Perry AWI Project "Complete"

 Well, at least the figures from a box each of the plastic kits. May add some Militia and Hessians later on. As mentioned in the earlier post, the Continental units are supposed to be Green Mountain Boys, 2nd NH, 11th Mass. and Seth Warner's Regiment. The British are various units from the Saratoga Campaign - although the grenadiers probably didn't wear their bearskins.

The 25mm round bases and skirmish trays are from Litko.

Need to add 3 more figures to one of the British units, but the plan is to use them in Rebels and Patriots - as I just ordered a copy of the rules. Several gaming buddies here play them all the time and they invited me to join in.

Glad to have finally gotten around to painting these figures as they were glued together and primed since last summer. Thanks for stopping by and checking out the post; and best wishes to you all.

Perry AWI Project - WIP

Well finally started on these plastic Perry AWI figure - which were sitting in bins already primed since last summer. Minwax stained over block painting. As mentioned in an earlier post (from last year), firing and more "active" arm combinations from Perry and Victrix British Napoleonics were used on some of the figures to give them more skirmish poses.

These are from a set each of Continentals and British. They are broken down into units of 6 for smaller skirmish scenarios. They'll be on individual 25mm rounds with movement trays. Not exactly sure of which rules to use, but Black Powder, Muskets and Tomahawks and Rebels and Patriots are options.

I based the Continental units on the ones which participated at the Battle of Hubbarton: Seth Warner's Regiment, Green Mountain Boys, 2nd New Hampshire and 11th Massachusetts Regiments. 

The British units are based upon those that participated in the Saratoga Campaign. The grenadiers and lights have Wargames Factory head swaps.

Just a little blog update to let you all know what I've been keeping busy with. Thanks for stopping by and wishing you all the best.

Perry FPW French La Hitte 4 and Crew

 This set was ordered along with the Chasseurs d'Afrique. Figured they could provide the French a little more fire support in Bolt Action games.

The uniforms are reminiscent of 1st Empire ones - with current fashion updates.

The sculpting and proportions of the crew are excellent as expected from the Perrys. The paired-stripes on the trousers are nicely detailed.

Vallejo Prussian Blue was used as the base coat for the uniforms, and then highlighted with white added to the blue. Without the highlighting, the uniform would look almost black.

The next image shows a comparison next to a Spencer Smith Mitrailleuse gun and crew painted a few years ago. The two size up well-enough, but the Spencer Smith crew are in greatcoats (with epaulettes), and the Perry crew in short jackets.The Perrys also make a Mitrailleuse, but will just use this one for games.

Waiting on an order from The Assault Group for some mounted Renaissance commanders to use in the Marston Moor game. The order also includes Ottoman troops for a future project to go along with Perry French from their Egyptian Campaign range. Thanks for dropping by and checking out the post. Until next time, wishing you all the best in health and hobby pursuits!

Perry Mounted Rifles Officer and FPW Chasseurs d'Afrique

Been off the blogosphere for a bit, but did manage to paint these figures up. The mounted Rifles officer will be used in the La Haye Sainte game as Major Baring. The Warlord Games set came with a foot figure for Major Baring, but he is noted as being on horseback for most of the battle (until the horse was killed). The Chasseurs de Afrique are more figures for future FPW Bolt Action games.

The were all painted in the usual block painting style followed by Minwax staining and finally some highlighting here and there. The uniforms are fairly simple in design, but very colorful - particularly the Chasseurs'.

Probably overkill with two officers for such a small unit, but as I only ordered a set each of Chasseurs and command. As I play FPW using Bolt Action for skirmish games, a lot of figures aren't needed.

Perry also has a set of Chasseurs with sword held out in a charge, but chose these with swords shouldered as they would be better for handling on the gaming table.

The red baggy pants and light blue tunics are a nice color combination. "They sure are pretty, but can they fight?" They indeed have an illustrious battle record in many wars fought on several continents.

The mounted Rifles officer is part of a 3-figure set. I've yet to paint up the other two, but as mentioned above, wanted one to represent Major Baring at La Haye Sainte.

He's on an oval 50mm long base as I didn't want him taking up too much space while inside the farmhouse complex.

The skirmish rules for this scenario doesn't have command distance penalties, but he adds +2 to any combat he participates in. He also cannot blunder - again per the scenario rules.

Thanks again for stopping by and wishing you all the best!

Perry FPW French Chasseurs a Pied

Nice sculpts that match up nicely in both size (large side of 28mm) and style with Eagles of Empire FPW figures. I had added these to an order of ECW stuff and was pleasantly surprised to see the match up as I was expecting them to be a bit smaller. I'm wondering if their plastic FPW figures will also be larger than their usual sized figures too. Anyway, as I only intend to do FPW as skirmish, not planning on getting too many of their figures.

Their uniforms being fairly simple, they painted up quickly with my usual block painting followed by a Minwax stain and highlights afterwards. The piping on their kepis being the hardest part of the whole process; and even this wasn't too bad as I painted them for effect, rather than accuracy.

Havings some spare 25mm round bases, went ahead and based some as singles and some paired on 50mm rounds. This is similar to how some folks base their figures for Lion Rampant and Rebels and Patriots, etc., and looks good, IMO.

Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue was used for the coats and kepis; a mixture of gray with a little bit of blue was used for the trousers.

A comparison shot below shows how the Perry Chasseurs size up well with the Eagles of Empire figures on the left. They are slightly larger and taller than their own ACW plastic Zouaves (painted as Turcos), but not really noticeable on the gaming table.

On the gaming front, I plan to host a La Haye Sainte Black Powder game next month at the Veterans Museum down in Chehalis. I'm also signed up to host two La Haye Sainte games and a Marston Moor Pike and Shotte game in May at our annual big convention, Enfilade. I wanted to host these games in part due to our Canadian gamer-brethren finally being able to make it down from the border. This will be the first time since 2019 that we'll be able to spend time gaming and carousing together again. Thanks for dropping by and wishing you all the best.