I had been putting off these two units until all the other British foot had been completed as I knew they would be fiddly, the 71st Fraser's Highlanders because of the dicing around the bonnets and the 42nd Royal Highlanders due to the tartan and the red and white diagonal dicing on the stockings:
The 71st is one of my favourite Napoleonic regiments and went through four iterations during the late 1700's. At one stage there were two regiments numbered 71st, but the one that served in America during the AWI was raised by Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser of Lovat as depicted here:
These were lovely figures to paint due to their relatively straightforward advancing pose:
Although the drummer was fiddlier than usual, being red-edged white lacing on white:
The flags are from GMB as usual:
The command set also contains a bagpiper, which I mounted alongside one of the NCOs but in such a way that he will be standing next to the officer when in line:
Excellent work, Lawrence! I have a number of projects that are conspicuously missing Highland regiments for the very same reason.
ReplyDeleteThey are definitely painful to do, and two for this project are enough.
DeleteNice work Lawrence....they may be a bit fiddly, but well worth the effort, I am sure you will agree 👍
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith. I am pleased to add them to the British contingent, but glad to have them behind me now.
DeleteThe effort really paid off as these dudes look the business! Nice job. The extra bits of the uniforms will add to the overall AWI presentation of the game. 😀
ReplyDeleteThanks Stew. Yes, the blue bonnets, kilts and dicing will certainly help to add a bit of variety.
DeleteOoooo they look rather tasty!!!!
ReplyDeleteCheers Ray, I think the extra effort paid off.
DeleteMuch more that simply 'an impression', these are super impressive! They look beaut, particularly the tartan and hose.
ReplyDeleteI really like the highlanders wearing a bonnet and with the extra plaid over the left shoulder, which they also wore in the earlier French and Indian War.
Regards, James
Very kind James. I wanted to put a bit of effort into the extra plaid to complete the look as it were.
DeleteSplendid looking highlanders, they look awesome! Luckily my Montrose army is unbuilt in a box under everything else!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks Iain. I have a 15mm Montrose army similarly tucked away. I must get around to it one day.
DeleteWow. Lawrence those are outstanding. Make sure that they go into a display cabinet and put on show.
ReplyDeleteCheers Richard. My wife has all her good crystal and porcelain in my display cabinets at the moment. Hopefully once the kids move out and I have a proper gaming room I can reclaim them.
DeleteBeautiful stuff Lawrence, I love the highlanders!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vol, A bit tricky, but ultimately rewarding.
DeleteThese are quite splendid - you can't have too many highlanders in an AWI collection. With a change of flags, the Black Watch can double-up as the Royal Highland Emigrants Regt. as well, as the tartan was the same government sett. I always found it was the socks that were the worst part - yours are excellent.
ReplyDeleteCheers Giles. The socks were definitely the trickiest part. Mine could have been a lot more detailed, but with forty-eight of them to do I thought a basic impression was enough.
DeleteMarvelous work, Lawrence! I've found that I rather enjoy painting the tartans on Highlanders, but the dicing and socks are another matter altogether! :-)
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