Saturday, 14 October 2017

KGL Conundrum

When I bought these guys they were billed as Kings German Legion.


I'm not sure the yellow Regimental colour is correct. According to the Osprey KGL reference book the standards followed 'British practice'. So as all KGL regiments had dark blue facings, surely the Regimental standard should be blue? Any advice gratefully received!

As part of the touching up process I had thought of repainting the facings yellow and have this unit represent the 15th (East Yorkshire) regiment as that's where I live, but research shows they were stationed in the West Indies from 1805 to after 1815, so to use them in the Peninsular / Waterloo campaigns would mean they are a bit off station!
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8 comments:

  1. Stryker14 October 2017 at 07:39

    A nice looking batch of figures and I'm sure it's ok to twist history slightly in a retro project so why not have them as the East Yorkshire if that's what you want!

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    1. mojoworking14 October 2017 at 11:38

      Note to self - "It's only a game" . If Bernard Cornwell can invent the South Essex regiment I'm sure I can get away with a 3rd battalion of the 15th foot.

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  2. Anonymous14 October 2017 at 14:40

    The flag should have a blue field for a KGL battalion. Yellow does tend to stand out better on the figures and there were plenty of regiments in the Peninsular War with yellow facings.

    http://www.warflag.com/flags/napoleon/napbritain1.shtml

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  3. Wellington Man14 October 2017 at 15:20

    I'm with Stryker - paint them as whatever you want them to be! I have a special yen to do the King's Regiment, who spent the entire Napoleonic Wars in Canada.

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  4. Anonymous15 October 2017 at 04:06

    Here is some inspiration.

    http://generalpicton.blogspot.co.uk/

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    1. mojoworking15 October 2017 at 09:39

      Feeling inspired! That massed drum corps is truly impressive.

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  5. Steve -Hinton Hunt Napoleonics21 February 2018 at 01:30

    No arguments about any of the above. I want to paint at least one wall of a KGL infantry square before I leave this earth for the tabletop battlefield in the sky!!! Likely they will be a mix of Airfix and other plastic figures, as I am saving my metal Hinto Hunts for the tabletop campaigns, not diorams type pieces

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  6. mojoworking24 February 2018 at 09:18

    Steve, I agree, vintage wargames look best with a uniform pose within a unit, but for dioramas you can't beat plastics. That dismounted man sheltering behind his fallen horse is a classic Airfix pose but not much use in a wargame, unless you use rules with casualty markers.

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