Spring! Spring and outdoor chores! But I've been making a little time for myself to paint.
Details and just a little shading next.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Rangers Partly Dressed
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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Coming along splendidly!
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
and slowly....
DeleteLooking good. I have wondered if it would be possible to convert the PA Highlanders to Gorham's Rangers in their Quebec uniforms, where they were wearing something akin to kilts. Victor Mays did some really nice illustrations of them and the light infantry in F Van Wyck Mason's book on the battle, which was one of my favorites when I was young.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I was digging around for pictures and more details and discovered that all of the period written descriptions are vague and inconsistent, and that not one piece of their equipment or clothing has been found to date. Either annoying or freeing, or both, depending on one's attitude. I used a mix of PA Russians in Summer dress and the Friecorps light infantry with short coats which I shortened a liitle more.
DeleteI did come across a bit about Gorham having recruited a number of First Nations warriors from what is New England etc, to join the rangers and fight their long time enemies the Mi'kmac etc. so, I'm including a couple.