deanoware | 03 Dec 2023 12:25 a.m. PST |
I am trying to find out what army and outfit these miniatures belong to? I think they are Mexicans from the American West during the American Indian Wars as that is what the Casacas Azules comic was about but I cannot find any army or unit during that time with these uniforms and hats. I am interested in finding out what the color scheme was? auction |
79thPA ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 03 Dec 2023 8:55 a.m. PST |
Any US cavalryman in a winter hat. It is probably supposed to be the 1879 muskrat fur cap. |
robert piepenbrink ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 03 Dec 2023 9:35 a.m. PST |
I agree with 79th. But I can't remember ever seeing that cap worn without a good winter coat. Doesn't mean it never happened, of course. |
79thPA ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 03 Dec 2023 10:14 a.m. PST |
I was thinking the same thing, but I figured artistic license. |
William Warner | 03 Dec 2023 11:03 a.m. PST |
Possible Royal Canadian Mounted Police? US Cavalry wore their pistol holster on the right hip. |
Grattan54 ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 03 Dec 2023 11:07 a.m. PST |
I am thinking Mounties too. |
DisasterWargamer ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 03 Dec 2023 12:29 p.m. PST |
Looking at the comic – I didnt see any winter uniforms – However – there was one where they traveled to Quebec – as most of the sculpts seem on point for the series – I would agree with other posters that they are likely the Mounties |
79thPA ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 03 Dec 2023 5:33 p.m. PST |
Yes, that does appear to be the case. |
deanoware | 04 Dec 2023 8:58 a.m. PST |
Funny, so it was not the Royal Canadian Mounted Police but the Northwest Mounted Police. However I cannot find any reference to them wearing the Muskrat hats prior to 1940.
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Frederick ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 04 Dec 2023 9:55 a.m. PST |
The winter dress for the NWMP from the time of their formation included a fur hat and a short buffalo jacket – after the 1880s the buffalo jackets were phased out as the buffalo herds that had supplied them ceased to exist – so these figs could very well be NWMP sans their buffalo coats, notably with the holster on the left side |
Old Contemptible ![Supporting Member of TMP Supporting Member of TMP](boards/icons/sp.gif) | 17 Dec 2023 12:09 a.m. PST |
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