My British (& Beersteiner) Miter Cap Gurardsmen
I finally have a full regiment of my Miter Cap British guardsmen. I am not going to claim which regiment it represents. Much of the intricate decorative detail varies, by sometimes tiny amounts yet with two regiments having the same facing colors. The officer here I painted once with a different reference, so he is really from a different regiment. I'll either repaint his cap or find another figure. I have painted the drummer boy in reverse colors; I gather this was not always done but it looks interesting.
The regiment started off as all Charbens figures and conversions of the same. To complete the unit, I did a number of conversions of other brands. As I added to the unit over a number of years the poses are as hodgepodge; normally I would have all shooting, advancing, marching or picking noses.
The British grenadiers had their headgear changed from miter caps to bearskins for the American Revolution. They would be fine for the French and Indian War. The Hessians still had miter caps when they served in the Revolutionary War and I'll show my unit of those, and also Swiss grenadiers, in a future post.
With a change of flag these boys will also be my 3rd Beersteiner grenadiers.
Great job James - I am a huge fan of Grenadiers!
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul.
ReplyDeleteYour grenadiers looks great. I really like these colorful uniforms!
ReplyDeleteWhen you mention that these miniatures is a full 'Regiment' I guess they're not 1:1 representation, and perhaps each figure represents ab smaller unit like battalion and compagnie?? A regiment is thousands of men, and consists of several battalions of hundreds. A battalion is several compagnies of more than 100 soldiers each.
Anyway, they're nice painted and are looking good. I usually don't paint 'eyes' but yours looks good with.