There is a lot of twaddle talked about the ageing of the hobby - as if we are all shambling into our dotage - usually by blokes who have already decided that they are dotards with their bloody flasks, meat paste sandwiched and sodding cardigans !! ! Cobblers ! Not dead yet by a long chalk - still to much to do .
So with the new website building going on apace - and these things always take longer than you think they will I thought I'd show a couple of pics of a unit that is older than many in this hobby and differences
in historical information notwithstanding still looks just as tasty as it did since it first saw the light
of day sometime in the mid seventies. The unit was certainly present when "Battleground" was filmed in 1977and appears in the Osprey Wargames "Naseby" book of 1979 . so its pushing 40 and looks none the worse.
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| The Kings Lifeguard of Foote - 1643 or 1977 whichever you prefer. |
Its interesting how knowledge and perceptions change over the years .
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| Close up of the same unit - nice and shiny . |
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| The more modern unit ??? |
My "Other" Kings lifeguard look very different based upon the knowledge I had when I had them painted in the late 1990s- see the picture on the opening page of this blog . The more "modern" unit wears no armour- there are no known records of armour being issued to the Kings Infantry - and most of the men wear montero caps - which were issued and mostobviously there is hardly a buffcoat in sight- nor a musket rest .
So which is "right" ?
Quick answere both by the standards of the time they were made.
