3in Stokes Colour

[Andysarmoury]

Hi All, Just trying to fine out if there's anymore information out there about the colour of the 3in stokes as all I can find out is they were dirty white which can be all sorts of combinations of colour, I have done mine a very pale grey but it doesn't look right somehow, and would like to get it right, I think it should be more yellow like the HE shells were, what are your thoughts.
Cheers
Andy

 

[MINENAZ16]

One day I found one with original paint on a battlefield in the "Somme" ; hand painted (roughly painted with a large brush) with two thick strips of paint (red and pink) maybe rolled.
The paint (after 100 years) was like "light sand", not grey, something between a matte white and a light cream-sand color. In France we call it "broken white = off-white".

 

[MINENAZ16]

The one I found was closed to this one : https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C222762

and badly paint with a brush like this one (with a lighter paint) : https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30024236

 

[Andysarmoury]

One day I found one with original paint on a battlefield in the "Somme" ; hand painted (roughly painted with a large brush) with two thick strips of paint (red and pink) maybe rolled.
The paint (after 100 years) was like "light sand", not grey, something between a matte white and a light cream-sand color. In France we call it "broken white = off-white".

Many thanks Minenaz16 I will have redo them.

 

[Gspragge]

Two images under slightly different lighting conditions. The first I think the truest. The secound
is too bright.

 

[Andysarmoury]

Two images under slightly different lighting conditions. The first I think the truest. The secound
is too bright.

Thank you for that I will see if I can mix something up that's close to that
cheers
Andy