Back to the Nine Years War for today's post, the Battle of Killiecrankie to be specific. The figures were actually painted back in June but I've only just managed to get them based up.
The regiment was raised on 19th May 1689 in Edinburgh by David Melville, the 3rd Earl of Leven. Its written that volunteers for the unit were so high that they managed sign up 800 men in just 2 hours. Some of these men are thought to be veterans of the Battles of Drumclog and Bothwell Bridge, while the NCO's were drafted in from the Dutch Scots brigade. Leven's fought in the centre right of the Williamite battle line at Killiecrankie. During the battle Lord Kenmure's regt fled as the Highlanders charged, some of Levan's regt followed suit, while the rest and other remnants were rallied by the Earl and stood firm as the battle closed.
The figures are from Essex minis once again, there is some argument that they shouldn't be in bonnets, but if its good enough for Stuart Reid in his book I Met The Devil & Dundee", its good enough for me! Although after Killiecrankie I would think they would have been ordered to where hats. Its not known exactly what Leven's coat colours were, but its agreed they wore red coats with possibly either white or yellow cuffs,as nearly all Scots regts at this time had white cuffs, so I chose white.
As for the flags of the unit, once again they are not known so I went with a saltire with the coat of arms of the Earl of Leven in the centre for one, while for the other I went with an idea of Mr Reid again in the same book previously mentioned. There are two drawn pictures of flags, one is an unknown flag with either the coat of arms of the Maitland family or Edinburgh castle in the centre, while the other very similar flag was carried by Alexander Stewart's Edinburgh regt that fought at the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. So I combined elements of both flags and came up with this one, it probably should be in white, but it looked better in yellow, that's conjecture for you!
Very nice Ironsides!
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DeleteTrollop? Not nice, Rayolla.
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ReplyDeleteUnas escenas muy buenas,y me gustan los estandartes
un saludo
Hola j d, alegra que te guste las cifras y las banderas!
DeleteGreat Ray !
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Thanks Capt!
DeleteVery nice Ray, lovely looking troops.
ReplyDeleteCheers Michael!
DeleteBeautiful painting Ray! The flags are awesome too!
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DeleteAnother lovely unit enters the OOB!
ReplyDeleteAnd there's more to come, doh!
DeleteNo one will shoot you for having a yellow flag. (Tongue lashing, maybe.) They look good, Ray.
ReplyDeleteAnd eight hundred volunteers in two hours is also impressive.
It is quite impressive, they must have really disliked James.
DeleteAnother cracking regiment Ray, flags look great!
ReplyDeleteCheers Cyrus!
DeleteVery nice Ray. Having seen these it has given me the little extra push to hunt out my 6mm troops.... I put them somewhere "Safe" so they might be a struggle to find!
ReplyDeleteI do like it when you do units like this it does inspire me. Thank you.
Found them.... behind the printer! Don't ask, Just waiting for Frontline Tim to email me back his bas sizes and then it's a GO!
DeleteA-ha! Get that brush out!
DeleteVery nice, Ray. You're very skilled with those flags, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ben!
DeleteExcellent work! Might just inspire me to get back to the painting table (I've been negligent these past few months).
ReplyDeleteMe too Bard!
DeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteVery nice Ray!
ReplyDeleteI agree, the flag looks much better in yellow! Great job, Ray!
ReplyDeleteCheers Elsie!
DeleteI love Scots almost as much as I love Irish people...
ReplyDeleteWe do love Scottish men don't we? Gerard springs immediately to mind nom nom nom.
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DeleteNice unit! Love the bright yellow flag, they should really stand up on the battlefield.
ReplyDeleteLets hope it doesn't attract too much attention from the Highlanders then.
DeleteGreat looking unit Ray, I'd also go along with Stuart's opinion, he's been researching this stuff for years (we both took part in a reenactment of Killikrankie back in the 70's).
ReplyDeleteExcellent! any pics?
DeleteI do love those flags you used.... great unit as always!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jonathan!
DeleteThis a very nice unit. You have a wonderful collection!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking unit!!
ReplyDeleteNice looking unit especially the colours of this regiment, they have to be my favourites so far!
ReplyDeleteIt could possibly be in my top 3!
DeleteThat's a nice flag. Nice color combination on the uniforms too.
ReplyDeleteGreat figures and flags. Well done.
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome regiment, Ray. If you have the option for blue bonnets, always go for it. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteYou bet!
DeleteGreat work as always, Ray. The leader with a full beard holding a sword is my kind-of Boss!
ReplyDeleteha ha!
DeleteVery nice indeed, love the flags as well
ReplyDeleteIan
Nice post and miniatures Ray. Nine Years War is another period that is tempting me... :-)
ReplyDeleteMarzio.
Its a great and colourful period Marzio!
DeleteExcellent brushwork Ray!!
ReplyDeleteCheers Anne!
DeleteGood stuff, Ray. I thought of this project while at GenCon, staring at the WSS figures from Wargames Factory. I managed to break out of the trance and escape, just barely...
ReplyDeleteYou will sucomb to the tempation Mike.........one day!
DeleteHandsome painting. I like the three stand basing for pike and shot and the yellow flag is eye catching. Essex figures have always struck me as being a bit squatty...short in the legs. What are your thoughts on Essex 15mm anatomy?
ReplyDeleteThey're my favourite 15mm figure company Jonathan, the old 80's Essex were a little squat, but from the 90's onwards the figures are spot on in anatomy.
DeleteI really like that blue flag. I can also just barely believe it takes you so long to post these up!
ReplyDeleteAnother fabulous unit and great flags as always!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Jason
Beautiful brushwork, I like the yellow flag.
ReplyDeleteGood continuation
Great unit and nice bit of history. As mentioned by others, the yellow flag is brill.
ReplyDeleteYou're flags are ever so impressive, Ray
ReplyDeleteVery nice Ray! I'm just dipping a toe in the 9YW... :-)
ReplyDeleteIts a great period Simon.
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