Here's the small warband that is intended to be used against the French using Rebels and Patriots. A somewhat fanciful, hodgepodge of troops. Most of the troops are from The Assault Group - Janissaries, Tufecis and Levant Musketeers. A Warlord Games command set was added to flesh out a few units - which are in multiples of 6 for the ruleset. They can be fielded as either 12-man units or small 6-man units. The Mamelukes are from Gringo 40's - and as mentioned in the previous post, they are from their Napoleonic French range and have saddle cloths from their time in the Imperial Guard. Also, the TAG figures are from their Renaissance range a few centuries earlier than the Egyptian Campaign.
Besides giving the faces and hands a flesh wash, no other highlighting or touch ups were added after the Minwax stain and basic block painting. These are intended for gaming and "rough handling".
They are all based on GW-style 25mm rounds and the cavalry on Gale Force Nine oval bases. Except for one of them, all of the horses are the same pose - not sure if this was an oversight, but I see a few other horse poses on the Gringo 40's website. If you place an order with them, you may want to specify to include various horse poses.
Next on the agenda is getting some Rebels and Patriots gaming in. I've played in a few games run by other folks, so really don't have the rules down yet. Reading up on the rules, it appears there a few modifications to the original Lion Rampant rules - for one all Activations require a base of 6 using 2D6's. Lion/Dragon Rampant had different values for this depending upon the troop type. The rules seem more streamlined and easier to play, IMO. Until next time, thanks for dropping by and wishing you a great summer.
