Slitherine

I suspect we could go on for a while yet trading facts and opinions and may just have to agree to disagree.
Taking out all the troop types as you are I am not sure exactly what you have left to put in an army other than of course the Irish.
By all means if you are fighting a specific scenario then use the troops your research leads you to believe were there. In terms of the published army lists, the authors tend to look for a certain minimum of compulsory troops. What you are suggesting would not meet this criteria unless you have a large minimum for the Irish which would not then make the list relevant for and some other battles.
In final defence of myself my prime aim is not to shoot down any legends but present a more balanced and realistic view of the troop types in the army as it actually appeared rather than continuing the highland superman myth which has been proved to be inaccurate.
In this case the authors unlike the newspaperman in "The man who shot liberty valance." have chosen not to print the legend but something more akin to the truth.
As I said above I think we have kicked this one around enough but Richard or Nik may want to add their views if they have been following our rally over the net.
John

Exactly, the Irish should be the only compulsory troops. Limits etc. Should then be easy to figure out. I think it's more a question of cutting down the maxima and abolishing the minima

I suggest you do your own list and post it in the players list section. As a general rule I recall that we were required to have a certain percentage of the army list as compulsory troops roughly in the area of 25 percent of an army of 800 points. Please show a full army list with all the options etc including those which are year or campaign specific.
I look forward to commenting on it in due course as I am sure will others.
John

A word of caution though is that any FogR list changes of any significance are unlikely in the immediate future as all the books have gone to print and the likes of Nik and Richard who are the guardians of the lists have (a bit like the Mordor eye in Lord of the Rings) turned firmly on to FOG2 ancients/medieval.
John

Re the kilt I also thought that highland pikemen in belted plaid were a myth but Reid makes a comment that the tactics of the troops were regular but their dress unorthodox suggests why not use the warlord figures. I suspect I will do so.

Thanks for that info, if I can still see after trying out my hand at the highlanders in kilts I already have I may just consider some of them just for the look of them on the gaming table.