A guide to painting a Perry Miniatures plastic 28mm Napoleonic French 1st Hussar

A guide to painting Napoleonic French 1st Hussars.
The brightly coloured, gaudy, heavily decorated uniforms of the hussar regiments can be a difficult proposition to paint. This is a fairly in-depth look at painting the French 1st Hussars in pelisse for the earlier period – up to around 1808.
Colours used:
Primed black from below, grey from the sides and GW Wraithbone from above.
The pre-shading was intensified with GW Wraithbone from the pot along with Vallejo model colour off-white, and Army Painter Dark Tone Quickshade wash.
Vallejo Glaze Medium was used to thin the blues used.
Army Painter Crystal Blue
Army Painter Blue Tone Quickshade Wash
Army Painter Voidshield Blue
GW Contrast Black Templar
GW Contrast Blood Angels Red
Army Painter Tanned Flesh
Army Painter Barbarian Flesh
Army Painter Corpse Pale
Coat d’arms Hairy Brown
GW Snakebite Leather (older colour, not Contrast. Vallejo Model Color Light Brown would be an alternative)
Vallejo Model Color Off White
Vallejo Model Color Scarlet
Vallejo Model Color Light Grey
Vallejo Model Color London Grey
Vallejo Panzer Aces Dark Rubber
Army Painter Angel Green
Vallejo Game Color Sick Green
Vallejo Model Color Brass
Vallejo Model Color Gold
Wargames Foundry Blackened Barrel Shade
Wargames Foundry Gunmetal
GW Mithril Silver
Army Painter Mid Brown Quickshade Wash
Army Painter Dark Tone Quickshade Wash
Army Painter Quickshade Wash Mixing Medium
Brushes:
Winsor & Newton Series 7 Size 2
Kolinsky Sable Size 0
Army Painter Character Brush
For the pupils of the eyes, a Staedtler Pigment Liner 0.05mm pen was used