And don't forget that the more models you field, the more you benefit from "platoon effect", which is when you see the models as a team that's all uniformly painted instead of a single, sad, quickly painted mini.

You're right about the different facings' colours, f.e. New Yorkers had buff ones. The hunting shirts were very popular in the continental army, whole units, expecially riflemen, were equipped with them, the last mini is surely from one of these, given the lack of a bayonet. These minis, as usual, are really well painted, it's incredible how the infantryman remember an early french revolutionary soldier.

It's crazy how old some Perry miniatures sculpts are and yet, for my money, they haven't been bested. Maybe it's just because I like the true scale more than heroic, but they also just have such lovely details, poses, and faces.

As someone who used to study this stuff professionally, uniformity of Continental troops really depended on the year, the unit, and the theatre. Some troops were very well equipped and others weren't--some southern colonies, for example, could not adequately outfit their troops during the fall and winter months, whereas mid-Atlantic and New England colonies had more success with uniformity. Pennsylvania Line soldiers also were typically (not always) well uniformed (though you get the odd new recruits or British deserters who were pressed into service without proper continentals--the coats with the different facings). After the 1779 reforms, you do tend to see greater uniformity as well as supplies from France started to trickle in more steadily. Prior to this, quite a few bolts of fabric were taken off in a raid by Loyalist troops during the winter of 1777-1778 outside Philadelphia (some of this cloth was meant to refit soldiers at Valley Forge). Of course militia, Associators, and Flying Camps were different beasts entirely. With the exception of Flying Camps, uniformity amongst these units was rare and also widely depended upon the colony and location at the time. Deserter reports offer some clues but these aren't always reliable on the whole (however sometimes you get four or five deserters from the same unit in the same listing at the same time that give clues to the kit of the regiment as a whole). Thanks for coming to my TED talk. Anyway, fun video as always!

#2's uniform looks surprisingly camouflaged. Those Perry minis are wonderfully naturalistic. Silver Bayonet during the War of Independence could make for a nice variant setting.

The 1779 Continental Army Uniform soldier is my favorite. Well done. 👍

They look really good! I like the variation in the unform styles and colors as it looks more realistic. Thanks for sharing this.

Terrific "How to" Video! Have to paint a lot of Anglo-Zulu War Brits and this was really helpful. This was a terrific result too! Cheers

Nice work Troy, however I'm one of those people who just don't like the effect of contrast paints, but I can see how for some people it can really work for them.

Loved this vid!

Another good informative painting tutorial mate yes I'm slowly getting through alot of boxes of the AWI era for myself I'm using more of original paints not contrast but I still like the way the contrast gets you a good result and very fast I'm currently on a regiment of the British and man yes alot of buttons etc on them my figures are from wargames factory but also have some Perry miniatures always enjoy the look of rank and file of the musket era 👍

Your videos and painting style are amazing! thank you for all this content. It really helps me as I am starting with the hobby!! :D

They would make great Imagination’s Light and Line infantry, as Spencer-Smiths infantry were AWI figures.

Nice work; It took me forever to stop defaulting to how I painted RPG characters and focus instead on the appearance of the entire unit, to complete an army to a tabletop standard with less time and effort

I don't know if you've read the book 1776 but it's a great history book about the American Revolutionary war.

It's ironic that you put this out when I am painting Prussians with contrast. Contrast on 15mm is challenging.

COMPLETELY irrelevant to the video Sonic BUT I finally found the guy who has the STLs for a lot of DakkaDakka Store's minis! His name is Ghamak, and he even has a MyMiniFactory page!

True, the various units of the American Army was uniformly ununiform.

So basically, all your videos are very special? Nice work btw

as always, a great tutoriol. would you be able to paint up some British and Zulus in contrast as a guide ? :)

While to corrax primer may be gone. Ill still take the time to thin it out for base coats. As its to good not to use for clone and storm trooper armor.

Great job as always! Where can I find these figures? Are they part of a game?

Wow! Okay this was awesome! This was totally my “jam”! What set was this? I need to pick it up. Thanks! Cheers 🍻

Hi @Sonic. After watching one of your videos a few months ago, I went out as a beginner and bought a lot of contrast colors. Then I started coloring my Napoleonic figures using the exact method you showed here and in the other "Painting with Contrast Colors" videos. Well...didn't go so well... 😀 Unfortunately, I often fail when drybrushing with white over the "Aly's" (I copied the recipe exactly) or preshading Seraphin. I usually use too much paint or I press too hard. This smudges the details. Was wondering if I was too stupid for this. I also never got the contrast colors right, mostly too dark (because I used too much paint or painted over the same spot more often) or too unevenly. Apart from my inability, it is probably also because I work with 1:72 figures, which are significantly smaller than the 28mm figures and the details are often not as pronounced, depending on the manufacturer of the figures. Well, I keep practicing. Maybe it's because of the size of the figures or I'm more of the painter who gets along better with the classic method and "classic" colors of Vallejo. Let's see, I keep practicing. I just wanted to share my experiences. Anyways, thank you very much for your content. 😀

I quite like them. Sonic, out of curiosity: you often discuss how models painted like these would "look on the table", and I have to wonder... which games with massed armies do you play? I imagine not for every game and period, because you simply wouldn't have the time to paint armies for all of them! So which ones do you play? :)

Informative and entertaining as always! Slightly off topic but what basing material did you use for these?

Please please please can we a video conversion of the Hessian horseman. Before he lost his head. 💯🖤🎃

I'm creating a AWI set. Really enjoyed this VT. Any suggestions for getting a decent result for a Grenadier bearskin?

10:10 - What did you mean by saying “it’s a little too warm to be painting white at the moment”? I have been trying to figure that out for the rest of the video. 😅

Do you reckon a color like dark Prussian blue would work well for a continental army dark blue? (I just love the color and want to bring it to your attention if you weren’t aware of it!)

Very nice work as always. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. Hey can you paint some French-Indian war minis. Maybe a Native American Indian, a French soldier & a British soldier. To give us amateurs something to stride for. 😂🤣😂. Thank you, Cheers 🍻🍺🍻 🥃

Terrific work! Could I ask what type of brush you used for the flesh work please?

Have you tried the army painter speed paints? If so what do you think of them? I have been interested in contrast but never wanted to pay for them so speed paints seems like the way to go.

I’m about to try this wash with contrast over for some Vikings. Any suggestion for which wash to use?

Another great video. As a novice, what scale/size are these figures please🤔👍😊

hello, could you paint a miniature with an oil wash ?t that would be cool

were there 2 coats done on the blue coat?

Hi bud im from melbourne. Where do you get your figurines

Aren't you a month late with these? #independenceday