Compagnie franches de la marine for FIW - Batch 1
The next step in my French and Indian War project, unsurprisingly, is some French . These gentlemen reek of garlic cutting… wait, my mistake, that was meant to be Gallic cunning . Either way, they're the first group of light infantry skirmishers for Sharp Practice, representing a portion of a Compagnie de la Marine. Now, I don't speak French, and am probably not the best equipped to explain the history of these troops, but they're essentially crown-raised colonial troops under the umbrella of the French navy (hence marine). I don't think referring to them as marines is technically accurate, they aren't typically ship-borne, but I suspect I will in the interests of brevity. These men would have, to the best of my knowledge, been trained to fight in the traditional European style and issued fine uniforms, but frequently ditched or modified both the clothing and tactics to better fit the North American style of warfare. Until French regulars arrived in 1756, these me...