Tuesday 21 October 2014

The 3rd New York Regiment

Yeehaaww! Another Rebel unit finished, the 3rd NY Regt. 1776, (Sorry Jack)!

I painted the supposedly black hat tape white to bring out more the features and decided for the famous grey uniforms (at White Plains the probably had a mix of blue or brown with green facings). I mixed Perry miniatures with Foundry's, bayonets and no bayonets minis to give them still a bit of a scrambled look. Flag is by GMB.

The 3rd did took part in Canada 1775 (probably in their greys), then the enlistments were ending. Second try (probably in brown/green) at February 1776 for the Continentals taking part at White Plains as part of McDougal‘s Brigade. Third time it was raised (maybe blue/green??) to go with Pete Gansevoort to Fort Stanwix were they stayed until November 1778. After that they took part in the rather punitive Sullivan Expedition…







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    1. Thanks Bart - you might end up commanding them :)

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  2. So beautiful, so many details!!

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    1. Thank you Phil! Next on the list is the Haslets Delaware with LI hats - more details! :)

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  3. Really beautiful!
    The 3rd NY with gray and green uniform is one of my favorite American regiments.
    Great!
    Simmy

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    1. Thanks Simmy! Its a nice colour combination, wonder why they didn‘t kept it ...

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    2. It is true! I wonder too. Then they switched to blue, perhaps because it was more easily available...

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  4. Stunning! Great looking unit!

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    1. Thanks for the compliment! Will try to keep up the good work!

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