"The Barony of Dunbar" Topic

Hi guys

This is the skeleton of an idea for an imagiNation I have been thinking of doing, I'm a 15mm collector, so will be using that scale, and using a mix of Jacobite, War of Spanish succession, Malburian and pirate figures to creat the force, let me know what you think.

The Barony of Dunbar

A chance meeting between some exiled Scottish nobles and the Scottish pirate Alexander Dalzeel in a tavern in the Caribbean after the battle of Culloden (Alexander was executed in1715, so I have to be a little loose with his timing) Alexander was flush with wealth after capturing a rich Spanish Galleon, and hating the English agreed to finance another Scottish rebellion, thus hatching a plan that led to the Scottish exiles under the leadership of Archibald Dunbar cheaply leasing land in Normandie France to establish a base to launch an invasion to re take Scotland from the English, in exchange for an agreement to fight for France when needed.
This resulted in tens of thousand of Scottish and Irish nationalists, and a force of glory seeking pirates flocking to the banner of the Barony of Dunbar.

For uniforms, I'm thinking light blue coats with various facing colours, the line infantry (who will be a mix of Scots, Irish, French and other malcontents) will have suitable continental uniforms, with a mix of tricorns and blue bonnets, (will do some conversions for the head gear, Clan infantry will be a mix of Jacobite and 7YW Highlander figures, 1 unit will have Dunbar kilts, others will have a mix of kilts, may make some Grenadier units in kilts with bearskins or helmets, command figures will have some converted pirate figures mixed in, Militia units will be a mix of Jacobites and pirates, with a smattering of light blue coats and civilian coats and mixed kilts.
Not sure what I will do with Cav and Artillery yet.
The flags will be St Andrews crosses with a crowned heart in the middle.

Is Baron Dunbar looking to make himself King of Scotland or has he promised to restore the Stuarts to the throne?

I'd say he would restore the Stewarts.

Up the Stewarts! Sound like a fun idea.

Sounds like a lot of work painting all those tartans! Or, do you already have tartan clad figs available?

I'm used to painting tartan in various scales, have painted hundreds of them, some examples
28mm

Me, too! Still a lot of work! I have about 200 SYW and AWI highlanders to paint, and I'm not looking forward to it!

Nice piper!