A Covenanter question

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A Covenanter question

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I'm about to start painting a figure that is meant to represent a general for my Covenanter army (a fourth & final one).

It's mounted, in full armour (it'll be black) with a bare head. Generally, I like to add a figure or two to a General's base for that much vaunted 'diorama effect'.

However, the only figure I actually have is (already painted) a trumpeter on a white horse. The figure is swathed in a cloak & wears a floppy, broad-brimmed hat with plume. Too English Royalist? I know fashions were island-wide but there'll be nothing about the two figures that says, "Scotsmen".

Your learned opinions are sought.

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Either (a) convert the trumpeter to give him a blue bonnet, or (b) add a third figure with a Scottish flag (often done to mark a general's position, even in those times) - and a blue bonnet, if desired.
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Put a sheep on the base in a blue bonnet, to mark him as Scottish.
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FreddBloggs wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 7:27 am Put a sheep on the base in a blue bonnet, to mark him as Scottish.
OK...this is funny (as much as I hate to admit it).

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Dammit. And I had my standard reply prepared:

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What was a sheep in a scottish bonnet doing 8n canterbury?
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FreddBloggs wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 4:35 pm What was a sheep in a scottish bonnet doing 8n canterbury?
Carrying a bridge, obviously.
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obviously.
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