Clansmen & Highlanders Join Black Scorpion’s Collection
April 12, 2022 by brennon
Black Scorpion Miniatures is honing in on a set of new releases soon as a sort of Virtual Salute, making up for the fact that we don't have an event this year. New 32mm Fantasy/Historical miniatures are making their way to their webstore for Cutlass! and Breninmoor.
Cutlass! Clansmen // Black Scorpion Miniatures
First up, we have a set of the Cutlass! Clansmen. If you're looking for a band of surly Scotsmen then these cut the mustard. Each of them is armed with cutlasses alongside daggers and pistols. More importantly, they each have their own character to them from the young(er) hot-head (left) to the wild (and possibly drunk) individual on the right.
This set is designed for Cutlass! (although it can be used for all manner of other games too) and could nicely fit into something Fantastical or Historical. There's nothing either way that would drag you too far down one route or another.
Breninmoor Highlanders!
As well as the Clansmen adding a Scottish vibe to your games of Cutlass!, we also got a look at some new Highlanders that have been designed to match their Fantasy Breninmoor collection.
Breninmoor Highlanders // Black Scorpion Miniatures
As you can see, they've still got that Historical Scottish vibe but then you also have the slightly more exaggerated weapons and such. I love the chap with the big stone mallet that is clearly going to stove someone's head in and the proud Highlander in the middle with his nifty axe. The chap with the sword next to him is mighty familiar too!
A nice mix of 32mm miniatures for you to use across both your Fantasy and Historical games. These resin miniatures are going to be popping up on the Black Scorpion webstore this weekend so keep an eye out!
Are you tempted by these be-kilted killers?
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Ooh nice fabulous looking Scots for gaming with.
Very nice ?
According to QI the kilt is a relatively recent invention and it was introduced to Scotland by the English…
The Kilt, and the tartan system, owe quite a lot to the English. The tartan system has its roots in the British/English army. Prior to the Jacobite Rebellion, the kilt was most commonly like a massive blanket that you sort of roll about on the floor on and wrap. The half kilt that we know today was also in use (and yes, invented by an Englishman) as a more practical form of dress, Ultimately adopted by Scottish regiments in the British army (although there continued to he examples of officers wearing the full tartan over their red coats). At this time, only the military regiments used tartan to identify their affiliation (for example the famous Blackwatch tartan). Following the Jacobite uprising however, the wearing of Tartan was outlawed with only military regiments granted exemption. That law was eventually repealed but by the time it was, the wearing of kilts had fallen out of favour (probably because it would get you in trouble) and it was instead adopted as the national dress of Scotland and styled very much on the Military uniforms of the day (hence the waistcoat, tailcoat and brass buttons). Even then, clans did not adopt the clan tartans until almost 30 years later, when there was a bit of a fashion fad around tartan. So the national dress of Scotland is born predominantly out of a variant of a English Redcoat uniforms. It’s very much an fashion invention, rather than a tradition. Although I suppose after 200 years we can call it a tradition.
The original (great) kilt was started to be worn in the 16th century as wool/cloth because more common. The half kilt was started in the 17th century when during the Jacobite uprising the government banned the kilt from being worn completely.