28th Foot Ensign

[Richard E]

Hi Guys,

This is the finished article and is ready for painting, would love to get some feedback.

Front view

Richard

 

[Richard E]

Right hand view

 

[Richard E]

And left hand view (forgot to take a rear view, you'll have to trust me that the back badge is there )

 

[Robin]

Hi Richard

Looking kewl matey, looking forward to seeing him painted



Robin

 

[Guy]

Awesome Richard................would love to paint that myself (and I hate doing flags) you've done a super job!!!!

 

[JCOX]

Looks impressive Richard! Can't wait to see him painted up. Good job!

-jim cox

 

[Johan]

Brilliant! I love this!

... Oh man you're going to have to paint that sphinx in those folds... not easy! Best of luck, Richard! Look forward to see him painted!

Good work!!!

 

[Richard E]

Hi Johan

You've got me worried now, I thought that these were the colours, and didn't get the sphinx until later.

Do you have a reference that says different ?

Richard

 

[Johan]

Eh... that's from a wargamer's site - they did have a sphinx on the yellow one, I'll come back on this later - will see if there's an ill. somewhere.

 

[Johan]

Richard,

Acc. to Bryan Fosten, the following description:

"The regimental colour was yellow. It had a central wreath of rose, thistle and shamrock with a red centre bearing the roman "XXVIII" in gold and beneath it the abbreviation "Regt.". In the upper corner next to the pike was a small representation of the Union flag. The colour probably had the honours "BARROSA" and "PENINSULAR" to correspond with the scrolls carried on the headdress but the position of these scrolls is unknown. The color also had a sphinx seated on a tablet lettered "EGYPT" probably under the central wreath."

there you go, Sir.

 

[Johan]

This is the sphinx:

Webpage with info and picture of the actual sphinx (preserved).:

http://members.tripod.com/%7EGlosters/colz.html

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Richard!

The bust really came out great, very impressive bust with the colors and all. Looking forward to see him painted up!

 

[Richard E]

Thanks Johan

I've been 'round that museum so many times, next time I might actually look .

Trouble is now I'm unsure on the scrolls. I'm still planning on King's Colour (I love doing flags). I guess I'm going to use a bit of artisitic licence here.

Richard

 

[Richard E]

Ok I've asked someone who should now about these things, and the answer is:

"I don't know, nobody knows - no records were kept and the colours were lost" :angry:

according to a best guess the sphinx is placed underneath the roses and thistles, and the scrolls (if there were two) were either side.

Apparently we know more about what a roman legionary wore, or what a saxon king from Essex looked like than we do about the colours of a regiment from less than two hundred years ago - this annoys me.

Anyway, enough ranting about lack of a sense of history in this country, this is the start of the painting, tell me what you think so far.

 

[Johan]

Lovely Richard! I'll have another look into the matter, and will report back here on the topic of the sphinx and what the colours may have looked like.

 

[Guy]

Beautiful Richard............he is coming along fine...........keep us posted!

guy

 

[KeithP]

Richard-

Very nice and I am looking forward to seeing more. Nice job on the gold lettering, too.



Keith

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Richard!

Thats beautiful! The face is looking great!