ALY MORRISON'S "BUTTERFLY" ADVENTURES IN THE WORLD OF WARGAMES AND TOY SOLDIERS

Sunday, 12 May 2019

The War of Spanish Succession... Orkney's and The Grey Musketeers.



Greetings...


First off ...
We have Orkney's Regiment of Foot... The Royal Scots.


They have their origins in the 1630's (In the service of the French)...Commanded by Sir John Hepburn.


During the War of Spanish Succession they fought at...


The Schellenberg and Blenheim 1704
The Battle of Ramillies 1706
The battle of Oudenarde 1708
The battle of Malplaquet 1707


This is another of the units that I bought off of my friend Adrian...


All I did was re-matt varnish... gloss the black leather, rebase and re-flag...






Another lovely unit with lovely standards...


The miniatures are... Front Rank.
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/spanish-succession/wss-british-infantry/


The bases were, as always... Warbases.
https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/


The flags are from Maverick Models...
http://www.maverick-models.com/flags.htm




Next up we have ...


The French Grey Musketeers...


A bit of a must have in my humble opinion...


They saw action at...


The Battle of Ramillies 1706
The battle of Oudenarde 1708
The battle of Malplaquet 1707








The Coats are... Citadel...  Evil Sunz Scarlet.
The Surcoat is... Citadel ... Kantor Blue.
The braid on the Surcoats is a mix of silver and white.
And the gold braid is a mix of gold and orange.


The miniatures are... Front Rank.
https://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/spanish-succession/wss-french-cavalry-spanish-succession/


The bases were... Warbases.
https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/premier-bases-metric/


The Standard was home made using Photoshop and the Robert Hall plate FG02 available from...
The Pike and Shot Society.
https://www.pikeandshotsociety.org/


I am very please with this unit...


Next up should be the Royal scots Greys and some more infantry...


All the best   Aly





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24 comments:

  1. Phil Robinson12 May 2019 at 22:38

    Splendid additions to the collection.

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  2. Carlo13 May 2019 at 01:38

    Beautiful looking units Aly.

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  3. Jonathan Freitag13 May 2019 at 02:06

    A double shot of fine units! Great work, Aly!

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    1. Aly Morrison13 May 2019 at 07:00

      Thank you Jonathan
      Nice steady progress I think.


      All the best. Aly

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  4. marinergrim13 May 2019 at 05:54

    Excellent as always.

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  5. Mark Strachan13 May 2019 at 06:03

    That is an excellent pair of units Aly, and a superb job on the standards.

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    1. Aly Morrison13 May 2019 at 07:04

      Thank you Mark...
      I was really pleased with the Musketeers standard...

      All the best. Aly

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  6. rross13 May 2019 at 08:23

    Great looking Front Rank additions Aly! Are you sure about Hepburn's employers - I have a feeling they were in Dutch service during the 30 Years War - but I have not checked so I may well be wrong!

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    1. rross13 May 2019 at 08:47

      Ok looks like we might both be right - kind of! I must be thinking of Hepburn's "previous regiment" (whatever that means...) As per following from Mr Google:

      "In April 1633, Sir John Hepburn was granted a warrant by Charles I to recruit 1200 Scots for service with the French army in the 1618-1648 Thirty Years War. The nucleus came from Hepburn's previous regiment, which fought with the Swedes from 1625 until August 1632, when Hepburn quarrelled with Gustavus Adolphus. It absorbed other Scottish units in the Swedish army, as well as those already with the French and by 1635 totalled around 8,000 men."

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    2. Aly Morrison13 May 2019 at 19:16

      Hi Keith...
      I based their origin on what is posted on the regiments website...

      http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/

      The Royal Scots, the oldest Infantry Regiment of the Line in the British Army, was formed in 1633 when Sir John Hepburn, under a Royal Warrant granted by King Charles I, raised a body of men in Scotland for service in France. By 1635 Sir John commanded a force of over 8,000, including many who had previously fought as mercenaries from 1603 in the “Green Brigade” for King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. It was by virtue of the 1633 Royal Warrant that the entire Regiment was considered as British; a regular force in a standing Army which could be recalled to Britain at will. In 1661, the Regiment was, in fact, summoned to Britain to bridge the gap between the disbandment of the New Model Army and the creation of a Regular Army, organised along the same lines as the British units in foreign service. The Regiment was thus the original model for all others.

      Wherever you take your information from... they have certainly been around for a while...

      All the best. Aly

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  7. David13 May 2019 at 08:43

    Great additions to the collection there Aly.

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    1. Aly Morrison13 May 2019 at 19:17

      Thank you David...
      I am very pleased with them...

      All the best. Aly

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  8. Phil13 May 2019 at 16:01

    First class units Aly, congrats!

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  9. caveadsum147113 May 2019 at 18:32

    Lovely looking infantry unit and a splendid cavalry troop,both with delightful flags!
    Best Iain

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  10. The Jolly Broom Man13 May 2019 at 18:42

    Beautiful figures Aly, I'd be scared to actually play with them!

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    1. Aly Morrison13 May 2019 at 19:20

      Me playing with them ... no problem
      My sausage fingered mates... that’s another thing all together... ;-)

      All the best. Aly

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    2. Paul Scrivens-Smith13 May 2019 at 19:44

      Yep, we all have that 'smush-handed' mate don't we

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  11. Jay White14 May 2019 at 21:18

    VERY nicely done sir. Great looking miniatures/painting!

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