The handful of Napoleonic Redcoats had to go to make room for these little beauties. British regulars dress to the nines or should I say dress to the 1768, since these guys are uniformed in the Warrant style of dress.
I do have some French and Indian light infantry in uniforms that will appear slightly outdated in the American revolution, but it’ll also be clear that they serve a different battlefield role then this unit.
Two packs of Old Glory/Blue Moon will get you 40 figures, 30 troopers and 10 command. For the first time, I put three figures on a one inch base for ease of placement, and to ensure that these banner men stay upright. It might look a little weird with the round bases for the regulars, but it will help with my games of “Rebels and Patriots”, and “Land of the Free”.
Had to leave a couple single bases commanders for those skirmish games like “Song of…” Which leaves a couple more flag waivers single based on a larger stands to give them more weight.
And what about the flags themselves? I prefer to hand paint my own flags. The color printed variety are more historically accurate and clinically correct, but they have all the character of pre-printed miniatures. Instead, I like to hand paint my own. This first attempt didn’t turn out so hot.
The St George’s cross looks great, but the blue triangles look really wonky because the former were drafted using high quality pens and the ladder were drafted using Crayola markers. Maybe a good Craftsman doesn’t blame his tools, but a good Craftsman also uses the right tool for the job and children’s markers are not the right tool for this job. Once I get the genuine article, we’ll come back and hang some proper laundry from those long poles.
In the meantime, I’ve got forty Continentals to paint, and that’s as many as four tens.