MarquisMini
A Fixture
Hello folks,
Just finished this converted figure from Carrano in 75mm.
The head is from a batch of spare JMD conversion heads.
I have added the plaque using a metal base for another figure, hanpainted the letters and decided to add a pice of cloth with the Stuart Tartan pattern hanging on a round pin.
Little bit of background
Royal Ecossais
The regimental
Colour of the Royal Ecossais
The Royal Ecossais was raised by John Drummond in 1744 and disbanded 1763.
Alan Breck Stewart is generally held to have been the murderer of Colin Campbell of Glenure, however, Stevenson's fictional character is more closely based upon John Roy Stewart, himself at one time an officer in the Royal Ecossais.
Raised by John Lord Drummond of Perth with a capitulation dated 3rd December 1743 followed by a royal ordnance dated 1st August 1744. Their organisation was to be based on that of the Irish regiments ,to be made up of 11 companies of fusiliers and 1 of grenadiers each of 50 men plus officers for a total of 660 effectives. The officers and men used to form the regiment came from several different sources, firstly from Scotsmen serving in the Irish regiments, Scottish exiles living in France together with recruits smuggled out of Scotland. With an effective of 500 men and officers assembled at St.Omer, with John Lord Drummond as lieutenant colonel, (as for all Royal Regiments, the King of France was always the colonel ) although Lord Drummond wrote on the 29th December 1744 that he was missing only 10 men to complete the regiment.
This regiment, as many other foreign regiments in tjhe French Army were not mercenaries as is often claimed, they were more often than not political or religious refugees who could not safely return to their homeland for fear of persecution.
Cheers
Just finished this converted figure from Carrano in 75mm.
The head is from a batch of spare JMD conversion heads.
I have added the plaque using a metal base for another figure, hanpainted the letters and decided to add a pice of cloth with the Stuart Tartan pattern hanging on a round pin.
Little bit of background
Royal Ecossais
The regimental
Colour of the Royal Ecossais
The Royal Ecossais was raised by John Drummond in 1744 and disbanded 1763.
Alan Breck Stewart is generally held to have been the murderer of Colin Campbell of Glenure, however, Stevenson's fictional character is more closely based upon John Roy Stewart, himself at one time an officer in the Royal Ecossais.
Raised by John Lord Drummond of Perth with a capitulation dated 3rd December 1743 followed by a royal ordnance dated 1st August 1744. Their organisation was to be based on that of the Irish regiments ,to be made up of 11 companies of fusiliers and 1 of grenadiers each of 50 men plus officers for a total of 660 effectives. The officers and men used to form the regiment came from several different sources, firstly from Scotsmen serving in the Irish regiments, Scottish exiles living in France together with recruits smuggled out of Scotland. With an effective of 500 men and officers assembled at St.Omer, with John Lord Drummond as lieutenant colonel, (as for all Royal Regiments, the King of France was always the colonel ) although Lord Drummond wrote on the 29th December 1744 that he was missing only 10 men to complete the regiment.
This regiment, as many other foreign regiments in tjhe French Army were not mercenaries as is often claimed, they were more often than not political or religious refugees who could not safely return to their homeland for fear of persecution.
Cheers
