Battle of the Boyne Pics from Wappenshaw

Post by **barr7430** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:04 pm

Ray, these are splendid... really nice and they show how well the Reiver figures scrub up when painted. I would think Rob and the boys would be well pleased with these as an advert for the range

Atheling · Post by **Atheling** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:28 pm

Churchill wrote:Hi Darrall,

Hope you don't mind me using your thread to post my first attempt at painting figures for this period.

Not al all. Especially if you're posting pics of your mini's

.

And really nice they are too.

cheers,

Darrell.

Atheling · Post by **Atheling** » Tue May 13, 2008 1:28 pm

Atheling wrote:
Churchill wrote:Hi Darrall,

Hope you don't mind me using your thread to post my first attempt at painting figures for this period.
Not al all. Especially if you're posting pics of your mini's .

And really nice they are too .

cheers,

Darrell.

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:14 pm

Thank you, Ben, Barry and Darrall for your kind comments............and they may see their first action this Sunday if we can get enough units together to put a game on.

Regards............Ray.

J Anderson · Post by **J Anderson** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:27 pm

Hi Ray

I think the Jacobites are going to be hugely outnumbered, nowt new there then.

jim.

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Thu May 15, 2008 10:52 am

Hello all,

You must have missed my question which was posted with my pic's....Kirke's Regiment at the Boyne....Elite or Drilled???

Regards.........Ray.

Post by **barr7430** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:06 pm

Touch call but I'd go for Elite

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:54 pm

Hi all,

Another uniform question.......I'm still intending on building a British Marlburian Army, but because the other club members are more interested in doing the war in Ireland so I've been forced to buy and paint a few Williamite regiments.
In the Anglo-Irish forces under the regiments of Horse there is the Count Schomberg regiment and in the Huguenot force there is the Duke Schomberg regiment.
I want to paint two squadrons as the Count of Schomberg Horse, can anyone help with the uniforms please.I believe they were father and son and wasn't one of them killed.

Any help would be grateful......Ray.

J Anderson · Post by **J Anderson** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:00 pm

Hi Ray

The duke was the father and he got wacked. Someone mentioned the Hugenoets in grey but that might be the infantry.

Jim

Eugenio von Savoy · Post by **Eugenio von Savoy** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:37 pm

Hi Ray

The Hugeunot horse and foot were all protestant refugees from established units under Loius XIV's reign and as such were basically French in most aspects.

The foot are recorded as being clothed in grey/white; typically French. I have not encountered anything specific for their Horse at the Boyne but there is a listing of a Schomberg regiment of Cavalerie Legere (basically Horse) for the period in Susane's "Histoire de la Cavalerie", Paris, 1874. That has them wearing Grey with red reverses. I have painted mine up in a lightblueish grey with red facings. The other (Schm. senior) unit I have had no luck with and painted in red coats with black facings.
Hope this is of use.

I hope to get some pics on our group website soon.

Regards
Tim
"Like a Stone Wall" Wargames Group
http://www.freewebs.com/like-a-stone-wall/

Captain of Dragoons · Post by **Captain of Dragoons** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:03 pm

There were two regiments of Schomberg's Horse during this period which no doubt causes some confusion. Schomberg senior's regiment was the Hugeunot Regiment of Horse. Schomberg's junior's regiment was an English Regiment of Horse. After the Nine Years War the Hugeunot Regiment went off the English establishment however junior's regiment stayed on.

cheers
Ed

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:15 pm

Thank you all for your help and Iain Stanford for his e-mail.
The Frederick, Duke of Schomberg's Huguenot regiment of 9 troops (3 squadrons) was dressed in light grey coats with red cuffs and buff breeches with yellow buttons & white hat lace. Taken over by Henry de Ruvigny, Viscount Galway after Fredericks death at the Boyne.
The Duke's title then moved on to his eldest son another Frederick who himself was killed at the battle of Marsaglia in 1693.
The Count (Meinhardt) 2nd eldest son who was present with his father at the Boyne and commanded the Schomberg horse under the British establishment inherited the title in 1693, but took to colonelcy of what would become the 7th Dragoon Guards from Lord Cavendish on the 10th April 1690...Red Coats, Black Cuffs/Vest, Buff Breeches, White Hat Lace, Tin Buttons, Buff Shabraque with White Trim.
Meinhardt and his regiment (2 squadrons) were at Blenhiem in 1704 within Palmes Brigade (5 squadrons) these successfully charged the French Gendarmerie (8 squadrons) first recoiling them then routing them.

Great stuff.............Ray.

Eugenio von Savoy · Post by **Eugenio von Savoy** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:33 pm

Hi Ray,

Cheers for that. Looks like my two units are due for a swop over then!

Regards
Tim
"Like a Stone Wall" Wargames Group
http://www.freewebs.com/like-a-stone-wall/

Churchill · Post by **Churchill** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:20 pm

Hi all,

Some new photo's of Count Meinhard Schomberg and his English Horse regiment (2 squadron's) and Trelawney's Foot with Kirke's Foot.
All the figures are by Reiver Castings.

Ray.

Heneborn · Post by **Heneborn** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:21 pm

Those are really nice Ray, I like the long grass on the horse bases! Makes it look so much more "alive".

Battle of the Boyne Pics from Wappenshaw

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Kirke's Regiment

Schomberg's Horse at the Boyne

Schomberg's Horse at the Boyne

Schomberg's Horse & Trelawney's Foot