Painting "Red Coats"

[Churchill]

Ray.

[Belg]

Hi Belg,

The source as it were are taken from the Robert Hall colour plates that I purchased from the Pike & Shot Society a few years ago.
There are 11 plates in total (7 infantry & 4 cavalry) and not all regiments are covered for the British.
The Horse regiment above are Lumley's Horse regiment of 3 squadrons as present at the battle of Blenheim 1704.This is exactly how they are depicted on the Robert Hall colour plate so that's good enough for me.
I may have tweeked the horse blanket & pistol holister colour just for the command figures i.e. Officer, Ensign and Trumpeter.
Next up will be Palmes Brigade consisting of Cadogan's Horse of 1 squadron, Wyndham's Horse of 2 squadron's and Schomberg's Horse of 2 squadron's.
For these the trumpeter's do have reverse colours!!!

Kind Regards,

Ray.

Hi, Churchill.
many thanks for very useful information.
You were really nice. after those of the Guards and the Blues
Also I'm painting my Front Rank miniatures to represent the regiment Lumley.
My choice was made because it was the first, after those of the Life Guards and the Blues, in the list of English Cavalry I found in the book by CS Grant (Partizan edition) "The Armies and Uniforms of Marlborough's Wars Vol. I" and I have found an image which I may use for the flag.
Unfortunately, in the Grant's book there are no indications about the color of the uniforms of the musicians for the British Cavalry and Dragoons.
Then, for my first regiment, I will follow the color scheme you've indicated, with reference to the images of your miniatures posted here.
Thanks, thanks, thanks and thanks again!
If I can, I'll try to get hold of the CD of the book by Robert Hall.
Sincerely,

Sergio
Naran Team Turin

[Belg]

Hi Belg,
[omissis]
I may have tweeked the horse blanket & pistol holister colour just for the command figures i.e. Officer, Ensign and Trumpeter.
[omissis]
Ray.

He Churchill,
Please, what does it means "tweeked"?
This word, as well as the verb "to tweek" do not exist in my dictionary, and Google Translator cannot translate it.
I found "to tweak", which it means "pinching" or "pull by the ears."
Perhaps, did you wanted to say: "assumed"?
In the R.-Hall's CD-book, for the Officer Hall it is reported the color of the horse blanket & pistol holister?
And that's Drummer?
We must remenber that Trumpeter was not an Officer, than for him the color for horse blanket & pistol holister should be the same of those of the troopers. Especially in this case, since the trumpeter has the same color as the uniform of the troop.Or not?
Many thanks,
Bye,
Sergio

[Belg]

Regiment Lumley: about the flag.

I had found the flag, downloadable for free at this site:

http://warflag.com/

http://warflag.com/flags/wss/wsseng9.shtml



But now I see that you have painted it yellow, not red as I had found.
I assume that the correct is yours:


Have You found the image in the R. Hall's CD-book?
Many thanks,
bye,
Sergio

[EvilGinger]

Belg' welcome to the joys of native English/Scots speakers abusing their own language. Tweeked can also be read as adjusted usually in a small way in the context it was used.

Ginger

[Belg]

Belg' welcome to the joys of native English/Scots speakers abusing their own language. Tweeked can also be read as adjusted usually in a small way in the context it was used.

Ginger

Hi, EvilGinger!
many thanks for your English lesson. There is always to
learn!
Congratulations for your nickname!
We in Italy, it sounds a bit "funny":
Ginger (also in the diminutive form "Gingerino" (small Ginger)) is an aperitif with no alcohol. Then, Evil Ginger sounds like "Ginger maligno" = "damn drink"!
Bye,

[Churchill]

Ray.

[Belg]

Hi Belg,

First of all "Tweeked" = To slightly change!!!
The flag I have used for Lumley's Horse...on the Robert Hall colour plate there are two flag's a colonel's and a regimental.
The colonel's flag is red, while the regimental flag is yellow as seen. My reason for using the yellow flag was because Cadogan's Horse also have a red flag and I wanted to do them differently.
I notice you have posted the flag's from the "Warflag" website, be careful what you post on the forum, because of copyright.
I haven't used these flag's as there incorrect and most of them are speculative design.

Kind Regards,

Ray.

Hi Churchill,
many thanks for the clarifications.
Regarding the image of flags, I thought that there are no problems for copyright issues, since it is freely downloadable from their website. However, to avoid any problem, call your forum Administrator to
eliminate it. You can leave the link to the site, for which
I think there are no problems.
Sincerely,
Sergio

[andy thompson]

Hi, EvilGinger!
many thanks for your English lesson. There is always to
learn!
Congratulations for your nickname!
We in Italy, it sounds a bit "funny":
Ginger (also in the diminutive form "Gingerino" (small Ginger)) is an aperitif with no alcohol. Then, Evil Ginger sounds like "Ginger maligno" = "damn drink"!
Bye,

That's interesting. Here in the West of Scotland, a colloquial name for any type of juice, particularly fizzy juice like cola or irn bru is "ginger". There were, and remain, a lot of Italian immigrants here. I wonder if that's where it originated?

Andy

[obriendavid]

That's interesting. Here in the West of Scotland, a colloquial name for any type of juice, particularly fizzy juice like cola or irn bru is "ginger". Andy

That's interesting, I thought you all called fizzy juice Bucky?
Cheers
Dave

[Greystreak]

That's interesting, I thought you all called fizzy juice Bucky?

No, 'Bucks Fizz' orginated down my way . . .

[Belg]

Hi, EvilGinger!
many thanks for your English lesson. There is always to
learn!
Congratulations for your nickname!
We in Italy, it sounds a bit "funny":
Ginger (also in the diminutive form "Gingerino" (small Ginger)) is an aperitif with no alcohol. Then, Evil Ginger sounds like "Ginger maligno" = "damn drink"!
Bye,

That's interesting. Here in the West of Scotland, a colloquial name for any type of juice, particularly fizzy juice like cola or irn bru is "ginger". There were, and remain, a lot of Italian immigrants here. I wonder if that's where it originated?
Andy

Hi, Andy,
"Gingerino" is a non-alcoholic drink that in Italy we drink as
aperitif. It is produced by the Italian company San Pellegrino:

Bye,
Sergio

[obriendavid]

That's interesting, I thought you all called fizzy juice Bucky?

No, 'Bucks Fizz' orginated down my way . . .

There's no way you could class this stuff as Bucks Fizz although I have it on good authority from Barry that Buckfast actually tastes OK but I prefer milk with my cornflakes.
Cheers
Dave

[EvilGinger]

Rofol

Ginger