How I Paint Things ft. The Army Painter - Napoleonic British

The Redcoat. Synonymous with British infantry across more than a century, from the American War of Independence through the Napoleonic period, right up until phasing them out during the Mahdist revolt. READ MORE:

A quick note on this video! For once, it's not an audio issue. I've actually had a cold the last couple of days while trying to record this, so it's me that's broken and not the mic, unfortunately!

With just a few block colours over a suitable primer, the famous redcoat of the Napoleonic period can be painted in very little time at all. Using white means our other colours remain bright and sharp, even after they've been dipped, and it makes touching up any mistakes on the cross belts very simple. This is a slightly different style to how I'd ordinarily paint, but it was suggested to me to try 'painting like an oil portrait' on a miniature and I think the slightly blotchier, broader areas of highlighting work pretty well over the dipped basecoats!

You could also very easily use this as the basis for American War of Independence soldiers with just a couple of changes in colours, and swap their trousers to grey for the later campaigns such as Waterloo. By the late 19th Century there were fewer white details and you'll probably find it much easier to start from a red primer instead, but you can experiment to see what you like the look of.

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PAINTS USED:

Matt White Primer
Barbarian Flesh
Demonic Yellow
Brainmatter Beige
Electric Blue
Leather Brown
Plate Mail Metal
Greedy Gold
Oak Brown
Uniform Grey
Matt Black
Pure Red
Matt White
Necromancer Cloak

Strong Tone Quickshade Dip