have some "Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver" which I use at the end of a painting session. It's great stuff, but some washing up liquid is a cheap and readily available alternative.

I think Space Wolves Grey would be your best bet.

I think Space Wolves Grey would be your best bet.

@@CullodenPaintingStudio Chain mail is more like the old GW boltgun metal , SW Grey looks a little too light?

Yeah that's fair. Basilicanum Grey is darker, and perhaps if that was used for the deeper areas you'd get close to the old chainmail look. Having some Contrast Medium to hand would let you blend between the two if you are feeling particularly adventurous and want to go down the non-metallic metal route.

@@CullodenPaintingStudio Thanks for the tip, I realise the colour I was looking at wasn't a contrast, it was one of the base paints, called Leadbecher??

Packs on, though it does make painting the straps and jacket at the back next to impossible.

Different scales is maybe not a bad idea. Cheers.

Hello. Paints were: Citadel Contrast - Apothecary White, Darkoath Flesh, Skeleton Horde, Blood Angels Red, Gore Grunta Fur, Leviadon Blue, Black Templar, Bascilicanum Grey, Magos Purple, Snakebite Leather; Army Painter Platemail Metal, Vallejo Model Color Brass, Coat d'arms Ink Armour Wash Black, Army Painter Corpse Pale, Army Painter Drake Tooth, Army Painter Deep Blue, Vallejo Model Color Cork Brown, Vallejo Model Color Off White, Citadel Eshin Grey

Which part of the vid do you mean?

@@CullodenPaintingStudio I posted that in the wrong vid. It was supposed to be in the one where you finished the flags.

Yes. Could probably buy a flat in Chelsea for that.

As far as my knowledge of the 1807-1815 period goes that is correct for line infantry. No doubt someone will be along to correct me if that's inaccurate!

@@CullodenPaintingStudio, thanks for the reply. It's quite a world to navigate, Napoleonic uniform colors.

@@DArcher1999 no problem. It took me a long time to get confident with my knowledge, and even then I make the odd howler!