Friday 1 June 2012

RP No 77 NYW/ Jacobite - The Earl of Tyrconnel's Horse



Richard Talbot was raised to the Irish peerage in May 1685 as the Earl of Tyrconnel. Later that year he was authorised to by the crown to reorganize the army in Ireland, gradually he began to replace Protestant officers with Catholic ones, creating an Anglo-Irish officer corps, who were dependant on him for favour and advancement.
When James II landed in Ireland in March 1689, many regiment went over to him en masse. Tyconnel's Horse was one of these regiments. In the field they were reported to have a 9 troops, were most Horse regts had 6 troops. The strength of a troop is given as 1 Captain, 1, Lieutenant, 1 Cornet, 1 Quartermaster, 1 Trumpeter, 3 Corporals and 50 troopers.
Tyconnel's Horse only fought at the Battle of the Boyne,
There is no record of what the regiment's uniform of flag was. After searching the net I found the Earl of Tyconnel's coat of arms and used that for the flag, adding a cross to the second squadrons flag.  I used a colour close to the flag colour for the linings an orange-brown.
As per usual the figures are from Eseex's 15mm range and bases are from Warbases.




 1st Squadron

 2nd Squadron


36 comments:

  1. I've been meaning to say - I like the attention to detail on your horses. Socks, markings, etc. They're only consciously there if you look for them, but they add to the overall feel / credibility of the unit. Nicely done.

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    1. Thanks FMB, it just adds a little colour, there's not a lot you can really do with a 15mm horse.

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  2. Another great unit, Ray. FMB made a good point about the horses, too. Very nice job on those. You spoil us with consistent excellence.

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  3. Nicely done Ray and cool basing too, is that little flowers I spot on your bases? Who do you get them from Ray and what size do you get?
    Cheers
    Paul

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    1. No flowers Paul, its just the flock I use.

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  4. They look so good, especially for 15mm, as you capture such detail. As noted, your horses are really above and beyond.

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  5. I keep forgetting that these are 15mm, if you were not saying I would be thinking they were 28mms.. good job on them!

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  6. WOW! They just keep getting better. For real!

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  7. These look great. I can see where paulalba is coming from regarding the flowers.

    Cheers
    Ross

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  8. Great work.... Especially in 15mm!

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  9. Looking Good Ray !!!

    Best regards Michael

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  10. Well done specially considering the insanely small scale. Great pictures too!

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  11. Very nice. Where do you paint these little guys? At home, work? Both? Do your girls like to paint?

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    1. Mainly at work, and I wouldn't let the girls touch them!!

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  12. Super looking unit and flag Ray!

    Christopher

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  13. Very nice looking unit Ray.

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  14. Wonderful painting, Ray - as ever. Congrats - as ever!

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  15. One more time, a superb unit, great bases, and the flag is...amazing...be careful Ray for next posts, the most difficult is to stay on top!

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  16. Great modeling work, AH.

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  17. Another fine unit for your ever expanding collection.

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  18. Cool figures - it was a very interesting period of history

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  19. Great looking unit and excellent painting.

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  20. They are looking great Ray and I cant wait to see the whole righteous army in display

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  21. Nicely done, Ray! I like the look of all those long dragoon pistols - nice change from the ubiquitous swords.

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  22. Another wonderful unit along with some history!

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  23. Another fine unit Ray. We must be getting pretty close to getting that army pic that you keep promising......?

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  24. A great regiment of horse Ray.

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  25. Very nice painted unit Ray! I like the outcome of the colors, the red uniforms and the yellow flag. Looks real nice!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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