Quote Originally Posted by Brasilikilt View Post
Hey all

This painting is the original inspiration for my persona



My goal while I'm forging is to be dressed just as these guys are, which would likely be much more acceptable to the colonials, and then wear my traditional highland attire to get all gussied up for the nice sit-down dinners they have at these events.


Also, given my persona, it wouldn't be so unusual for me to have this targe, since I would have been one of the guys working in those shops in Perth or Edinburgh, only later to be called out on the march with a portable forge and set of tools so I could fix wagons, re-shoe horses and repair other equipment.
It was very common for any mounted army of the 18th century to take "mechanics" with them.

I hope I'm not straying too far off topic..........
All of which is true, except the folks you will be hanging out with are trying to recreate Colonial America... not the 1745-46 Jacobite rising in Scotland. Judging by the rifles, I'd guess the "colonials" are pretty much reenacting the 1770s.