Warlord Games Epic Battles ACW Painting Tutorial | Never in Rags - Alternative Confederate Uniforms
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- It's been a long time since my last Epic ACW painting tutorial, in fact they were among the very first videos, but now it's time for a new one with a difference. The combination of Warlord Games very kindly sending me some pre-release frames which I reviewed recently, and some great conversations with historian Jeff Dugdale about the often incorrect depiction of Confederate uniforms, has lead to this alternative Confederate Infantry Tutorial.
Intro and uniform discussion: 00:00:00 - 04:17
Practical Tutorial Starts: 04:18
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Finally someone does a modicum of research. Confederates did receive issues of uniforms, and this info is available with a bit of digging. Very well done.
Thank you. The author of the book Jeff Dugdale has been very helpful.
Oh my good grief, i may now have to buy the starter set. These look bloody awesome! Fantastic tutorial (as always).
Thank you 😊
Top notch as always........
Thank you 🙂
Nice job, looking forward to the plastics coming out.
Thank you Norm, hopefully they won’t be long now.
Another excellent tutorial mate 👍 lovely stuff
Cheers mate
Another top-notch painting tutorial! Whilst I don't personally use contrast paint, these tutorials are realy helpful and look great too. Have been looking for some other uniforms for Confederate troops other than the usual rag-tag look, and this more uniformed approach definitely breaks up the lines of mis-matched grey and butternut. Great looking books by Jeff and the resulting paint schemes are fab.
Thank you 😊
Stuart, this is fantastic!! As a long time Civil War reenactor and student, it's wonderful seeing this.
I have explained to many spectators passing through our camps over the years that the romantic myth of the ragged rebel has been somewhat overblown to due legend and nostalgia.
That book looks really excellent, I have to pick up a copy.
Don Troiani, who is world famous for making highly accurate paintings of Civil War battle scenes, also has painted many individual soldier studies over the years. He has one of the largest personal collections of Civil War uniforms in the world. I had the privilege of meeting him in person and asking him questions a long while ago at an event he was hosting.
This was one of his central endeavors. To show how a number of Confederate states were actually quite able and successfully clothed their troops in fairly standard uniforms, sometimes completely standard. North Carolina is one that comes to mind. They actually produced so much clothing and uniform items that they built up a surplus in their warehouses. They issued a state gray version of the federal fatigue blouse I believe, as well as matching gray trousers. And the way you painted your Confederates here replicates that wonderfully.
Anyone painting a miniature Civil War army can indeed pick certain regiments or brigades and simply paint their entire uniforms gray, because as we've seen it's completely accurate. Same would go for painting entire units in a single shade of brown or tan. Butternut uniform sets were issued as often as the gray ones.
Really love your passsion and dedication into the level of research your doing for this time period. Too many reenactors and gamers get it wrong, and it thrills me to no end to see you replicating the actual historical record!
Thank you Mike, that’s really very kind. The credit should go to Jeff for sending me the initial email, really got me thinking about how to add some more uniform styles to my army, but also to do a additional video. I’m definitely looking forward to painting more regular units now, will be nice to mix up the styles a bit.
I guess uniform wise I knew there were many variations, but definitely fell into the trap in thinking that once the initial uniforms were issued in 61’, that they weren’t re-supplied as well as they were.
Look fantastic Stuart - great to see alternative uniforms and will look great in massed ranks. As usual the painting is awesome 👍🇺🇸🏳️⚧️
Thank you 😊
I don’t have a citation on short hand, but I heard that of all the southern states, NC was really the only one who prepared uniform wise. German WWI POW’s were getting NC sack coats in the prisoner camps.
@@koshersalt3233 I believe Virginia was able to achieve a number of consistent uniform issues.
If I recall correctly, when Longstreet's corps was sent to the western theater in late 1863 after fighting at Gettysburg nearly the entire corps was issued matching sets of bluish gray coats and trousers.
After the battle of Chickamauga that September, federal soldiers remarked how Longstreet's corps was almost mistaken for being federal soldiers because their was such a strong blue cast to their uniforms.
Great tutorial just started painting 28mm minutures very helpful.
Thank you 😊
thanks Stuart, very interesting. Do you know where Jeff's books can be purchased from?
I found one on eBay but bought one direct from him. They’re smaller publisher type books, I know he’s writing some WW2 stuff for Pen & Sword, but think some stuff is harder to get than others.
The detail you are picking out is fantastic. I shal make notes on the paints you are using. Here’s hoping😢
Thank you Leon 🙂
Very nice as usual. If you are looking for a slightly darker shade of that tan/butternut as per the trousers on the Louisiana colour plate may I suggest VMC Khaki Grey
Awesome, cheers Mike. I think I have that so might give it a go.
you are so good
Thanks super kind 😊
The "Confederates in Rags" idea did have some historical basis. While frontline units generally received proper uniforms (or bought them themselves) based on their states pattern, there were several militia units in the rear areas that never received proper uniforms or received cast offs from frontline units. "Militia" is an inaccurate word - many of the frontline units were Militia troops and the Confederacy lacked much in the way of a "Regular" army. These rear units could be described more as young boys, criminals, infirm etc. Many of these militia units were set up by local leaders and were involved in hunting escaped slaves, enforcing taxes, policing, etc. or even enforcing the local mayors whims. However, In Sheridan's March to the Sea, and other actions towards the end of the war, these units suddenly found themselves called up to repel the Union forces, often with disastrous consequences. As Union forces penetrated deeper and deeper into Confederate territory, they encountered several of these militias clad in rags or civilian clothing, lacking boots or even firearms.
Thank you Denis, that’s really interesting, thank you for taking the time to share that. I’ll certainly be painting many of my regiments in the ‘mixed’ style for sure as I know uniforms were not always perfect, and from what I’ve seen recently varied from company to company. It’s nice to have the option of doing different styles.
@@MiniatureRealms There was also the famous "Butternut" Confederate uniforms. They were uniforms that were bleached in a particular mix that gave them a light brown "butternut" colour. It is believed that many of these uniforms were actually captured Union uniforms which were then bleached so they could be used.
Also, before the war, and for much of the 1st year, existing state militias have a variety of uniforms in different colours. The uniforms were designed most for parade use and quickly wore out in the early campaigns. But it did lead to great confusion at 1st Bull Run where friendly fire was a real problem due to the mish-mash of colours.
@@denisoconnell9717The butternut color came from jean wools dyed with things like logwood to make them gray. These dyes were unstable and quickly reacted with sunlight to fade to varying shades of tan and brown.
Lovely, have you ever considered painting late war army of Northern Virginia confederates, many of them were clad in blue uniforms imported from England and its a uniform ive never seen done in miniature form
Thank you. I haven’t thought of that, might be a fun project one day, I’ll look it up.
@@MiniatureRealms What I have seen a lot of in Osprey books etc is Confederates with grey jackets and light blue trousers taken from captured Union stocks
Yep I’ve noticed that as well. Definitely loads of different uniforms in use.
Don't forget the alternative Confederate flag (all white) ;)
🙂
Greetings, nice painting tutorial, but the figure are horrendous, I mean really bad, are they ACW? The forage cap\kepis are terrible and look only passingly like the real article. Who ever made them should try checking out period photos or Harpers's Weekly prints. I know it is a different scale but check out Dixon Minis in the U.K., variation and the head gear is done correctly.
I’ll have a look, cheers John 🙂
Brilliant video as always Stuart. I may have asked this before so apologies in advance. I've found contrast to rub off to the touch, do you varnish your miniatures. I found a gloss varnish and then a matt finish. Secondly, brushes, what make do you prefer?
Thank you 😊
I don’t varnish too much, I find after highlighting over the top I don’t have much of an issue - it can rub off as a single use colour though - but I sometimes airbrush a light matte varnish layer.
Brush wise I love Broken Toad Mk3, but they go out of stock for long periods. I mostly use Rosemary & Co series 33.
@@MiniatureRealms I recently bought Rosemary & Co brushes as well. The best I've had. I've found a gloss coat and then a matt works well at stopping rub off on Contrast. Interestingly Speed paints from AP I don't have the same issue. But is still do my double varnish as a matter of course anyway. Cracking tutorial as always Stu. Looking forward to more and on your FoW venture to.
Love Rosemary & co, probably my best all round recommendation if you factor in cost as well.
Ah I’ve found AP Speedpaint rubs off more, and you definitely don’t want to get them wet with the occasional reactivation problem. Still love them though, looking forward to seeing the new colours they’re testing, and by the sounds of it the end of that issue. I use a good mix of both ranges now, and looking forward to trying the Vallejo ones.
Next video is likely a FOW scenery one similar to what I did with roads but with buildings.