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ECW dragoons
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 1:34 pm
by ochoin
Is there a specific dragoon head dress for, say, Royalist dragoons?
I'm wanting dismounted figures & I guess I just pick from the infantry range. These come in soft hats, monteros, wooley hats & helmets.
donald
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:05 pm
by FreddBloggs
Not helmets. I would give them soft hats myself.
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:49 pm
by Essex Boy
FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:05 pm
Not helmets. I would give them soft hats myself.
You're a few hundred years too late, mate.
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 7:06 pm
by FreddBloggs
Have you seen what Essex considers sartorial elegance these days?
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 10:24 pm
by Essex Boy
FreddBloggs wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 7:06 pm
Have you seen what Essex considers sartorial elegance these days?
No. He died a long time before I was born, but I imagine he had a feather in his hat.
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 3:43 am
by Peeler
And a head. He'd definitely have his head in his hat.
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 4:19 am
by ochoin
Peeler wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 3:43 am
And a head. He'd definitely have his head in his hat.
Unlike Charlie 1.
donald
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:37 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Given the problems of mounting and dismounting a horse (possibly in somewhat "stressful" circumstances) I would go with something small and functional - probably a woolly hat/beanie. Some, possibly all, of the Royalist dragoons of the Oxford Army could have worn monteros during the mid-war period when they were issued to the infantry.
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:40 am
by ochoin
Ta. Tumbling Dice offer a range of separate heads with various headgear. Even before I get more figures, I have a pile of extra heads with all of the suggested headgear so I'll go mostly monteros with a bobble hat or two & a soft hat for the officer.
donald
Re: ECW dragoons
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:01 am
by FreddBloggs
BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:37 am
Given the problems of mounting and dismounting a horse (possibly in somewhat "stressful" circumstances) I would go with something small and functional - probably a woolly hat/beanie. Some, possibly all, of the Royalist dragoons of the Oxford Army could have worn monteros during the mid-war period when they were issued to the infantry.
my plan in 6mm is floppy/monteiro for royalists and wooly hats for parliament.