So my good friend and my wife tell me that I might be missing the point of 6 mm figures.  If the link to the first picture works you can see our use 12 colors in a wash the paint up nine Napoleonic Prussian musketeers....  Maybe I should use less colors!  Suggestions?  My good friend said if you're planning to paint hundreds of these there might be a problem!!????????????????

link1:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P3UhLGq3YEXnRdtBZClDOBOsoBasg2b1/view?usp=sharing

link2:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/13BE-DLOKGbjaNc-_3Gjuc1NuGJE3e-n9/view?usp=sharing

The number of colours will have an effect on the time needed to paint the figures. It is not a problem if you have the time. Another issue to consider is how bright the colours are. The smaller the scale, the brighter the colours need to be. This is hard to evaluate from photographs. Bright highlights can make the various elements of the uniforms and caps, helmets, shakos, etc really 'pop'. Prussian blue is a dark colour for example. Small dabs of a bright blue on the forearms, arms, exposed upper parts of the uniform and/or bottom edges of the uniform (if visible) will significantly enhance the appearance. But it all depends on what you are aiming for. 

Robert

Your brushstroke is precise and bravo for the faces.

It seem necessary, as Robert indicates, for the 6mm figures, to use clearer or vivid colors ... even if this may seem unhistorical!

Your work is amazing, top notch. I don't put a wash on 6mm figures as it has tendency to, well wash out the colours. If you want highlights or even shading try some light dry brushing. I rarely do that as well. I simply finish them off with a very light coat of artists matte varnish. It blends the colours together and gives the figures a very low shine that fades over time but keeps the colours bright.

I'm using dark brown ink for washing; some minutes later I go over the figures again with es thick, clean and moist brush to wipe off ink from the surface. So the colours stay bright and the wash stays where it belongs.

I have used a 50:50mix of tamiya X19 smoke and water with a dolope of flat base for about 25 years. Since its not that dark it doesn't muddy up the colours too much.

Cheers,

Rhys.

Thx all!  U guys r great!

I've got to second the use of X19 smoke.  It will be interesting to see how it goes as I change over to enamels as well.

There is a great video here on painting Baccus Napoleonic cavalry:

Link

Robert

Thx all!!  Very much!