"Tarelton's Cav Question" Topic
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| Razor78 | 07 Feb 2012 5:10 a.m. PST |
What were the colors for the horse furniture for Tarelton's Cav? |
| Supercilius Maximus | 07 Feb 2012 5:16 a.m. PST |
If you are thinking of shabraque and other colourful stuff, then there probably wasn't any. A saddle blanket, maybe saddlebags if you were lucky, and two pistol holsters with a black fur or sheepskin cover. Annoyingly, this portrait of Tarleton doesn't show the main part of the gee-gees…. link |
| Razor78 | 07 Feb 2012 5:24 a.m. PST |
My figs have a blanket/saddle, pistol holders with fur, and a blanket roll/saddle bag. My main questions are the blanket and blanket roll/saddle bag colors |
| Supercilius Maximus | 07 Feb 2012 1:23 p.m. PST |
Go with any sensible, muted colours – nobody can really argue you're wrong, as there doesn't seem to be any pictorial evidence one way or another. By-and-large, though, Crown units tended to be more uniformly kitted out than Continentals, state troops, or militia. British blankets tended to be grey or off-white, sometimes with a blue or red stripe at one end; but I suspect the BL got stuff from all over the place as (a) they were a bunch of thieving wotnots; and (b) a lot of horses were requisitioned/stolen "in theatre" because of losses at sea. So pretty much any colour you want. The blanket roll is most likely a cloak; these tended to be the same colour as the coat – ie green. As these were worn by the men, rather than being for the horse, there was probably less variation. |
 John the OFM  | 07 Feb 2012 6:06 p.m. PST |
Well, I painted my British Legion blankets green with yellow stripes.
I may be wrong, but I am not about to repaint them if I am.  |
| 11th ACR | 08 Feb 2012 11:52 a.m. PST |
He is normally good with his research:
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| number4 | 08 Feb 2012 5:42 p.m. PST |
Black leather saddle and tack, sky blue wooden canteen (on my figures at least). The "blanket roll" is more likely to be a a valise in cloth covered leather or a rolled cloak. I did it in green but the picture in the second link appears to show red…. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 09 Feb 2012 2:43 a.m. PST |
I noticed the red, too. Given that the BL offered green uniforms to the attached troop of 17LD (who refused them and stuck to their red coats) it seems a less likely colour than green if it's a rolled cloak; it's feasible for a valise as they might have taken old kit from 16LD when it went home. Troiani's AWI research is usually done by Jim Kochan. |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
