My next unit,or units,are the regiments of Major General Leslies Brigade at Guilford Courthouse. This brigade was also a small one,consisting of only 2 regiments as well. The first,is the 2nd batallion,71st regiment,a highland regiment. They are in campaign dress of brown overalls,and the piper plaid overalls.The kilts of the Highland regiments went into storage almost immediately upon arrival in America. These are also Perry figures. On a side note,why wargamers insist on having Highlanders in kilts in their AWI armies is beyond me! I for one don't like painting the darned kilts,and,its just not historically correct!
Anyway! The next unit of the brigade,is the Hesse-Cassel Regiment Von Bose.This unit is different,in that it does not consist of Perry miniatures. This unit is from Sash and Saber miniatures,another very fine manufacturer of 28mm wargame figures I might add! It's really a 7YW Prussian musketeer regiment,but I filed of the gaiters for the more correct overalls that this unit wore while serving in America. I eventually plan on selling this unit,in order to replace it with Perry figures.
5 comments:
Thanks for putting up a very nice blog! I really like what you've done so far with your project. I like the level of detail you put into the units as well. They look great.
I'm slowly researching the Southern Campaign myself so this is very inspirational. However, I have to get beyond a little F&I War itch right now. But the Perry AWI are so, so nice I have to get started soon.
Regarding the Highlanders, probably the reason for the Kilts is they really "look different" on the tabletop. Is it historical? Not usually, especially in the south. I will admit I thought about using the kilt wearing Highlanders simply because new players would "see" them easier. But since we know what they wore during the southern campaign, that's promoting poor history now, isn't it? Keep up the good work!
Cracking stuff, Bob.
Re kilts. I think Scipio hits the nail when he says that people just like having something different on the table. Also, for those of us gaming the northern campaigns, there is evidence that the kilts were retained for a little while before the troops changed into "campaign dress". The colonel of the 71st, for example, is reported as having insisted that his regiment retain their kilts for as long as possible. The 84th, the Royal Highland Emigrants, used the wearing of full highland plaid as a recruiting tool. But you are certainly correct that kilts will not have been worn in the South.
Best wishes
Giles
...nice blog... re. the highlanders I have them in overalls as well, but only because I can't paint tartan very well!
I've always taken the view that as long as *I* know it's not historical, then they're my armies and I can represent them as I like! :o))
PS. I have the Welch Fusiliers in their bearskins as well... ;o)
I would like to see more pics of the slash and saber "hessians" if that is possible?
at 50.00 a pop It may help my wallet, But i want it to complement the perry's and foundry I have.
Other than that ... well done..
Thank you all for the great comments! Getting back at it these days,after a stint at 1/35 armor modeling!
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