Sunday 23 September 2018

60th Regiment of Foot Partially Completed

When it came time to paint the remaining 8 riflemen, I decided NOT to complete the 3rd Battalion of the 95th, but instead to paint them up as the 60th Foot.

I have not quite got to the bottom of whether the 60th were actually a rifle regiment at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, including the War of 1812. I think that only one battalion (the 5th) was fully rifle armed, whilst in the other battalions, only the flank companies had the Baker rifle and the centre companies had a standard musket. Uniform data also shows the usual "swallows nest" distinctions for the flank companies, common in line regiments but absent in the 95th...

In any case, these four stand of the 60th are all rifle armed, so that probably makes them the 5th battalion by default!

I need to get command figures and a couple more riflemen to make the numbers up to a 6 base unit with two figures per base.




9 comments:

  1. Nice poses and great job rross!

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  2. Since my 60th uses the same figures as the 95 th, mine are rifle armed...
    Nice brushwork!

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    1. Thank You Jonathan. They are generally referred to as the 60th rifles and certainly went on to become a rifle regiment with later renamings and amalgamations, so I may just use a bit of artistic license!

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  3. Very nice Keith...
    A must for any British Napoleonic Army.

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thanks Aly - I agree - most people (including me up to this point) seem to go for the 95th - so its nice to have both options in the armoury!

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  4. Thanks for your kind words Iain!

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