Castles, Zouaves and The Colonel's Lucky Day !!! (Part 6)

Look who got stripped ... By the time I had got the blue 'right', he looked like he was wearing a wet suit ... he is only tiny, so stripping was in order.

Castles, Zouaves and The Colonel's Lucky Day !!! (Part 5)

To tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track ...

Many Thanks, Richard, of Battle Flag, for his excellent sale of the 5th NYS Volunteers' standards ...

Crisp, high-resolution, product, on paper, great communications and service, and at a reasonable price ... A+++ seller :)

All ready for when that diorama is nearly done :)

p.s. love to do a review on a little, free, transfer/decal ;)

Castles, Zouaves and The Colonel's Lucky Day !!! (Part 4)

OK,

First test piece cleaned up and on-the-way, with black primer (I will be doing another, with grey, spray, primer ... a thing I have never done before) ...

Pants are mainly done, but will need a highlight (just where the lamp glare is :) ) when in colour context ...

(1) Prime dilute GW C Black mix,
(2) Base GW B Red,
(3) Selective wash GW B Red wash,
(4) First highlight MP B Red,
(5) Second highlight MP Scarlet.

Castles, Zouaves and The Colonel's Lucky Day !!! (Part 3)

Thank you so very much to Mr Perry and Mr Perry ...

... who kindly sent me a few, lovely, Zouave sprues for a little diorama. A little more research:

The 3rd GVI and the 9th New York Infantry
The Siege of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, January 1862, by The Illustrated London News, London
The victory of Roanoke, Feby. 8th, 1862.
USA, Charge of Hawkins Zouaves at Roanoke Island in 1862, 1865.

Zouaves!!!
American Civil War Zouaves 1861-65

Castles, Zouaves and The Colonel's Lucky Day !!! (Part 2)

All present and very correct Sir, thank you very much :)

Will build them in the next day or two ...

An American Civil War starter

An End to Innocence

American Civil War Zouaves 1861-1865
American Civil War Zouaves 1861-1865

53rd New York Volunteers Officer (DEpineuil Zouaves) 1861 by Richard Knotel

The Lonesome Death of Eugene Pearce, Part Two
The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry
5th New York
5th New York Regiment!
Second Battle of Manassas
The Second Battle of Bull Run or Second Manassas

"The Zouave regiments had been wearing bright red and blue uniforms, and one of Hood's officers wrote that the bodies laying on the hill reminded him of the Texas countryside when the wildflowers were in bloom."

5th New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee's Zouaves) at the battle of Second Manassas (2nd Bull Run)
The Battle of Manassas/Bull Run (Second)August 28-30, 1862 in Manassas, Virginia

American Civil War Zouaves in Fez or Tassled Cap
American Civil War Zouaves in Kepi
Maryland Guard Zouaves of the Confederate Army, 1861–1865
American Civil War Zouave
The Salem Zouaves, Company I, 8th Massachusetts Militia, 1861
Zouaves

Thank you again, friend.

Castles, Zouaves and The Colonel's Lucky Day !!! (Part 1)

Castles and Competition Result