91st Highlanders - the vanguard

Embarkation of the 91st Highlanders at Southampton, Copyright National Army Museum

The 91st Regiment of Foot (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) left Southampton for Natal on 19 February 1879 to reinforce the British Army after the defeat by the Zulus at Isandlwana.  I was given a pack of Black Tree Design miniatures for this regiment - their Highlander characters - which will form the basis for my next British infantry company, the figures providing an opportunity to paint an appropriate variant of the Campbell tartan.

The figures were undercoated with white primer and painted in acrylics with a gloss varnish

Need to get hold of the rest of the unit now...