"Light dragoons in round hats" Topic
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| noigrim | 30 Sep 2016 5:11 a.m. PST |
I've got a unit of american dragoons wearing the said headgear instead of tarletons, can I paint them as any continental unit since there was great "hat freedom" apparently or just paint them as militia? |
| Winston Smith | 30 Sep 2016 6:27 a.m. PST |
It's not so much "gat freedom" as "coat freedom".
Hats are very expensive to supply, and replace. Coats not so much.
I made a beautiful unit if Philadelphia Assiciators from Firing Line, a now extinct company. It had separate heads. I thought I was being clever by using several different heads. In retrospect, I consider that a mistake. |
| GiloUK | 30 Sep 2016 7:37 a.m. PST |
You could paint them as loyalists – for example, the East Florida Rangers who are thought to have worn floppy hats: link Or on the patriot side there are South Carolina state and militia cavalry units that are thought to have worn hats (and other helmets): link link Giles |
| noigrim | 30 Sep 2016 2:47 p.m. PST |
south carolina militia looks just like the thing, I'll have to copy the uniforms ;) |
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