Following on from the completion of the relevant flags, His Majesty's 27th Regiment of Foot ("The Inniskillings") are finally ready to take to the field.
Once more, the figures are mainly Eagle Figures, with the odd Redoubt command figure slotted in for a bit of variety between units. As has become usual for my redcoats, I started with a basecoat of "Dragon Red" spray from the "Army Painter" range, courtesy of Nephew Nick at the "Sleeping Dragon Hobby Shop", and worked it up from there. As any regular readers may recall, I do not like painting red, so this spray paint is a godsend for me, replacing my usual black undercoat, but even so I use a brown wash and two shades of red to highlight the coats for the effect I want. It is up to others to decide if they like the look or I am just wasting my time!
Anyway, my original plan was for six regiments of British infantry for my French & Indian Wars project, and this is the fourth one to be completed. I want to push this figure to seven, however, as my Combined Grenadiers feature elements of six regiments, each of which I want to represent. The grenadiers would then be the seventh. Having said that, though, I do have elements of the 44th Foot in my "Muskets & Tomahawks"/ "Sharp Practice 2" collection, so I guess I sort of have covered all the bases once I get the 35th and 43rd regiments done. I still think I will paint up the 46th, however, to get my "yellow facings fix".
The French, by contrast, were targeted at four regiments, plus artillery, as they would be defending a position in the planned show game, so got a few bits of cover to play with. That figure may now rise to five, however, as seven vs four plus artillery may be a bit overkill.
Regiment number five (which is actually the 43rd!) will be hot on the heels of the Inniskillings, so watch this space.
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| A battle line of Inniskillings ready to deliver a punishing volley to the French! |
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| The command element, with the two standard bearers both being Redoubt figures in the usual sea of Eagle Figures. |
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| The right flank |
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| The left flank |
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