I'm finally getting close to finishing (who am I kidding?) my Jacobite army for the War in Ireland 1689-91. Today regt is that of Gordon O'Neil. Information on the unit is very sparse, but its one of the few Jacobite units where we know what the flags looked like and the colour of their uniform. Which is a pretty boring red coat lined red, at least it was a pretty easy paint. The figures were painted in December, before the painting Challenge, so can't be added to my tally....dammit!!
The figures are once again from Essex and the flags were made by moi!
O'Neil's fought at Aughrim and Limerick (1691). At Aughrim, the regt were in the thick of the fighting, in fact after the battle, Colonel Gordon O'Neill was found on the battlefield wounded, stripped and left for dead then rescued by maternal relatives, serving under the enemy Williamite General Ginkel, .
After the war 409 rank and file men from the regiment elected to serve the French King, in the reorganizing of the Jacobite army O'Neill's as well as all the other regts were disbanded. O'Neill himself became the Colonel of the Charlemont regt of Foot.
Nice looking unit there! Very striking.
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DeleteNice work again Raymond!
ReplyDeleteA polite comment, what the hells going on????
Deletethose look pretty cool Ray
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Deletelooking good Ray
ReplyDeleteCheers James!
DeleteNice looking regiment Ray and nice figures as well. Hope you're enjoying the MickyD's breakfast that Fran bought for you!
ReplyDeleteShhh!!!
DeleteSneaking in the junk food. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
DeleteWell, was it at least good?
I can churn out 40+ painted 15mm minis in two days, but I don't have the stamina to keep doing it for months at a time. Unlike you! Where are you placed in the Challenge? Good regt, btw.
ReplyDeleteAround 17th I think? But I've only put in 1 entry at the moment, I'll be putting in a small entry tomorrow if I remember my camera that is, like i was supposed to today!!
DeleteI've just noticed that uou have 666 followers. You devil!
ReplyDeleteHe is indeed a Beast :)
DeleteNice regiment Ray. How many more to go for the War?
Just call me Johnny Diablo!
DeleteTo be honest....none, but I've got extra figures so i may as well paint them up!
Actually 666 is not the number of the beast. A medieval monk mis- transcribed it while copying the Bible. However it is a truely impressive number of followers.
DeleteI would also like to say another impressive unit. Well done and keep up the very high standard.
Looking really good Ray. Excellent work on the flags.
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DeleteExcellent painted unit as usual! Love those flags Ray!
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Peter
http://peterscave.blogspot.be/
This is one of my favourite flags I've made.
DeleteGreat figs and interesting back story.
ReplyDeleteCheers Andrew!
DeleteNicely done! You do your own flags? Impressive.
ReplyDeleteI try!
DeleteNice work, keep going.
ReplyDeleteStunning work!
ReplyDeleteOg Neill abu!
ReplyDeleteThat's him!
DeleteIt is a very nice unit, Ray. A lot of red!!!
ReplyDeleteRed never fails when dressing for battle. Great looking unit and the red hand in the flag just sets it off. When you finish your Jacobite army, what will you do with yourself? ;-)
ReplyDeleteeeerrrrrrrr dunno!
DeleteVery nice looking unit...and pictures!
ReplyDeletePhil.
Unless my memory is failing, you still need to do us a tutorial on how you do your flags - they continue to be terrific.
ReplyDeleteI always figured the optimal dress was a red coat and brown trousers.
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DeleteAnother spanking looking unit Ray!
ReplyDeleteGreat! I can smell the smoke from the handle of the brush you are using, Speedy!
ReplyDeleteRed is quite a striking colour though. Nice work Ray
ReplyDeleteAnother great looking unit.
ReplyDeleteThese look great. I never tire of the redcoats myself
ReplyDeleteIan
Impressive as always Ray. Great work on those bases!
ReplyDeleteCheers Andrew!
ReplyDeleteExcellent unit and congratulation on you 666 followers you must have closed a pact with the devil! You're cranking out units!
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Mwah ha ha!
DeleteAs follower 666 I only demand your soul - or more pictures of well painted units. Looking really good, Ray.
ReplyDeleteWell it'll have to be more pics I'm afraid!
DeleteAnother wonderful looking unit Ray! Well done.
ReplyDeleteA very striking Red Ray! Well done and must give a warm fuzzy feeling to be close to finishing an army.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Once again a really good looking unit, Ray!
ReplyDeleteGood work on the flags too and especially many thanks for the background information.
Cheers
Monty
Another great unit for your NYW, but will we eversee then en masse and in action ?
ReplyDeleteSoon hopefully!
DeleteLovely work Ray
ReplyDeleteVery cool Ray, really like the flags also.
ReplyDeleteA nice addition to the force kind sir. I am curious what the next regiment will be like.
ReplyDeleteCheers Sander
Another Horse regt I'm afraid!
DeleteVery nice Ray - I have a soft spot for redcoats!
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteThats some collection of these you have Ray! and a nice bit of history to boot!!
ReplyDeleteI like the red!
ReplyDeleteYou're probably going to hate this because it may be easier to do, but, my favorite part is the flag - I always love how much it stands out. Great job, Ray!!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my favourite flags I've made this one Elsie.
DeleteLooking lovely.
ReplyDeleteDo not worry... No one ever finishes a project like that!
I bet even an easy paint would be difficult for me
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