Government troops for Carribean

[summsi]

Hi it´s me again,

only want to know, if somebody uses ECW musketeers (Perry e.g.) as opponents of carribean pirates.

I´m also interrested if they can be used as english troops in the anglo-spanish war of 1654 to 1660, especially the ones that attacked Hispaniola and Jamaica.

Thanks again!

[warrenpeace]

I don't have any Perry ECW, but I did buy several packs of Foundry ECW and Thirty Years War figures to use for pirates in the Carribean and for swashbuckling in Europe (still unpainted).  I think it's important to recognize that the core period for piracy in the Carribean was from about 1640 to 1680.  That was the real "golden age," not the later 1715 to 1725 period when many of the most publicized pirates had their day.  ECW and TYW figures should be great for the earlier period.

If you intend to depict the government action by Britain and Spain to rid the Carribean of pirates in the 1680's and 1690's, other figures are more appropriate, including the new Copplestone "Glory of the Sun" line, Dixon "Grand Alliance" "League of Augsberg" and "Louis XIV" lines, and Foundry early Marlburians wearing "informal tricornes" (especially the ones with matchlocks).

[Cory]

I recently bought some of the plastic ECW figs for swashbuckling but intend to use them for pirate games as well.

[summsi]

I think I´m going to paint them in the New Model Army style (a lot of red) and use them as colonial troops in the Carribean, in West Africa and in India.

I believe they can be used from about 1640 to 1670.

[Schogun]

I game pirates around 1680 and use Dixon's "Grand Alliance" "League of Augsberg" figs.

[HerbyF]

Many of the "Government" troops in the colonies were mercinaries hired by the govenors or the companies that were in control of that colony. If they had uniforms they were often cast offs from whatever war was recently fought back home or what they came with on their backs. Just about anything would work from ECW to early Marlburian. Remember the colonies were always behind the fashions of Europe.

[richarDISNEY]

Not to sound lame, but....

I bought figs that looked like they were in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, painted them up to match. Good enough for my group!