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Winston Smith | 08 Feb 2015 5:09 p.m. PST |
At Widow Moore's Creek Bridge, a " forlorn hope" contingent of "Highlanders" charged with broadswords only. I need 28mm figures for that. I realize that there are quite a few lovely Jacobite miniatures charging with broadswords, and I have most of them. However, they are all totally in Highland garb, with kilts, trews, and so on. I doubt the kilt was common in North Carilina 30 years after the '45. I would like to get some figures in AWI civilian garb, with broadswords and possibly bonnets. The latter I can do by head swaps with Ling's Mointain bonnet heads if necessary. So, add this to my list of demands or suggest some nice proxies please. |
Winston Smith | 08 Feb 2015 5:17 p.m. PST |
And another thing….. Should a civilian bonnet have a diced band, a red one, or blue or green to match the bonnet? |
Bashytubits | 08 Feb 2015 5:54 p.m. PST |
I bet you could scratch build that from some of the plastic AWI and medieval plastics kits. |
nnascati | 08 Feb 2015 6:25 p.m. PST |
Winston, How often would you use them? Personally I'd go for Jacobites from the '45 in Trews and "squint". |
Winston Smith | 08 Feb 2015 7:38 p.m. PST |
Oh I will. I'm not holding things up. "The perfect is the enemy of the possible." |
42flanker | 09 Feb 2015 4:44 a.m. PST |
"Should a civilian bonnet have a diced band, a red one, or blue or green to match the bonnet?" It's possible that diced bands on military bonnets started out simply as a fashion among Highland officers, as was the coloured band seen in earlier portraits. Highland aspects of British uniforms were not closely regulated by central authority in this early period. We have no images of other ranks wearing diced bonnets till the 1780s. Records show that in 1773 the 42nd were supplied with both diced bonnets and plain bonnets. Presumably the former was the mounted, cocked bonnet worn as uniform headgear while the latter was worn as fatigue head dress. Dicing was certainly a comparitive novelty in the 1770s and was _predominantly_ a feature of military head dress. Matters became more definite as styles of Highland/Scottish uniform evolved and became more closely regulated in the early C19th. As far as the Loyalist levies in 1776 were concerned, it is probable that the majority of bonnets worn would have been the traditional flat kind in a single colour. Some gentry/officers among the Loyalists might have worn something more fancy, particularly those in uniform. That might be a good way of picking out the leaders among your figures. |
Winston Smith | 09 Feb 2015 7:32 a.m. PST |
Thanks for that. You saved me a night or two of squinting. |
42flanker | 09 Feb 2015 8:10 a.m. PST |
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spontoon | 14 Feb 2015 10:15 a.m. PST |
Check out Crann Tara's Jacobite Lowlander figs. used to be some from Old glory, too.. |
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