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Posted by **Tom71** on 22 Mar 2016, 22:30

I have painted them for a collector-friend and I hope you enjoy!

Posted by **Peter** on 23 Mar 2016, 10:40

They look good Tom. :thumbup:

Why did you paint the trousers white? On the boxart they have red trousers.

Posted by **Emperor** on 23 Mar 2016, 18:42

This figures are great, and their uniform design makes them good to represent armies that are not Zouaves, for example Greek and Balkan revolution wars of early XIX century...Greatly painted...

Posted by **davbenbak1** on 24 Mar 2016, 18:48

I used these for Evan's Louisiana Tiger Zouaves. There is a lot of detail on these figures.

Posted by **Green Tiger** on 01 Apr 2016, 11:00

White in summer, red in winter...

Posted by **Peter** on 01 Apr 2016, 12:08

Green Tiger wrote:White in summer, red in winter...

Is this knowledge or a guess? Share it with us Philip! ;-)

Posted by **Beano Boy** on 01 Apr 2016, 17:05

Great Looking Figures,and of course very well painted.
Often is the case modelers create even more poses by dunking the figures into boiling water,and then twist and bend them slightly in order to achieve a successful end.
In light of the recent special treatment concerning uniform parade saluting colours,i like to imagine these uniforms going into the same wash as the other red ones______________and everything coming out Pink! BB

Posted by **Peter** on 01 Apr 2016, 18:08

Don't mention soldiers in pink Paul! Last time we talked about that here on the forum, everything went wrong (very old topic here on the forum. It will be a challenge to find it! :mrgreen:

)!

Posted by **Tom71** on 01 Apr 2016, 19:13

Hey Peter,

on the colour plates they wear red trousers and the collector want them in this colour.

Posted by **Peter** on 01 Apr 2016, 20:20

Thank for the answer Tom! :thumbup:

Posted by **Green Tiger** on 04 Apr 2016, 15:05

The red in winter white in summer is knowledge. Those were the regulations anyway, to what extent they were followed is anyone's guess. Artist tend to show them in red because it is more dashing - artistic licence!

Posted by **Susofrick** on 04 Apr 2016, 15:34

Nice to see those! Good work, Tom! And I think I remember the discussion about the pink trousers, but I'm not sure.

Posted by **Paul** on 04 Apr 2016, 21:01

Peter wrote:Don't mention soldiers in pink Paul! Last time we talked about that here on the forum, everything went wrong (very old topic here on the forum. It will be a challenge to find it! )!

Happy days.
Not sure about the historical correctness but those green bases sure are sexy (not Tom´s, the one´s in the Link)
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2046&p=21672&hilit=pink#p21672

Posted by **Peter** on 04 Apr 2016, 21:50

Paul wrote:Happy days.
Not sure about the historical correctness but those green bases sure are sexy (not Tom´s, the one´s in the Link)
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2046&p=21672&hilit=pink#p21672

He found it! :lol:

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