Epic Revolution, Part 5: The 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) Painting Guide

 

The 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) in 28mm from Perry Miniatures.

I can definitely tell you that I am not going to paint my 12.5mm Epic Highlanders with the same detail as the above Perry's. I have painted the 71st two previous times using Old Glory Miniatures and Perry Miniatures. The good news is the quality of the Warlord Games Epic Highlanders that are resin. The figures do come in strips but there are a few individual figures for options so I used one to figure out how I was going to paint the unit. As always, this is a painting guide, not the painting guide.

Prime in white as I don't want the figures to look too dark as they are smaller.

I used Citadel Contrast (CC) Darkoath (BWAH HAH HAH!) Flesh for the skin.

I used Vallejo (V) Flat Red for the dicing on the band. As I painted I cleaned it up a bit.

V Dark Blue for the bonnet and CC Black Templar for the feather.

CC Blood Angels Red for the jacket.

I'll clean up the turnbacks later; fortunately the facing color and turnbacks for the 71st is white.

Trouser/coveralls are V Flat Earth.

The haversack and strap are V Buff. The cartridge box, bayonet scabbard, and canteen are CC Black Templar.

The musket is V Mahogany Brown. That's it. I'm not doing the metal parts of the musket for speed of painting.

V Gold for the cypher on the cartridge box and the end of the bayonet scabbard.

The hair will be various shades of brown, black and yellow ochre. The epaulettes, cuffs and turnbacks are V Flat white. The boots are also CC Templar black and I painted over the canteen with V Steel.

That's it! Quick and easy. Now to do the unit!