Kilts! Don'tyajustluv'em?

With a nod of acknowledgement to Private Eye magazine there in the title I can leap straight in to the joys, or otherwise, of painting kilts, bonnets and hose! Having completed the fourth Roosian infantry battalion and with it the regiment of Great War Miniatures I turned to the next regiment in the Lead Pimple queue to go under the brush, namely the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders of 'The Thin Red Line' fame! 

Given the size of bases I have chosen for the British element of this project and the posing of the figures in question I have reduced each base to seven figures, including one casualty figure on the ground, giving 21 figures to be painted rather than the more usual 24. However, it seems to take me anywhere up to twice as long to complete each figure and so it's a slower process in real time. Anyway, here is the first completed base, hopefully it will meet with your approval ~ 

The kilt, bonnet and hose patterns are beyond the limits of my hand and eye really, so they are suggested rather than depicted. Thankfully on the kilts at least the large period sporans reduce the visible pattern to a minimum! The second base is well underway with four of the seven figures completed and varnished, so I still hope to complete the regiment before the Christmas holiday period kicks in!