The Cameron Highlanders

After many lengthy sessions, by my standards, at the painting desk over what seemed like eons at the time, the Cameron Highlanders have mustered into GHQ ready to join their fellow regiments in the Highland Brigade for my Crimean War project. When I appealed for information on the issue of hose, sporans and plumes I got two really good replies from Stephen first, then from Aly Morrison. The image below is from Aly's Almark on Scottish regiments and confirms my choices and Stephen's information are mostly correct, though perhaps the red on the kilts might have been broader!

It is strange, but I thought these 24 figures would take me the best part of a month but they are done in about 12 days. The figures are from Great War Miniatures , the flags from North Star and the bases from Warbases of course. Here they are anyway without any more waffling on ~

As a bonus here is a period photograph of my Highland Brigade in action at the recent Battle of Bugerov ~

For now though it's back to painting Roosians in the form of the fourth Jaeger battalion to complete the regiment! Their first base of figures is completed already and just needs texture and vegetation while the second base's figures are all ready to face the brush!