Just a quick post to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year. I had hoped that as usual I'd do a Christmas-themed template but events overtook me this time; a very elderly uncle had a bad fall and was in hospital and dealing with that has eaten up the time and energy the past week. I still have plans to do more templates, flags, etc., and hope that in the coming year I find the time and energy to do them!
All good wishes,
David.
Sunday 25 December 2011
Happy Christmas and New Year to everyone
Posted by David Morfitt at Sunday, December 25, 2011 10 comments
Friday 2 December 2011
Royal Navy Flag Officer, dress uniform waistcoat
Posted by David Morfitt at Friday, December 02, 2011 2 comments
Royal Navy Flag Officer, dress uniform
I'm not entirely happy with this one, as in order to make the lace manageable at this scale I stylised it somewhat. I may well have another go at the entwined gold lace when I can find the time and energy. However, it still looks fairly good, I think, and ImagiNations people probably won't mind anyway.
Posted by David Morfitt at Friday, December 02, 2011 0 comments
Monday 21 November 2011
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Royal Navy Junior Captain, waistcoat
Posted by David Morfitt at Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2 comments
Monday 7 November 2011
Royal Navy Senior Captain, waistcoat
As the full coated version obscures the details of the waistcoat there are also templates showing the waistcoat only.
Posted by David Morfitt at Monday, November 07, 2011 2 comments
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Royal Navy Senior Captain, full dress uniform
Posted by David Morfitt at Tuesday, November 01, 2011 0 comments
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Royal Navy Flag Officer, undress uniform
From 1748 to 1767 all officers except midshipmen had two orders of dress, full dress and undress, the former being much more elaborately laced. With successive regulations after 1767 the full dress uniforms were dropped leaving the undress as the only order of dress.
This is one of seven Royal Navy officer templates of the first 1748-1767 pattern, which were commissioned by Paul who runs the St George's Squadron of the Pirates of the Burning Sea online game: see here: http://www.st-george-squadron.com/sgs/wiki/index.php?title=1748_Pattern and here: http://www.burningsea.com/page/home He has kindly agreed to my posting them on the blog.
Posted by David Morfitt at Tuesday, October 18, 2011 4 comments
Monday 10 October 2011
7 new Royal Navy uniform templates very soon...
I've just completed a commission to produce seven new Royal Navy officers' uniform templates and the chap who commissioned them is happy to see them go on my blog. They are: Lieutenant, Junior Captain, Senior Captain, and Flag Officer in waistcoat; Senior Captain and Flag Officer in dress uniform; and Flag Officer in undress uniform. Some of these are very elaborate and impressive. As usual, there'll be colour and blank templates for each uniform. Watch this space!
Posted by David Morfitt at Monday, October 10, 2011 0 comments
Saturday 27 August 2011
Colours of French Languedoc Infantry Regiment - French infantry in Canada series No.5
First raised 1672, the 2 battalion infantry regiment Languedoc supplied its 2nd battalion for the war in Canada. It arrived in 1755, although 4 companies were captured at sea by the British. It was at the defeat at Fort George 1755; the capture of Fort William Henry 1757; the French victory of Ticonderoga 1758; the siege of Quebec and battles of Montmorency and the Plains of Abraham; the French victory of Sainte Foy and the siege of Quebec 1760; and finally the retreat to and surrender at Montreal 8th September 1760. Only the ordonnance flag was carried in Canada and was burned before the surrender at Montreal but the colonel's colour is shown here for completeness.
We're getting close to the complete set of infantry colours of French regular battalions in Canada - only a few to go now...
Posted by David Morfitt at Saturday, August 27, 2011 7 comments
Wednesday 10 August 2011
Colours of French La Sarre Infantry Regiment - French infantry in Canada series No.4
First raised 1651, the 2 battalion infantry regiment La Sarre supplied its 2nd battalion for the war in Canada. It arrived in 1756 as part of the convoy carrying the new commander Montcalm. It was at the capture of Oswego 1756; the capture of Fort William Henry 1757; the French victory of Ticonderoga 1758; the siege of Quebec and battles of Montmorency and the Plains of Abraham; elements surrendered at Fort Niagara 1759; was at the French victory of Sainte Foy and the siege of Quebec 1760; and finally the retreat to and surrender at Montreal 8th September 1760. Only the ordonnance flag was carried in Canada and was burned before the surrender at Montreal but the colonel's colour is shown here for completeness.
Posted by David Morfitt at Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4 comments
Saturday 23 July 2011
Colours of French Guyenne Infantry Regiment - French infantry in Canada series No.3
I'm currently redoing the French infantry uniform template as the current one is old, crude and rather worn out. :-)
Posted by David Morfitt at Saturday, July 23, 2011 9 comments
Thursday 30 June 2011
Flags of French Royal Roussillon Infantry Regiment - French infantry in Canada series No.2
The 1st Battalion of Royal Roussilllon served in Canada from 1756-1760. The golden lilies signify a Royal regiment. Of the 2 drapeaux d'ordonnance (the upper colour) carried by this regiment in Canada, one is supposed to have been captured by the British 35th Foot at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham on 13th September 1759 and the other was burned before the surrender of Montreal on the 8th September 1760. More information on Kronoskaf here: http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Royal_Roussillon_Infanterie
Posted by David Morfitt at Thursday, June 30, 2011 8 comments
Sunday 29 May 2011
Colours of French La Reine Infantry Regiment - French infantry in Canada series No.1
Apparently only the single battalion regiment Angoumois carried its white colonel's colour in North America during the Seven Years War; the rest of the regular infantry carried only the regimental or battalion colours (drapeaux d'ordonnance).
Unfortunately the blog does not allow me to post these flags as a vector file, which would be both a smaller file size and much more crisp and detailed.
Posted by David Morfitt at Sunday, May 29, 2011 8 comments
Monday 23 May 2011
42nd Highlanders' Grenadier with tartan pattern
The tartan pattern was a commission for Moshe a while ago.
Posted by David Morfitt at Monday, May 23, 2011 6 comments
Friday 20 May 2011
Stylish Blogger Award
Posted by David Morfitt at Friday, May 20, 2011 2 comments
Sunday 1 May 2011
WSS Cuirassier in tricorne
Posted by David Morfitt at Sunday, May 01, 2011 15 comments
Friday 29 April 2011
Early 18th Century European Cuirassier
This is the classic uniform of the European cuirassier, which survived almost unchanged for a century or more from the early 17th century in the armies of a number of European nations, and was used by the Austrian cavalry specifically for fighting the Turks until the late 18th century. The zischagge-style of lobster pot helmet was Eastern European, with its extensive fluting on the bowl and the single bar adjustable nose guard. The coat was usually thick buff leather throughout the 17th century but was gradually replaced with a cloth coat in the 18th century. The heavy back and breastplate, painted black to prevent rust, was usually at least pistol proof. Breeches were often leather in the earlier period but like the buff coat were often later replaced with cloth.
The coloured version represents the Bavarian Horse Regiment Salburg Widel at the time of the War of the Spanish Succession.
This template is an adaptation of a simpler one I did as a commission for Moshe some time ago.
Posted by David Morfitt at Friday, April 29, 2011 8 comments
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Recently finished design for Golconda
Here's a snapshot of a commission I've recently finished for Golconda; see: http://golcondarising.blogspot.com/ It's an excellent and fascinating blog on wargaming all things Indian in the 18th century.
I think the exotic talwar came out pretty well... :-)
Posted by David Morfitt at Wednesday, April 13, 2011 9 comments
Friday 1 April 2011
Typical British Sailor c.1750
This is the typical Sunday-best dress of a British sailor of around 1750. In the days before any official uniform for ordinary sailors a sort of uniform was produced by each ship having clothing issued by the ship's purser - so-called "purser's slops". The blue jacket without tails has the classic three-button opening cuff. The mustard coloured waistcoat would often have the addition of gold or silver lace if the sailor had won some prize money and if that were so his black leather buckled shoes would also possibly acquire silver or gilt buckles. Breeches and stockings were often worn as an alternative to the loose trousers. The small flat tricorne was typical working class wear and it was sometimes aped by young men of the upper classes. When out walking in the town a sailor would often carry a cudgel or cudgel-like walking stick.
Posted by David Morfitt at Friday, April 01, 2011 2 comments
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Not Quite SYW But - Napoleonic British Sailor in his Sunday best
Another commission from some time ago by Moshe, to whom again thanks for permission to upload it here, this is a template of the typical "full dress" Sunday best of a British Napoleonic sailor; there was no prescribed uniform until well into the 19th century but British sailors did tend to wear rather similar clothes, partly because many of them were "slop", acquired from the ship's purser.
I hope to get round to a template for a genuine 18th century sailor before too long but in the meantime someone may find a use for this.
Posted by David Morfitt at Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4 comments
Sunday 27 March 2011
Royal Navy Lieutenant, Full Dress
Another of the templates commissioned by Moshe, this is the full dress uniform of a British naval lieutenant from 1748 onwards.
Thanks to Moshe for letting me offer this for general use.
Posted by David Morfitt at Sunday, March 27, 2011 5 comments
Wednesday 23 February 2011
More elements for ImagiNations mapping
As with the uniform templates (see the copyright notice on the left of this page), I'm offering them free to use but retain the copyright and they must not be sold or used in any profit-making enterprise without my permission
If anyone would like the SVG file, please leave a message in the comments with your (disguised) email address and I'll email it to you.
Posted by David Morfitt at Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11 comments