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Thursday, 25 October 2007

Coming soon...

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A hussar of Prussian regiment no.2 von Zieten. I know not many people wanted a new hussar (or hussars, as there are great differences in det...
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Saturday, 20 October 2007

British in India 1 - Private, East India Company European Infantry

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This is a typical uniform of the East India Company's Bengal, Madras and Bombay European infantry regiments. Standard features were a re...
Thursday, 18 October 2007

Arquebusier de Grassin - pre-SYW, variant 1

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I thought I might as well do a variant with buttons on the left side of the coat and with a side pocket so here it is. The pocket is also ed...

Arquebusier de Grassin - pre-SYW

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This was done as a request for a wargamer painting a battalion of Eureka Arquebusiers de Grassins and even though it's not strictly a SY...
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007

French in India 4 - Sepoy of Nellore District 1750-55

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Although most French sepoys wore native dress, some wore European-style uniform jackets. The Nellore company wore a yellow coat with green c...

French in India 3 - Fusilier of Company of Topas, Bussy's Army 1753-4

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Another slightly pre-SYW uniform, this was worn by some Indo-Portuguese Portuguese-speaking Christian troops who wore a pink or "buffis...
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Sunday, 14 October 2007

Grenadier, Brunswick Line Infantry

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Grenadier, Brunswick Leib Regiment

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David Morier's paintings of the late 1740s-early 1750s suggest that Brunswick grenadiers all wore virtually the same pattern of grenadie...

Musketeer, Brunswick Line Infantry

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Brunswick was a fairly poor state and its uniforms were correspondingly simple, in the Prussian style. The coat was dark blue with lapels, c...
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Musketeer, Brunswick Leib Regiment

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This is a diversion back to SYW Europe, prompted by Ed's blog of coloured versions of my templates; we couldn't have Prussian unifor...
Saturday, 13 October 2007

Musings on Sepoy uniforms (or otherwise)

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It seems that there is next to no evidence of what British sepoys were wearing in the SYW and only very conjectural and imaginative reconstr...
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Friday, 12 October 2007

French in India 2 - Infantry of Kerjean's Volunteers, Bussy's Army

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This is a slightly pre-SYW uniform, around 1751, but similar uniforms in different colours were worn in the succeeding years up to the end o...
Thursday, 11 October 2007

French in India 1 - Grenadier of Kerjean's Volunteers, Bussy's Army

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General Bussy's army operated in Central India and had grenadiers, volunteers, dragoons, horse grenadiers and artillery, raised locally....
Wednesday, 10 October 2007

Swedish Infantry - Musketeer

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Before launching into the 6 or so SYW in India templates I've planned I thought I'd do something nicely simple and a bit different. ...
Monday, 8 October 2007

8th Reichsarmee Template - Dragoon of the Württemberg Dragoons (Swabian Circle)

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And here is the last of the Reichsarmee Templates for now. This regiment put up a surprisingly tough fight against the Prussian cavalry atta...
Sunday, 7 October 2007

Coming shortly

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Next, during the coming week, will be the last Reichsarmee template for the moment, a dragoon of the Württemberg Dragoon Regiment which, des...
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Friday, 5 October 2007

7th Reichsarmee Template - Grenadier of the Kurbayern Infantry Regiment (Bavarian Circle)

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Although some sources suggest the Bavarian grenadiers had plates on their fur caps in the mid-18th century, Martin Lange in Pengel and Hurt...
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6th Reichsarmee Template - Musketeer of the Kurbayern Infantry Regiment (Bavarian Circle)

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Kurbayern was a composite regiment of regular Bavarian infantry; it consisted of the 1st Battalion and Grenadier company of Infantry Regimen...
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Wednesday, 3 October 2007

5th Reichsarmee Template - Grenadier of the Mainz Infantry Regiment Wildenstein (Circle of the Elector Rhine)

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The cap of the grenadiers was of brown fur with a green bag piped with yellow lace and a yellow tassel. The plate with its grenade badge was...
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Tuesday, 2 October 2007

4th Reichsarmee Template - Musketeer of the Salzburg Infantry Regiment (Bavarian Circle)

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Rated as "good" by Soubise, Salzburg was raised in the Bishopric of that name and consisted largely of Catholics. The uniform was ...
Monday, 1 October 2007

3rd Reichsarmee Template - Musketeer of the Mainz Infantry Regiment Wildenstein (Circle of the Elector Rhine)

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Wildenstein was a 4 battalion regiment, rated as "good" by Soubise. The uniform was in the Austrian style, white with green facing...
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Sunday, 30 September 2007

2nd Reichsarmee Template - Musketeer of the Münster Regiments Nagel and Elberfeld (Westphalian Circle)

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Colour template added 05.05.09. Both these single battalion regiments may have worn the same Prussian-style uniform, dark blue with red fac...
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007

4th French Foreign Infantry Regiment - Fusilier of Irish Regiment Bulkeley

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A single battalion regiment created in 1690, Bulkeley served mostly on coastal guard duties from the beginning of the SYW until 1760 but the...
Saturday, 8 September 2007

3rd French Foreign Infantry Template - Fusilier of the German Regiment Alsace

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A very old regiment, raised in 1656, Alsace saw much action in the SYW, and was present at Hastenbeck 1757, Cassel 1758, Bergen and Minden 1...

8th French Infantry Template - Grenadier of the Grenadiers de France

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Well, it's not a Hessen-Darmstadt grenadier or a French German Regiment infantryman (they'll be along shortly) but it is another Fre...
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