Have always liked the West Essex, it was the 'old' regiment with purple facings (there was another but changed over to white in the 1780s). When I decided to repair some broken W.Britains figures to raise a Line battalion I knew which regiment I wanted. Nice to see the original three figures now number twelve. Hope to complete their regimental flag soon.
Can just be seen, the Royal Highland Regiment (in grey), and the Gordon Highlanders (in red) are now twelve strong. Not shown, the Durham Light Infantry have also increased from eight to twelve figures,
MGB
Your regiments are growing fast! Will they be seeing action soon?
ReplyDeleteHi MJT, I hope so, I just want to see a few more figures complete. I know some people get relief out of painting figures, I get my buzz from clearing projects. No excuses, I will be having more games this year, the collection is nearly complete for the British Empire and United States. Ruritania is 2/3 ready. The Medieval is sorted. The Chinese-Japanese 1930s is complete. The Budapest Hotel is 4/5. There are some other 54mm projects and they are already sorted, and quite unusual.
DeleteMichael
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThere was a very narrow window between the helmet being introduced in 1878 and West Essex being absorbed into the new Essex regiment in 1881 so a moment in time captured.
Ross, thanks for clarifying that, I just assumed there was a brief opening for the helmet before the radical amalgamations. I already have a white faced regiment (plastic-converts) so wanted something different.
DeleteMichael