 ochoin  | 05 Apr 2016 6:50 a.m. PST |
I'm ready to start on my Covenanter army for FoG. I'm using the lovely Tumbling Dice figures, which, as you probably know, come with separate heads. Needless to say I have a slew of heads with blue bonnets ("bunnets" we call them in Glasgow). My question is did everyone wear a bunnet? I have a few heads with floppy hats. How about the officers? |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 05 Apr 2016 7:27 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 05 Apr 2016 10:42 a.m. PST |
ECW officers pretty much wore what they wanted – while I have seen a few Covenanter regiments with officers in bonnets (Ok, bunnets) I suspect that the officers could certainly wear a tastefully floppy hat |
| Oh Bugger | 06 Apr 2016 3:40 a.m. PST |
Yeah hats for the gentry I'd say. Maybe a few helmets too. |
 x42brown | 06 Apr 2016 6:35 a.m. PST |
I believe that Presbyterian pressure would push officers away from shows of wealth so though they could wear what they wished many would opt for a blue or steel bonnet. x42 |
| Supercilius Maximus | 06 Apr 2016 4:11 p.m. PST |
ochoin – You might also want to have a look at Stuart Reid's latest thoughts on "hodden grey", namely that it was a very light tannish brown – almost a buff colour (sorry, I can't recall the name of the book/article it appears in). |
| ochoin | 06 Apr 2016 6:45 p.m. PST |
Thanks, SM. I'm going to paint them a light sea grey but try out a sepia wash. This should do the trick? |
| Supercilius Maximus | 07 Apr 2016 2:22 p.m. PST |
I don't know – I've yet to see Stuart's illustrations. However, I believe they are in "Scots Armies in the Great Rebellion, 1638-1658"; apparently, the artist (Bruno Mugnai) has shown it as a "butternut grey" – not being an ACW gamer, that doesn't mean as much to me as it probably should! I would guess there were as many tones as there were suppliers, but it does give an extra dimension to Covenanter armies of this period. |
| Eclipsing Binaries | 17 May 2016 6:02 a.m. PST |
Historic Scotland has a Covenanting Soldiers re-enactment at Edzell castle this weekend. Photos of the Covenanters look cool so may be worth a visit. |
| Elenderil | 22 May 2016 5:37 a.m. PST |
From time to time I reenact a Covenanting musketeer so I have looked into this in the past. The result of which is that Hodden Grey wasn't a single colour. Rather it was a range of Grey and grey- browns. This is because the fabric wasn't dyed to a set shade. Rather it was made up from undyed wool which didn't come from modern types of sheep with "white" fleece but from sheep more like medieval breeds with a fleece that was more varied in colour in shades ranging from a modern off white through to grey and light browns.
Meanwhile on the OPs question. Bonnets were standard headgear in Scotland and as a result were commonly available. They are comfortable and a practical alternative to a felt brimmed hat. As noted Officers could wear what they liked and as status was important dressing to show that status was common. Hence brimmed hats would have been worn probably the higher your rank the more likely a brimmed hat would be.
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| Desperate Dan | 04 Nov 2021 4:40 a.m. PST |
I agree about the differing shades of Hodden grey. It varied a lot, as troops couldn't line up outside Marks + Spencer's to pick up a standard uniform, if you can call it that.
As for the officers, etc, I would plonk a bunnet on the ensigns, and a wide hat in a dull grey or brown on the senior figures. |
