The Regiment was raised in Perthshire, in July 1652
The authorized strength of the Regiment was 920 men.
It fought at Dunbar, September 1650.
\It was effectively destroyed there, losing all three senior officers!
More "Tartan Practice"!
The Haldane name has associations with Katherine Kurtz's Deryni novels, although Haldane came long before her books!
Lovely work Peter. These strike a nice balance between the usually dour Scottish attire of the period without being uninteresting. That bit of tartan gives a nice flash of colour.
ReplyDeleteI agree! The splash of color from the body-wrapped tartan sets the unit off.
DeleteThanks, Lawrence; I have rather enjoyed painting the Scots. There are plenty more to come! I just took advantage of the very unseasonably war weather to prime figures for some Dragoons, Cavalry, and Artillery next.
DeleteThanks, Jon. Adding the bit of Tartan was well worth it!
DeletePLEEAASE Peter- do not mention the Battle of Dunbar! Every time I think about it (which admittedly isn't often, because even though I like playing with toy soldiers, I am not that weird!), it makes me annoyed that the Scots contrived to lose it (and that is even though I do think Cromwell was a great general and fought for a good cause... in England!)
ReplyDeleteI would imagine every Scottish regiment present at Dunbar was "effectively destroyed", to use your pithy phrase...GGGRRR! (OK, rant over, its safe again now :))
Ach, a sore nerve! I guess doing Dunbar at Historicon might be a bad idea, then?
DeleteAnother boonie wee bunch
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