| Sir Sidney Ruff Diamond | 27 Jun 2009 3:14 a.m. PST |
Saw the sprues at Phalanx and this site has some painted. link Look very nice |
 Doms Decals  | 27 Jun 2009 3:23 a.m. PST |
Yes, I'm rather looking forward to these – will be having a box or two when Wargames Emporium get them. |
| Bandolier | 27 Jun 2009 4:44 a.m. PST |
They look lovely. Top notch painting always helps. Yet to be won over by plastics but these are tempting. |
Phil Hendry  | 27 Jun 2009 4:47 a.m. PST |
I'll buy them once someone starts making tartan paint. :-) |
Frederick  | 27 Jun 2009 4:51 a.m. PST |
How many pipers per sprue?
I only ask as my Little Prince is very fond of pipers |
| AppleMak | 27 Jun 2009 6:28 a.m. PST |
According to the web site (new releases) the box contains 4 pipers. link |
| mweaver | 27 Jun 2009 8:28 a.m. PST |
They look great, but for once I am not tempted – I know I could never paint a kilt to look right. |
| wrgmr1 | 27 Jun 2009 8:37 a.m. PST |
I'm with mweaver, I'd have to pay a pro to paint these…. |
| buffalo | 27 Jun 2009 9:23 a.m. PST |
Beautiful.
Although I thought the pipers of the 42nd Foot wore the Royal Stewart tartan. I'm sure an expert on the regiment will chime in as to what their tartan was at Waterloo. |
| Cheriton | 27 Jun 2009 10:31 a.m. PST |
Really fantastic! Nearly brings tears to my eyes, in fact. Probably largely because the first Highlanders I ever painted were 20mm Scruby/Greenwood and ball. I think the original figures had been sculpted to depict circa 1890. In the 1970s I painted (the) three regiments using 30mm Surens which are in a league with these Victrix. I think one of the most attractive features of these (Victrix) figures is how the feathers on each bonnet seem to look a little different as they, of course, should. I think I spent my first decade or so in the hobby not aware of how highland bonnets were made up… |
| Greystreak | 27 Jun 2009 4:06 p.m. PST |
I thought the pipers of the 42nd Foot wore the Royal Stewart tartan. The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment (aka 'The Black Watch') wore the government 'sett', or 'Black Watch' tartan, as did nearly all highland regiments. After 1809, only the 79th Cameron Highlanders (which wore the Cameron of Erracht tartan), wore a tartan not based on the Black Watch pattern. |
| buffalo | 27 Jun 2009 6:02 p.m. PST |
Greystreak,
My comment was about the _pipers_ of the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment. Years ago I painted a regiment of 25mm Minifigs as the Black Watch in the early 1800s and I wanted to get the uniforms correct. My painting then and now isn't as nice as shown in the link above, but it's not bad, either.
I sent an inquiry to Regimental Headquarters, The Black Watch, Balhousie Castle, Perth PH1 5HR, Scotland.
In May 1985 I received a nice reply from Colonel (Retd) The Hon W. D. Arbuthnott, MBE. I still have the letter. Here are his words:
"Thank you for your letter of 31st March. I do not believe that the Pipes and Drums were a formed body at the time of Waterloo. There may have been a fife and drum band but I believe the pipers played on their own. Only the pipers wore Royal Stewart tartan and their jackets were red. The bonnet plumes depended on the company the piper was attached to." Regardless of what the tartan was, I'm not going to change it on my figures now. The pipers will remain with the Royal Stewart.
:-) |
| Hugh Duggan | 28 Jun 2009 6:00 a.m. PST |
Am I the only one who thinks their kilts are a touch short? A kilt (at least, in the modern style) should come down to the knees, not stop above them. |
| dewitt | 28 Jun 2009 11:50 a.m. PST |
Hello guys,this link could help painting tartans, so as bonnets and hoses. It starts explaining from the beginning with the base colors, following by the colors of the larger bands and the colors of the crossing lines, depending of the regiment. I found it very helpfull to paint tartans from knowing nothing about, the best I found so far. link |
| DeanMoto | 28 Jun 2009 1:42 p.m. PST |
Wow – those are some jaw-dropping paint jobs. They are both inspirational and intimidating at the same time. Excellent work & excellent figures. |
| Rob UK | 01 Jul 2009 2:47 a.m. PST |
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| Lord Hill | 01 Jul 2009 2:04 p.m. PST |
arrrghhhh! more dwarf drummers! |
| angel13 | 04 Jul 2009 11:36 a.m. PST |
@Lord Hill – I agree about the drummers. Victrix seem to produce models of the 'drummer boy', which is a bit of a historical fallacy I believe, yet insist on only producing adult heads. Which makes a kind of dwarf… If you're going to make drummer boys, then at least go the whole hog and have a juvenile head to go with them ;) Other than that, they are really nice figs, BTW. |
| Hubbynz | 06 Jul 2009 5:30 a.m. PST |
These models look superb but I'm too scared to paint them as the British take long enough. |
