olicana | 10 Sep 2016 8:06 a.m. PST |
I've just finished my first Scots for the Peninsular. Here are a couple of pics and a link to some more (including closer). I hope you like them.
link Regards, James |
HussarL | 10 Sep 2016 8:33 a.m. PST |
Great post, like your painting style. You even tell us where you got the flags! Thanks! |
Oh Bugger | 10 Sep 2016 8:49 a.m. PST |
Oh nice bit of tartan painting there. |
deadhead | 10 Sep 2016 8:53 a.m. PST |
There has been so much discussion about this unit (71st HLI) just recently, but this is a superb representation. With mine (only 8 figures!) I cheated and used those transfers for head bands etc. Filing the top of the shako was an inspired idea….wish I had thought of that. These Front rank figures are so much better than many in the range….they are simply not as stubby So many little details right. Silver shako badge for officers and no tartan band, buff (whatever that really means) leather and facings/turnbacks, the flags correctly placed………no one yet makes officers and NCOs for this unit with the sash over the shoulder as far as I know, so these are just fine until…….. I do wonder if they had a piper, in this outfit I mean……..would make a great conversion one day. Oh and the 92nd are as good but the 71st do have the edge anyday! |
piper909 | 10 Sep 2016 12:08 p.m. PST |
There are accounts of the 71st's pipers -- didn't one win acclaim at Vimiero (sp)? -- so yes, definitely piping in this regiment. |
IronDuke596 | 10 Sep 2016 12:11 p.m. PST |
Brilliant painting! I always look forward to viewing your newest units. Well done! |
wrgmr1 | 10 Sep 2016 12:49 p.m. PST |
Excellent work, love them! |
deadhead | 10 Sep 2016 2:00 p.m. PST |
Oh definitely a piper. But that was when a kilted unit. They kept him after the change, but he was for parade etc and retained the kilt. However there is a print by Courcelle and an illustration in the Funckens' (remember them?) showing a piper in the blue "Shako" with the diced band, overalls etc……. Did he really exist in the rig as the regt above? |
Ragbones | 10 Sep 2016 3:39 p.m. PST |
James, they're beautiful! Vibrant colors really make them stand out. Gotta love Highlanders. |
piper909 | 10 Sep 2016 11:02 p.m. PST |
Let me check some books tomorrow and get back to you with more specific data (presumably). But the 71st was always proud of its heritage and it would be unusual for them to abandon the pipes even in the face of official disapproval. Plenty of regiments got around official directives in crafty ways. |
olicana | 11 Sep 2016 2:28 a.m. PST |
Firstly, thanks for the kind words. I have it [71st] down as having retained its pipers. I don't have anything definite on uniform. I have the Funcken source and no one makes that figure. I also have seen a plate of him in regular kilt and regular bonnet. I couldn't decide so I omitted him completely. I did a bugler instead As it happens, I've also discovered plates of the bugler in yellow (buff reversed?) jacket and britches and in red jacket and grey trousers [1815]. I chose to do mine in red jacket but in white trousers for the Peninsular. The 71st looks like one of those units that defies research because so much of the information out there is contradictory. Consequently, of course, that means you can get away with quite a lot: simply choose the source that suits you. |
John de Terre Neuve | 11 Sep 2016 6:54 a.m. PST |
Terrific looking figures, really beautifully done. John |
Markconz | 11 Sep 2016 5:11 p.m. PST |
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jwebster | 11 Sep 2016 10:02 p.m. PST |
Tartan is very good – I think you are spot on to simplify it Nice units John |
piper909 | 11 Sep 2016 11:44 p.m. PST |
The exploits of Piper George Clark at Vimiera in 1808 are well known (he continued to play the regiment to the attack from a sitting position after being wounded). When the 71st was converted to a light infantry regiment in 1809, "The Piper in Peace and War" by C.A. Malcolm quotes correspondence from the colonel, Sir Denis Pack, requesting that the unit be allowed to retain the title "Highland" and that it might continue to wear "such parts of the national dress as might not be inconsistent with their duties as a light infantry corps… that they keep their pipers in all their customary dress. It cannot be forgotten how these pipers were obtained and how constantly the regiment upheld its title to them…." The colonel's requests were agreed to by a letter from Whitehall dated 12 April 1810. This book also mentions the pipers playing the tune "Johnnie Cope" at the battle of Vittoria in 1813. |
AuvergneWargamer | 14 Sep 2016 6:19 a.m. PST |
Bonjour, Outstanding as ever. Must do some tartan one day but meanwhile back to painting Saxons. White is easier but presents its own challenges too. Cheers, Paul |
Part time gamer | 31 Oct 2016 12:01 a.m. PST |
They look great. I really liked the Highlanders. No doubt this was one of THE most colorful periods of military history. Almost as if it was 'planned' to be a gift to future gamers that 'really' loved detail painting. |