Irish Brigade: O'Briens Regiment

 

Another regiment was all finished up today, this time O'Briens Regiment:

 

 

Once more, these are all from the excellent Ebor Miniatures range. The same colour scheme was as before (red jackets), but with yellow facings. 

Here are some more detailed photos of each individual base:

 These are the core troops of the regiment, consisting of 13 soldiers, three grenadiers and one each of an NCO and a drummer, both of which are easy to see due to their blue coats.

This is the base consisting entirely of troops. I think the yellow and red scheme is vey striking. 

Here we have the drummer with his escorting troops - these go on the left flank of the regiment. The drummers of this period are vey flamboyant, with reversed coats, livery and hopefully if you zoom in you can see the colonels coat of arms painted on the drum. 

The right flank is occupied by the NCO and grenadiers. The grenadiers have even bigger cuffs (if that is possible) and more pouches and a powder horn, presumable where they kept the genades. As per the drummer, the NCO has a revesed coat so he stands out. Presumably there was no such thing as a sniper in the war of Spanish Succession!

Last but not least, there is the commad stand. I love the flags that the client supplies, they really make the regiment stand out. The officers also wear much brighter red coats as well which I think really helps the base pop. 

I am already making good progress on the final regiment for the Irish Brigade (Dorringtons Regiment) and hope to be able to post that up soon. Once that is done, I'll get a post up with the whole brigade lined up.

Hobby Bingo wise, this ticks off a "10+ Model" unit, which puts me at four boxes complete and 40 points. I believe that puts me in second place amongst our little group of three.