George Custer

[Zuzah]

 

[tmh10]

Well done my young freind. Best Custer job I have seen.

 

[Zuzah]

Well done my young freind. Best Custer job I have seen.

Thank you, thought it'd been a while since I'd done one of him - he has the most interesting pictures. Always well dressed and posed like the world is watching.

 

[tmh10]

Thank you, thought it'd been a while since I'd done one of him - he has the most interesting pictures. Always well dressed and posed like the world is watching.

Zuzah, I have to say this is one of your best work. You just get better with age. I knew I wasn't wasting my time on you.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Zuzah, I have to say this is one of your best work.

I'll second that motion.
Great job on colorizing Custer.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Very convincing! Especially the colour of his hair. Many think he was lighter blonde, but we saw a picture of a strand of his hair here sometime ago and it was exactly that colour (I can remember that because to my surprise it's the same colour as mine ... I also had thought his hair had been more "yellow"). And I never knew he had freckles!
Congrats, and you are right, he was a born topmodel!

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

' Like the world was watching ', really apt! You don't wear the toggery he sported and hope to fade into the background. Super image, thank you!

 

[reading48]

Very good.....

 

[Northern Light]

Great job on this one. This colourization work intrigues me. It just seems amazing how it brings the pictures to life.

 

[CMWinkler]

Beautiful work.

 

[dlofting]

Love the hair, moustache and freckles......great work.

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Z,

Sometime, would you post a description of the process you use to accomplish the very good work that you do? I think the rest of us would appreciate that.

Thanks.

Eric

 

[rosefiend]

Man, that is so insanely awesome on so many levels. Yes, I'd also love to hear about your Photoshop processes.

 

[Billy Yank]

Magnificent work. I can almost feel the softness of his flannel blouse.

 

[Zuzah]

Thank you for all the compliments and the kind words, I appreciate them.

I was using this particular preserved lock of his hair as a reference!

Man, that is so insanely awesome on so many levels. Yes, I'd also love to hear about your Photoshop processes.

Z,

Sometime, would you post a description of the process you use to accomplish the very good work that you do? I think the rest of us would appreciate that.

Thanks.

Eric

I am currently working in cooperation with Wacom Europe to create a very in-depth tutorial for my work.

For now, the best I can offer is the tutorial I have pinned at the top in the Colorized Period Photographs, although it's nearing 2 years of age now.

 

[kholland]

Another fine job, Zuzah!

 

[Mike Serpa]

Beautiful!! I might suggest a color change on the Custer Medal. "Tuebor - I will defend." On the Michigan state seal.

...The Custer medal is another among these, financed entirely by George Armstrong Custer. About mid-1864 Custer sent a design for the Custer Badge to Tiffany & Co. with instructions that these badges be crafted for individuals in the Michigan Brigade upon his specific authorization. ...
Libby's medal

https://www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=3141071

Libby wearing her medal

http://historical.ha.com/itm/photog...e-image-taken-in-texas-in-1865/a/6079-44150.s

I think her's was unique. I also think his was unique but I can't find a photo of it. One source there is no known sample of it. Maybe some blue is needed on his?


Col. Hasting's badge photo - hard to tell if it gold or sliver
http://historical.ha.com/itm/milita...d-g-a-custer-b-maj-gen-total-2-/a/663-74180.s

Hover over the photo for a more exact (?) color-
http://jamesdjulia.com/item/lot-148...lry-grouping-of-the-last-commander-of-george-
custer-s-original-civil-war-regiment-including-a-gold-custer-valor-medal-authorized-only-by-custer-for-recipients-in-his/

For more text and photos of the Custer medal and the Kearny Medal, Kearny Cross, Gillmore Medal, and Butler Medal click here.

 

[Gandycreek]

Great Job !

 

[Mike Serpa]

His wife's description of his uniform he wore on the day of the Grand Review, May 23, 1865.

…The wide felt hat that was captured from a Confederate officer. The shirt of blue flannel was purchased from a Government gun boat in the Potomac river. The necktie was scarlet. General Custer began to wear the red tie when he was a Brigadier General… The badge on the tie was that of the Michigan brigade with the motto of the State and the name of Custer.

From Custer in Photographs by D. Mark Katz 1985

Transcribed from a photocopy of her handwriting by yours truly.

 

[Zuzah]

His wife's description of his uniform he wore on the day of the Grand Review, May 23, 1865.

…The wide felt hat that was captured from a Confederate officer. The shirt of blue flannel was purchased from a Government gun boat in the Potomac river. The necktie was scarlet. General Custer began to wear the red tie when he was a Brigadier General… The badge on the tie was that of the Michigan brigade with the motto of the State and the name of Custer.

From Custer in Photographs by D. Mark Katz 1985

Transcribed from a photocopy of her handwriting by yours truly.

Thank you, as always, for your help Mike - I couldn't for the life of me find that bloody medal!