I find it hard to believe that it has been just over a year since my last post! But now having returned to these fair shores and with a change at work I plan on spending time on my neglected hobbies, so watch this space.
Col.T
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
40’s in your 40’s, Wargaming in 40mm.6
Found this is in a file on my laptop, I wrote this way back in the early years, this was going to be part of the introduction for the re-written "Rebellion in the Colonies" rules by Peter Helm, he once asked if I would be interested and that was a very long time ago!!
Col.T
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AMERICA 1774-1784:
The Infantry was made up of field regiments or battalions comprising of ten companies consisting of roughly forty to fifty men, each company was then divided into platoons.There were eight companies of "HAT" men,one of "GRENADIERS" and one of "LIGHT INFANTRY".If we take a look at the break down of a company we find its strength at peacetime as 1 Captain,2 Leiutenants,2 Sergeants,3 Corperals,1 Drummer and 38 Privates, the company was then divided into two platoons roughly two per company.When on active service(at war) some battalions actually feilded companies at a strength of 1 Captain,2 Lieutenants,3 Sergeants,3 Corperals,2 Drummers,2 Fifers and 56 Privates, but we should remember thet there was a shortage of manpower for this unpopular war.What we know from returns show us that most battalions were never feilded at full strength owing to the lack of recruits, they mustered between 300-400 men.Some Regiments were brought upto full compliment when other Regiments were transfered home as this was mainly done on paper the returning men were offered enlistment in other regiments unless being despatched else where.
Some regiments infact fielded two battalions,like the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment(THE BLACK WATCH) and the 71st Highlanders (FRASERS), returns show the 71st even had a third battalion, there seems to be a high rate of enlistment in Scotland, this was due to the impoverish state of the country after the rebellion of 1745.
Most regiments had infact two other companies billeted at home for recruiting, it seems that when ordered to depart for overseas duty some of these companies marched with their regiments.Evidence shows that some regiments had a feild strenght exeeding the ten company (about 400 strong) battalion, during the "1777 SARATOGA CAMPAIGN" the army under General John Burgoyne had with him atleast two regiments with a feild strength of about 530.
GRENADIER COMPANY: were the elite hand picked and stoutest men of the Regiment.The Grenadier had been in the army for quiet some years, they were placed on the right flank of the regiment this being an honoury position.Their duties had changed some what over the years, infact they know longer carried any grenades the only accroutement worn was the match case, but they still wore the mark of distinction which was the Hanger and now the headress of the Bearskin.The company provided a shock force at company or when paraded as a composite Grenadier Battalion, this was unpopular as it was felt that the Regiment suffered without its best men..
CENTER COMPANIES: (HAT MEN) made up the mainstay of the battalion, their were upto eight companies. The men of these companies carried out all the general duties of the battalion, it would be they who would carry the war home to those rebellious colonists.In the early stages of the war we could question their ability unlike the flank companies, but as was proved when "GENERAL WIILIAM HOWE" unleashed his newly trained army upon New York in 1776 they seemed unstoppable. All enlisted men were trained using the 1764 Manual of Arms, each man was expected to be of good bearing and adapt within the exercise at arms.
LIGHT INFANTRY COMPANY: this element of the British army was still relativly young, it was only added to the establishment in 1771.During the French Indian War or Seven Year War it was felt that a lose organisation of infantry was required, especially in the American colonies.Of these "GAGES and HOWES light battalions were formed".The light company would be positioned on the left flank of their regiment and part of their duties would be to protect the battalion in a skirmish line while they changed formation.They would also act as an advance or rear gaurd as well as the eyes and ears of their parent regiment given these rolls the company would have to consist of men who were agile and able to act independently of the regimental chain of command.As we can see the standing trend of the period was to detach the various Light companies into composite Light Battalions these would be the same strength as a normal battalion and again used en-masse as the Light Company.
CAVALRY: was only represented by the 16th & 17th Light Dragoons from the British establishment,but during the war other mounted units were formed from loyalists units, such as "TARLETONS LEGION" & "THE QUEENS RANGERS".The 17th arrived in Boston before Bunker hill, but without horses.General Gage the British commander had to procure mounts or use them as light infantry.A light dragoon regiment consisted of headqaurters staff and six troops of about fifty men a total of about three hundred and twenty men.One thing we must remember that during the "Rebellion" the 16th & 17th mostly served in detached units, both Regiments did infact march with "HOWE" to Philidelphia in the summer of 1777 as they were present at the battle of "BRANDYWINE".
THE BOARD OF ORDANANCE : consisted of the Royal Artillery it was made up of four battalions, at the outbreak of hostilities the fourth battalion were already serving in America and suffered the brunt of what was really to become an infantry war. Infantry regiments were usually accompanied by two light "BATTALION GUNS" crewed by men of the Royal Artillery, the light guns were of 1 1/2 to 3 pounders.As for most engagements during the war battalion pieces were deployed in support of infantry in batteries of roughly three to four guns.Ordanance varied in calibre,there were guns of various sizes,most heavy guns were used for sieges or deployed in fortifications. The composition of the Artillery will be reflected latter in the Army Lists to follow.
Col.T
THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AMERICA 1774-1784:
The Infantry was made up of field regiments or battalions comprising of ten companies consisting of roughly forty to fifty men, each company was then divided into platoons.There were eight companies of "HAT" men,one of "GRENADIERS" and one of "LIGHT INFANTRY".If we take a look at the break down of a company we find its strength at peacetime as 1 Captain,2 Leiutenants,2 Sergeants,3 Corperals,1 Drummer and 38 Privates, the company was then divided into two platoons roughly two per company.When on active service(at war) some battalions actually feilded companies at a strength of 1 Captain,2 Lieutenants,3 Sergeants,3 Corperals,2 Drummers,2 Fifers and 56 Privates, but we should remember thet there was a shortage of manpower for this unpopular war.What we know from returns show us that most battalions were never feilded at full strength owing to the lack of recruits, they mustered between 300-400 men.Some Regiments were brought upto full compliment when other Regiments were transfered home as this was mainly done on paper the returning men were offered enlistment in other regiments unless being despatched else where.
Some regiments infact fielded two battalions,like the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment(THE BLACK WATCH) and the 71st Highlanders (FRASERS), returns show the 71st even had a third battalion, there seems to be a high rate of enlistment in Scotland, this was due to the impoverish state of the country after the rebellion of 1745.
Most regiments had infact two other companies billeted at home for recruiting, it seems that when ordered to depart for overseas duty some of these companies marched with their regiments.Evidence shows that some regiments had a feild strenght exeeding the ten company (about 400 strong) battalion, during the "1777 SARATOGA CAMPAIGN" the army under General John Burgoyne had with him atleast two regiments with a feild strength of about 530.
GRENADIER COMPANY: were the elite hand picked and stoutest men of the Regiment.The Grenadier had been in the army for quiet some years, they were placed on the right flank of the regiment this being an honoury position.Their duties had changed some what over the years, infact they know longer carried any grenades the only accroutement worn was the match case, but they still wore the mark of distinction which was the Hanger and now the headress of the Bearskin.The company provided a shock force at company or when paraded as a composite Grenadier Battalion, this was unpopular as it was felt that the Regiment suffered without its best men..
CENTER COMPANIES: (HAT MEN) made up the mainstay of the battalion, their were upto eight companies. The men of these companies carried out all the general duties of the battalion, it would be they who would carry the war home to those rebellious colonists.In the early stages of the war we could question their ability unlike the flank companies, but as was proved when "GENERAL WIILIAM HOWE" unleashed his newly trained army upon New York in 1776 they seemed unstoppable. All enlisted men were trained using the 1764 Manual of Arms, each man was expected to be of good bearing and adapt within the exercise at arms.
LIGHT INFANTRY COMPANY: this element of the British army was still relativly young, it was only added to the establishment in 1771.During the French Indian War or Seven Year War it was felt that a lose organisation of infantry was required, especially in the American colonies.Of these "GAGES and HOWES light battalions were formed".The light company would be positioned on the left flank of their regiment and part of their duties would be to protect the battalion in a skirmish line while they changed formation.They would also act as an advance or rear gaurd as well as the eyes and ears of their parent regiment given these rolls the company would have to consist of men who were agile and able to act independently of the regimental chain of command.As we can see the standing trend of the period was to detach the various Light companies into composite Light Battalions these would be the same strength as a normal battalion and again used en-masse as the Light Company.
CAVALRY: was only represented by the 16th & 17th Light Dragoons from the British establishment,but during the war other mounted units were formed from loyalists units, such as "TARLETONS LEGION" & "THE QUEENS RANGERS".The 17th arrived in Boston before Bunker hill, but without horses.General Gage the British commander had to procure mounts or use them as light infantry.A light dragoon regiment consisted of headqaurters staff and six troops of about fifty men a total of about three hundred and twenty men.One thing we must remember that during the "Rebellion" the 16th & 17th mostly served in detached units, both Regiments did infact march with "HOWE" to Philidelphia in the summer of 1777 as they were present at the battle of "BRANDYWINE".
THE BOARD OF ORDANANCE : consisted of the Royal Artillery it was made up of four battalions, at the outbreak of hostilities the fourth battalion were already serving in America and suffered the brunt of what was really to become an infantry war. Infantry regiments were usually accompanied by two light "BATTALION GUNS" crewed by men of the Royal Artillery, the light guns were of 1 1/2 to 3 pounders.As for most engagements during the war battalion pieces were deployed in support of infantry in batteries of roughly three to four guns.Ordanance varied in calibre,there were guns of various sizes,most heavy guns were used for sieges or deployed in fortifications. The composition of the Artillery will be reflected latter in the Army Lists to follow.
40’s in your 40’s, Wargaming in 40mm.5
The organisation and economics of an infantry regiment of 1775 – 1777, Part 5: The British
Front Rank 40’s - Figures and Company details, 1:1 37th Regiment of Foot
8 Line Companies, 32 Rank and file, split into 4 sections, 2 sections per platoon of 12
3 Corporals, 2 Sergeants, 1 Drummer and 2 Officers
Centre company marching - company composition (x 4)
Figure Code Description Qauntity
40a1 Centre Coy marching 32
40a2 Corporal marching 3
40a14 Drummer boy adv shouldered drum 1
40a17 Sergeant Fusil 1
40a21 Officer marching with fusil 1 or
40a22 Officer marching with sword 1 or
40a24 Sergeant charging with fusil 1
40a20 Officer advancing waving sword 1 or
Centre company firing - company composition (x 2)
Figure Code Description Qauntity
40a2 Corporal marching or use 40a5 3
40a4 Centre coy firing 24
40a5 Standing at porte 3
40a6 Handle cartridge 3
40a7 Biting cartridge 3
40a13 Drummer, playing 1
40a17 Sergeant, fusil 1
40a18 Officer, spontoon 1 or
40a19 Officer, fusil waving hat 1 or
40a21 Office, fusil marching 1 or
40a25 Sergeant, halberd 1
Centre company advancing “charged bayonets” - company composition (x 2)
Figure Code Description Quantity
40a2 Corporal marching or use converted figures 3
40a8 Adv, musket at low porte 11
40a9 Adv, musket at porte 10
40a10 Attacking, leveled musket 6
40a11 Attacking, musket at porte 5
40a12 Attacking, musket at porte hat falling off 1
40a17 Sergeant, fusil 1
40a20 Officer advancing waving sword can also be used 1or
40a22 Officer marching with sword 1or
40a23 Officer / Std Bearer, charging spontoon / flag pole 1or
40a25 Sergeant, charging fusil 1
40a26 Drummer charging 1
Notes.
40a5 can be used for an Nco with the addition of a Corporals knot to the shoulder, also a sash can be added for a Sergeant, late war use of the sword may have or would have been dropped by many sergeants there is some evidence to suggest this.
Front Rank produce 3 figures for standard bearers, we didn’t want two figures the same in the colour parties of each regiment therefore I did a couple of alterations on 3 of the figures.
40A15 right arm was removed at the elbow as was Officer 40A18 right arm these were then put on the others “stump” giving me two standing flag bearers, I plan to do the same with the figures for the fusilier colour parties, also head swaps will also be needed.
The other figure was Officer 40A23, this figure is listed as “Officer/Standard Bearer charging with spontoon/flag pole”, if a flag is fitted/glued to this figure the flag pole is at an odd and somewhat low angle in my opinion, this figure has been paired with “40A16 Standard Bearer advancing” in a colour party for the 38th Foot, so with a bit of cutting and filing the right arm has been raised up to give a near vertical flag pole, some back filling was required and green stuff was used.
With Fusiliers now available in the range head swaps on both the Fusilier Sergeants (40A109/40A110) and Officers (40A113 & 40A114), also the centre company corporal figure “40A2” can be used to give a Fusilier Corporal, when purchasing Front Rank British Fusiliers you will get three heads to choose from this gives plenty of scope.
Also we are going to do a conversion on the Sergeant figure “40A25”, this centre company figure comes armed with a Halberd, he will be given a suitable fusilier head, the 5th Foot were not an official fusilier regiment at the time, it appears they were given the honour of wearing the fusilier caps after the SYW.
So expect to see both the 5th and 23rd Foot on the table when we finally field our troops, these two regiments have been raised on a 1:10 strength, both Messer’s Miles and Stevens are currently raising each respectively.
With these conversion’s done I left it up to the afore mentioned to paint them.
Col.T
Front Rank 40’s - Figures and Company details, 1:1 37th Regiment of Foot
8 Line Companies, 32 Rank and file, split into 4 sections, 2 sections per platoon of 12
3 Corporals, 2 Sergeants, 1 Drummer and 2 Officers
Centre company marching - company composition (x 4)
Figure Code Description Qauntity
40a1 Centre Coy marching 32
40a2 Corporal marching 3
40a14 Drummer boy adv shouldered drum 1
40a17 Sergeant Fusil 1
40a21 Officer marching with fusil 1 or
40a22 Officer marching with sword 1 or
40a24 Sergeant charging with fusil 1
40a20 Officer advancing waving sword 1 or
Centre company firing - company composition (x 2)
Figure Code Description Qauntity
40a2 Corporal marching or use 40a5 3
40a4 Centre coy firing 24
40a5 Standing at porte 3
40a6 Handle cartridge 3
40a7 Biting cartridge 3
40a13 Drummer, playing 1
40a17 Sergeant, fusil 1
40a18 Officer, spontoon 1 or
40a19 Officer, fusil waving hat 1 or
40a21 Office, fusil marching 1 or
40a25 Sergeant, halberd 1
Centre company advancing “charged bayonets” - company composition (x 2)
Figure Code Description Quantity
40a2 Corporal marching or use converted figures 3
40a8 Adv, musket at low porte 11
40a9 Adv, musket at porte 10
40a10 Attacking, leveled musket 6
40a11 Attacking, musket at porte 5
40a12 Attacking, musket at porte hat falling off 1
40a17 Sergeant, fusil 1
40a20 Officer advancing waving sword can also be used 1or
40a22 Officer marching with sword 1or
40a23 Officer / Std Bearer, charging spontoon / flag pole 1or
40a25 Sergeant, charging fusil 1
40a26 Drummer charging 1
Notes.
40a5 can be used for an Nco with the addition of a Corporals knot to the shoulder, also a sash can be added for a Sergeant, late war use of the sword may have or would have been dropped by many sergeants there is some evidence to suggest this.
Front Rank produce 3 figures for standard bearers, we didn’t want two figures the same in the colour parties of each regiment therefore I did a couple of alterations on 3 of the figures.
40A15 right arm was removed at the elbow as was Officer 40A18 right arm these were then put on the others “stump” giving me two standing flag bearers, I plan to do the same with the figures for the fusilier colour parties, also head swaps will also be needed.
The other figure was Officer 40A23, this figure is listed as “Officer/Standard Bearer charging with spontoon/flag pole”, if a flag is fitted/glued to this figure the flag pole is at an odd and somewhat low angle in my opinion, this figure has been paired with “40A16 Standard Bearer advancing” in a colour party for the 38th Foot, so with a bit of cutting and filing the right arm has been raised up to give a near vertical flag pole, some back filling was required and green stuff was used.
With Fusiliers now available in the range head swaps on both the Fusilier Sergeants (40A109/40A110) and Officers (40A113 & 40A114), also the centre company corporal figure “40A2” can be used to give a Fusilier Corporal, when purchasing Front Rank British Fusiliers you will get three heads to choose from this gives plenty of scope.
Also we are going to do a conversion on the Sergeant figure “40A25”, this centre company figure comes armed with a Halberd, he will be given a suitable fusilier head, the 5th Foot were not an official fusilier regiment at the time, it appears they were given the honour of wearing the fusilier caps after the SYW.
So expect to see both the 5th and 23rd Foot on the table when we finally field our troops, these two regiments have been raised on a 1:10 strength, both Messer’s Miles and Stevens are currently raising each respectively.
With these conversion’s done I left it up to the afore mentioned to paint them.
Col.T
Monday, 11 October 2010
It's been a while.........................................
Sorry for the lack of posts what with one thing and another, we are currently working on a couple of posts at the moment, Captain "Darling" Stevens was supposed to be working on a series of threads relating to his visit to Boston and Saratoga and his partner (not literally, although close but not that close) Redcoat37th have both supposed to have supplied me with something to post.
Summer visit’s have been to Colours, Fairford, Tankfest, Blue Licks and Fort Necessity so there is plenty to fill you in on as well as anything RevWar thats is brewing in the pot. There is also the “MylesStevens” Boer War project and I also believe an ACW one (I can’t understand the interest in either personally!!??!!)
I have also been away for a while sunning myself in various parts of the Kings Colonies.
Col.T
Summer visit’s have been to Colours, Fairford, Tankfest, Blue Licks and Fort Necessity so there is plenty to fill you in on as well as anything RevWar thats is brewing in the pot. There is also the “MylesStevens” Boer War project and I also believe an ACW one (I can’t understand the interest in either personally!!??!!)
I have also been away for a while sunning myself in various parts of the Kings Colonies.
Col.T
Monday, 7 June 2010
40’s in your 40’s, Wargaming in 40mm.4
The organisation and economics of an infantry regiment of 1775 – 1777, The British, Part 4:
So our company of 1776 is at field strength of around thirty eight of all ranks! Our company is also performing manouevres in two ranks owing to the changes implemented by the army commander General William Howe.
The company has now been split into two platoons each of 16 soldiers and then sub-dived into two sections! The section is the sub unit for movement and forming up. The lead platoon has two Corporals forming on the right and left, the second platoon has the third Corporal formed up on the left, when the company is formed into line there are three Corporals formed in the same rank, the Sergeants take post ready to coerce the enlisted men to carry out the given command.
These orders are given by the Company Officers which were then passed on to the rank and file by the Sergeants with the assistance of the company drummer and Corporals, all maneuvering was done in two ranks by the sub-sections, it has been mentioned in some books that owing to the class system of the time the officers did not directly speak with the common soldier, they communicated through the Nco’s.
The 18th Century battlefield is a noisy and hectic place, two bodies of soldiers would march and maneuver to bring about a solid front to face off against one another to deliver a steady disciplined volley, the idea was to force the other body to break either by being forced to retire or run and rout.
A steady wall of soldiers advancing with bayonets leveled after delivering steady fire could be quite unnerving to inexperienced soldiers, as time went by during the war the opposing regulars would virtually become on an even par with one another.
The current plan then is to form a complete regiment on 1:1 based on the information that I have stated in the previous post’s, the time given for painting the figures is quite time consuming and we want to be able to get on the table to game, we have two companies completed for this purpose.
Moving forward we have decided to game using smaller formations, the 1:1 project will come to pass as time goes by and as the figures slowly get painted. Phase 1 will be to field a Brigade on the table, our main period of interest is between 1775-1777 and the war in the northern states and seeing as we have the 37th Foot as our main core unit we are looking at the New York campaign of 1776.
New York 1776, the 37th were formed up into a brigade of four line regiments under the command of Major General Valentine Jones, the 3rd brigade consisted of the foot regiments of the 10th, 37th, 38th and the 52nd, these other three line regiments had already been in the colonies for some months, either all or part of these regiments had already seen some action, the flanks companies had already been in the fight against those rebellious colonists, the 38th and 52nd Foot had even been at the battle at Bunker Hill the previous year.
Also with the 10th & 38th Foot Regiments having yellow facing’s will help in our ultimute goal of a complete 1:1 37th Foot, although the 38th facings were designated a darker (more orange) yellow in the 1768 Royal Warrant, we will use a darker colour when painting up this unit, the other slight problem being that the 37th yellow has been described as canary yellow in clothing returns that we have seen from the PRO (National Archives) at Kew, either way I am pretty sure we can live with this.
Colonel Tavington.
So our company of 1776 is at field strength of around thirty eight of all ranks! Our company is also performing manouevres in two ranks owing to the changes implemented by the army commander General William Howe.
The company has now been split into two platoons each of 16 soldiers and then sub-dived into two sections! The section is the sub unit for movement and forming up. The lead platoon has two Corporals forming on the right and left, the second platoon has the third Corporal formed up on the left, when the company is formed into line there are three Corporals formed in the same rank, the Sergeants take post ready to coerce the enlisted men to carry out the given command.
These orders are given by the Company Officers which were then passed on to the rank and file by the Sergeants with the assistance of the company drummer and Corporals, all maneuvering was done in two ranks by the sub-sections, it has been mentioned in some books that owing to the class system of the time the officers did not directly speak with the common soldier, they communicated through the Nco’s.
The 18th Century battlefield is a noisy and hectic place, two bodies of soldiers would march and maneuver to bring about a solid front to face off against one another to deliver a steady disciplined volley, the idea was to force the other body to break either by being forced to retire or run and rout.
A steady wall of soldiers advancing with bayonets leveled after delivering steady fire could be quite unnerving to inexperienced soldiers, as time went by during the war the opposing regulars would virtually become on an even par with one another.
The current plan then is to form a complete regiment on 1:1 based on the information that I have stated in the previous post’s, the time given for painting the figures is quite time consuming and we want to be able to get on the table to game, we have two companies completed for this purpose.
Moving forward we have decided to game using smaller formations, the 1:1 project will come to pass as time goes by and as the figures slowly get painted. Phase 1 will be to field a Brigade on the table, our main period of interest is between 1775-1777 and the war in the northern states and seeing as we have the 37th Foot as our main core unit we are looking at the New York campaign of 1776.
New York 1776, the 37th were formed up into a brigade of four line regiments under the command of Major General Valentine Jones, the 3rd brigade consisted of the foot regiments of the 10th, 37th, 38th and the 52nd, these other three line regiments had already been in the colonies for some months, either all or part of these regiments had already seen some action, the flanks companies had already been in the fight against those rebellious colonists, the 38th and 52nd Foot had even been at the battle at Bunker Hill the previous year.
Also with the 10th & 38th Foot Regiments having yellow facing’s will help in our ultimute goal of a complete 1:1 37th Foot, although the 38th facings were designated a darker (more orange) yellow in the 1768 Royal Warrant, we will use a darker colour when painting up this unit, the other slight problem being that the 37th yellow has been described as canary yellow in clothing returns that we have seen from the PRO (National Archives) at Kew, either way I am pretty sure we can live with this.
Colonel Tavington.
Grand Manner
Just managed to get hold of my very own 28mm Hartwell Tavern from Grand Manner and to be honest well worth every penny, what next? Well painting it! Now that's going to be fun!
One thing I have looked at is scaling it up for use with 40mm figures, to be honest it won't look out of place as a back drop for one of our games!
As for a demonstration game we failed to make Partizan with anything, I have issued an apology to the show organisers as there was some confusion over whether we were attending and they left out space on the day for us, unfortunately I was on my way back from Atlanta Georgia the previous day and was pretty wiped out by Saturday and just about hanging in there on the Sunday having thought we had cancelled.
So purchases of late have been the 28mm Hartwell Tavern on the terrain front and 50+ 40mm Continentals from Trident Designs and their Eastern "Mohawk" Indians, personally I like the Indians, very nice!! My oppo Mr "Tarleton" Stevens ordered some smugglers to mix in with his "Bunker Hill" Militia and also a firing line of Virginian Continentals and Riflemen.
Have to admit I really like Trident's Captain Parker figure, well worth $6.00USD.
Col. Tavington held off on purchasing anything of late owing to the current economic climate (so he say's), personally I think he is starting to get a bit tight in his old age as I am sure he is starting to squeak, those purse hinges will definately need oiling, however I believe he is saving his pennies up for some of the Front Rank 40mm Hessian's!!!
As a footnote, Trident and Front Rank 40's really work well together, the Militia really mix in...................
Redcoat 37th.
One thing I have looked at is scaling it up for use with 40mm figures, to be honest it won't look out of place as a back drop for one of our games!
As for a demonstration game we failed to make Partizan with anything, I have issued an apology to the show organisers as there was some confusion over whether we were attending and they left out space on the day for us, unfortunately I was on my way back from Atlanta Georgia the previous day and was pretty wiped out by Saturday and just about hanging in there on the Sunday having thought we had cancelled.
So purchases of late have been the 28mm Hartwell Tavern on the terrain front and 50+ 40mm Continentals from Trident Designs and their Eastern "Mohawk" Indians, personally I like the Indians, very nice!! My oppo Mr "Tarleton" Stevens ordered some smugglers to mix in with his "Bunker Hill" Militia and also a firing line of Virginian Continentals and Riflemen.
Have to admit I really like Trident's Captain Parker figure, well worth $6.00USD.
Col. Tavington held off on purchasing anything of late owing to the current economic climate (so he say's), personally I think he is starting to get a bit tight in his old age as I am sure he is starting to squeak, those purse hinges will definately need oiling, however I believe he is saving his pennies up for some of the Front Rank 40mm Hessian's!!!
As a footnote, Trident and Front Rank 40's really work well together, the Militia really mix in...................
Redcoat 37th.
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Grand Manner
Yesterday I managed to get into the GM workshop for a chat and a cuppa!
The Hartwell Tavern (Battle Road) and the Guilford Courthouse set (both in 28mm) have now been completed and are waiting to be "rubberised", I last saw the incomplete Tavern back before Christmas!
The master models of these building's were done by Tony of GM, to be honest they are aboloutely outstanding! Although I have switched to 40mm AWI I still have a large collection of 28's, so much so that these buildings have now been pre-ordered from GM by myself! Please note that there is no current price in place for these items at present and to be honest I don't care, they are to be a limited run! My advice........ get your order in now!
Redcoat 37th.
The Hartwell Tavern (Battle Road) and the Guilford Courthouse set (both in 28mm) have now been completed and are waiting to be "rubberised", I last saw the incomplete Tavern back before Christmas!
The master models of these building's were done by Tony of GM, to be honest they are aboloutely outstanding! Although I have switched to 40mm AWI I still have a large collection of 28's, so much so that these buildings have now been pre-ordered from GM by myself! Please note that there is no current price in place for these items at present and to be honest I don't care, they are to be a limited run! My advice........ get your order in now!
Redcoat 37th.
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