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Below you will find a guide on how to paint the army of the Second French Empire. It should be treated as the basic information that will allow you to paint your units. The French army, which was a vanguard of the development of the armed forces in the world, more and more unified its uniforms (compared to, for example, Napoleonic wars), but some formations, e.g. light cavalry, or units from North Africa, had different uniform colors depending on the regiment they belonged to. The Grenadiers of the French Guard, however, looked almost identical to the days of Napoleon I. Infantry, already had uniformed uniform designs and each infantry regiment wore a kepi, blue jacket and red pants.
We encourage you to conduct your own search on the Internet: In this regard, we recommend the following sites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.laguerrede1870enimages.fr\/page64.html<\/a>
Pictures from war of 1870, there was no great differences comparing to 1859, especially for 6 mm scale miniatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/antan.unblog.fr\/planches-sur-les-uniformes-du-xixe-siecle\/<\/a>
Uniforms of the French army from the mid-nineteenth century, including old uniformed plates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.uniformology.com\/WORLD-12A-FR-AFRICA.html<\/a>
North African formations uniforms, especially spahi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.uniformology.com\/WORLD-08-NAP3.html<\/a>
Generals and guard units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/1815-1918.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/French%20Army<\/a>
Different pictures and informations about French Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As new sets will be released, we will also add them to this guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paintes by Nutka Maluje<\/a>, and Bonapartist Paint Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main colours:<\/strong>
Red – Scarlett Blood 72.106 Vallejo
Black – Black nr 70.950 Vallejo
Blue – Blue nr 70.925 Vallejo.

Generalas:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The set includes 8 generals, 2 marshals and 6 hussars holding the flagpole. Generals and hussars have kepi on their heads, marshals have bicorns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kepi: red with a blue peak, black bicorns with golden trim.
Jacket: blue, golden cords and stripes. Black or gold belt.
Pants: Red (remember, „red pants are France!). Marshals may have white pants.
Shoes: Black.
If someone likes to have fun, it is worth giving them some beards – that was the fashion then.
The hussar has red stripes and a white belt. The hussar on the front has a so-called braiding – if you like it, you can do such horizontal, narrow lines (white or silver).
Horse saddle pads at generals red, saddles at hussars brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n