"Two new Scottish units for the tabletop!" Topic
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piper909 | 13 May 2013 8:54 a.m. PST |
I am so pleased to have completed new, full 20-figure units for future colonial games that I show off a representative sampling here. Keeping with my Scottish orientation (my British forces weirdly enough contain very few English troops -- everybody's some ethnic or other), I chose the 93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders (the second battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders after 1881) -- old MiniFig figures here -- and the 72nd (Duke of Albany's) Highlanders (later the first battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders) in the unique uniform worn during the Second Afghan War and 1882 Egyptian campaign. I used old Ral Partha Boer War-period British infantry for these to get the puttees and plain cuffs necessary, with some MiniFigs figures for pipers and leaders (wearing the service dress tunic for contrast, and since the 72nd wore both scarlet coats and khaki foreign service tunics during their Afghan stint). Prince Charles Edward Stuart tartan trews and puttees were a challenge to paint, but the result is a very colorful unit that I've seldom seen on the gaming table.
Tribal trivia notes -- the pipers in the 93rd/Argylls wore/wear a different pattern hose from the rank and file (red/green rather than red/white) and the piper's and pipe major's sporran are also of different patterns. The officers and NCOs also wore unique badger-fur sporrans that I've tried to suggest here. I hope to get these lads into a lot of desperate scrapes against the enemies of the Queen in the years ahead. |
SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 13 May 2013 10:09 a.m. PST |
Well done sir! I'm sure Lance and Dave will look forward to facing them. |
piper909 | 13 May 2013 2:29 p.m. PST |
Mayhaps even leading them! The Argylls have already distinguished themselves against the Boxers. The 72nd has had a more chequered history so far against the Zulus and Pathans. |
Shagnasty | 13 May 2013 5:23 p.m. PST |
Bvt. Captain Smythe-Hardaway looks forward to being seconded to these gallant lads in the near future. |
spontoon | 15 May 2013 4:57 p.m. PST |
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