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Thanks for the correction. I just posted what I encountered 
Maybe adding pictures will help in this? A description is nice, but pictures tell more than a thousand words
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Lol, ya, they mean well, lol.
Wow, thanks for that intel. Iām still waiting for a reply from the Black Watch Museum, nothing yet.
The jacket has to be from the exact period designated by the figure sculpted, unless of course I want to claim artistic license and do whatever. I wonāt be altering Vladimirās work, so it must be representative of the era and battle stated, otherwise it would be inaccurate.
Tim, ya killin me, Smalls, ya killin me!
Now yall can clearly understand why I said I was a fish out of water on this run, lol. Iāll letcha yall in on a little secret, Iāve already started the bloomin marks and yall aināt gonna see em till their done, HA! Iām hitting the burn out wall, time to finish these fellers!
Tanks for the input, Yall!
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The author claimed it was during the Waterloo campaignā¦
Yesssssssssssss,ā¦Erwin, he does. Itās the Battle of Quatra Bras, supposedly the day before Waterloo. He (sculptor) may have thought it was Waterloo, but itās actually Quatra Bras according to historical records. Trust me Brother, if I go adlibbing and do something out of cinque the Napoleonic button counters will come from behind and sink a dagger into my kidneys. No thank you, HA!
No worries, I see Olive Drab on the horizon, HA!
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I am aware that Quatre Bras was the day before Waterloo. Hence my statement of campaignā¦
I am a stranger in the uniformology of the eraā¦ Every uniform, but especially the British ones, as there is nothing more complex than thatā¦
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Aināt dat da trufe?
As requested, the pictures. These come from Ugo Pericoli: āThe Armies at Waterlooā. The author was Professor of Costume Design at Rome University, and the book represents the results of four and a half years of research preparing the costume designs for the Dino de Laurentis/Sergei Bondarchuk film āWaterlooā.
I hope they are clear enough and some help. I presume the Full Dress uniforms (Officer and Drum Major) were included because they appear in the scenes at the Duchess of Richmondās Ball.
Diorama Police caution: Quatre Bras - Friday 16th June, Waterloo - Sunday 18th June.
(Duke Ellingtonās role in Napoleonās downfall still uncertain, some say he was band leader at the Duchessā square dance in Brussels on the Saturday night when he had an idea)
Wrong 19th Century big band leader 
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Okay. Once again I stand corrected. Yet the time was short enough so they wouldnāt have time to change in to a different type of uniform 
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Awesome, thank you so much. Some are a bit blurred, but theyāll work.
Ya killin me Smalls, Ya killin me, HA! Tanks, Stik!
Sounds about right, HA!
Ancient Chinese saying: āWhen riding a dead horse, get off!ā Bahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Tāsall good, Erwin. Hey, you know we still love you, right?
You keep telling me that, so I guess it must be trueā¦
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Yes, we do!
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The Fleur De Lis will get you next time ā¦ they are always there ā¦ waiting ā¦
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Drummer Boy
This lil feller can rattle away all he wants now, heās done. The task of accurately depicting his sleeve details wasnāt as bad as I had expected, simply because they are not accurate, HA! I never got a reply from the Black Watch Museum in Scotland and some photos found online just werenāt clear enough for me to be sure exactly what these emblems are. Iāve had plenty of advisors tell me what they were, but I gotta see it for myself.
I did make several tempts to add fleur di lisā to no avail, total failure. My brush work just wasnāt cutting it. The more I tried the worse they got, so I called ātime outā. As I stated earlier, I hate being inaccurate if I can help it, especially on something so visible, but my brush talents had reached their limit. Ya just gotta know when to move on, so that is what Iāve done.
All of the techniques and processes for this lil guy are the same as all of the other Highlander figures, except one. I utilized a technique Iāve been studying lately, āstipplingā, one used quite successfully by āMike the Kiwiā in his new book āModelling and Painting World War I Allied Figuresā. Itās a new release and I just received my copy a few weeks back. I stippled the bonnet/cap on the Drummer Boy with oils. Yes, thatās right, oils. It can be done successfully with a bit of trial and error. I know this is such a minor attempt, but it gave me a good idea of just how this will work with oils, my preferred medium.
Next up, the Frenchmen, and what a relief, lol. I canāt say I wonāt ever go back to the Napoleonic era; the colors are just too spectacular to pass up and the learning potential from working bright colors is astounding. Iām just not hip on the āBattle of the Tartansā enough to take on another fight like this one any time soon, HA!
Thanks for watching, all comments welcome. Cheers, Ski.
Mike Butlerās book is available here: Modelling and Painting World War I Allied Figures - The Crowood Press
Prime example of how Mike paints using the techniques he explains in his book: https://www.planetfigure.com/attachments/mikemaoriboy-jpg.453840/
Now that is a goal to strive for, to say the least. Youād swear this figure was alive!
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You canāt fault that Ski, itās a cracking job buddy. At that scale, the small patterns are practically impossible to do and what you have achieved represents something probably as close as anyone is ever going to get it, and apart from that, there is so much other exquisite detailing that you are never short of something else to look atā¦ Superb work 
Bravo!! They look sufficiently like fleur de lis to my eyes for what itās worth
Yeah the Frenchies wonāt have any fleur-de-lis on them right?
The drummer looks great.