Scottish Soldier - The Final Instalment

That has been a longer gap between postings than I expected, but responses were a bit slower at coming in - either the viewers are getting bored, or real life is getting in the way!

Anyway, I always believe in finishing what I have started, so here is the third verse of the song, and the last batch of figures. There are some chronological gaps, as I have no Scots in my Crimean collection for example - Mark had them all already - that's the same reason (but different person) that I have not Brits in my WSS collection.....

Verse Three

And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier
Who wanders far no more, and soldiers far no more
Now on a hillside, a Scottish hillside
You'll see a piper play this soldier home
He's seen the glory, he's told the story
Of battles glorious, and deeds victorious;
But he will cease now, he is at peace now
Far from these green hills of Tyrol

Chorus

Because these green hills are not Highland hills
Or the Island's hills, they're not my land's hills
As fair as these green foreign hills may be
They are not the hills of home

Scots Battalion of the British Auxiliary Legion, Carlist War 1830 - Perry

The 91st (Argyle) Highland Regiment, 1850's - Old Glory

The 74th Highland Regiment 1850's - Old Glory

The 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment 1850's - Old Glory

The 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders 1850's - Old Glory

The Seaforth Highlanders (in "truibhas"/trews) 1870's - Old Glory

The Black Watch 1870's - Old Glory

The Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders 1870's - Old Glory

The Cameron Highlanders 1870's - Old Glory

The Black Watch 1890's - Old Glory

The Gordon Highlanders 1890's - Old Glory

The Cameron Highlanders 1890's - Old Glory

The Seaforth Highlanders 1890's - Old Glory

2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, part of the 11th Armoured Division - Flames of War 15mm

The Highlanders Iraq/Afghanistan 2000-2015 - 20mm Liberation Miniatures

Just as a note, all the pre 19th century units in the above collections (with the exception of the Carlist War unit) consist of 15 figures on three men per element, 40mm x 40mm bases - my reasoning being two fold - the massed lines were starting to disappear as the 19th century progressed, and looser, open order formations coming into play, particularly in skirmish like colonial warfare, and also the Old Glory bags I used for most of these collections come with 30 figures, so two lots of 15 worked quite well - although often you have to buy 20 command figures separately, so that logic is not quite full proof!

Hope you enjoyed this box opening exercise as much as I have done - next up, some newly painted figures, although unfortunately, its MORE colonial era Highlanders that I had left over in the lead pile!