| Winston Smith | 16 Jan 2018 3:39 p.m. PST |
A few things bring this about.
A general like of Cajun music.
The Band and Emmylou Harris singing Evangeline.
The closest to the front of the stove back burner project for me is Gakvez and the Floridas. I was reading the Wikipedia article on the Cajuns, when I came across a reference to French Acadian militia in Galvez' army.
I have Militia up the wazoo, and have no problem painting more. So, what figures would work for Cajun Militia in the AWI?
Would they retain the dress of French FIW Militia, sans cold weather dress? Or would they have a more distinct look?
In the absence of any new evidence, I can always use my FIW Canadian Militia, I guess. |
| Old Contemptibles | 16 Jan 2018 4:12 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 16 Jan 2018 4:50 p.m. PST |
Wow. I guess I've just learned something new today! Dan
PS. For some reason I almost imagine them looking like the residents of Barataria did in the film The Buccaneer (1958). :)
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 miniMo  | 16 Jan 2018 5:06 p.m. PST |
Maybe with Burnt Umber facings?
 Came across some references here that might be helpful:
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| Doug MSC | 16 Jan 2018 6:20 p.m. PST |
There are three books I would recommend on the Spanish Army in the AWI if you don't have them. All three come with color pictures of the troops. It doesn't sound like the raw militia from Louisiana wore any uniforms. 1. The Army of Spain in the AWI and the New world by J.Sloan Cranz (Uniformology Book series No. 8)
2. The Spanish Army in the AWI Vol.II "The Siege of Pensecola" By Philip Crain (Uniforology Book series No. 25)
3. The Longest Siege of the AWI:Pensacola by Wesley S. Odom. |
| DisasterWargamer | 16 Jan 2018 6:40 p.m. PST |
Rudy Scott Nelson from Time Portal Hobbies might have some insight – I took most of my information out of his "Passages" 2000 winter issue |
| Lilian | 16 Jan 2018 7:58 p.m. PST |
The mounted Carabiniers de la Nouvelle Orléans following Galvez y others militiamen of the capital had uniforms, but they are certainly not at all «cajuns» exiled from Acadia, they are french créoles the militia infantry uniform in New Orléans and others parishes is the usual for the white/european classes of the spanish militia, blue coat and breeches with scarlet cuffs lapels collar and golden buttons |
| saltflats1929 | 16 Jan 2018 9:59 p.m. PST |
He clearly dresses to the right. |
| axabrax | 17 Jan 2018 6:58 a.m. PST |
@Doug MSC How are those 40mm Spanish going anyway? ;-D |
| Pan Marek | 17 Jan 2018 8:52 a.m. PST |
If raised from Cajuns, I doubt the militia was uniformed.
That then puts you into what Cajuns wore in the mid/late 18th century.
The film "Belizaire the Cajun" (1986), although set in the 1850s, has them wearing light colored, light weight clothes
looking not unlike Mexican peasants. Paintings by the Cajun artist George Rodrigue show light colored clothing too, although this might be his "style".
The Cajuns were poor. Hats likely of straw.
Perhaps some Mexican peasant militia from the 1840s with flintlocks? Avoiding any with serapes, of course.
One might need to work on their hats.
This is one that needs more research! |
| Doug MSC | 17 Jan 2018 4:25 p.m. PST |
Yes, we are still planning to do the Spanish. We're working our way thru the odds and ends of the AWI. Need to do the Brunswick Dragoons, French and Hessian Artillerymen and Pulaski's Legion inf. as well as a few other units such as sappers, etc. and then we get to the Spanish. Just finished the British in roundabouts and the Queens Rangers. |
| Winston Smith | 18 Jan 2018 10:47 a.m. PST |
I googled George Rodrigue.
I guess I need to get a lot of electric blue dogs too. |
paints brigs for the British fleet.
