Source of Figures: Airfix Highland Infantry. This is a pretty obvious conversion but the finished articles can be quite spectacular. For the basic Highlander, the bonnet was removed, along with the back pack, cartridge pouch, epaulettes and tails. The cross belts were smoothed away to leave a basic kilted figure. To this was added a sporrag. Then comes the tricky bit, realistically creating the short jacket and the plaid. For this I used plasticine, first adding a thin sheet of this around the waist to form the bottom of the jacket which can be open or buttoned up. But the plaid has to come under the jacket than up to the left shoulder where it is tied and left to hang loosely, with sword under it. A crossbelt can be added from paper fr.. right to left. For headress there is either the bearskin or the bonnet. Hair can be added. (Best examples Scottish Regts,(A.H.Bowling) and Infantry Uniforms, (Wilkinson Latham). Officer is easily converted from mounted officer of same set. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 131 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1973 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com