Finished painting and based them on 25mm GW-style bases for skirmish gaming. I didn't spend too much time on details like the plates on the fur caps. Although there is some detail on the plates, they were hard to make out when painting. The shoulder wings were easier to make out and take to painting well.
As noted in the earlier post, they're painted in groups of 10 with different colored facings - green, yellow, and blue - all common colors for various units in the AWI. If they're used with Rebels and Patriots, a couple more figures per unit would be added - probably an officer or NCO and musician. However, that might be down the road a bit, as this was mainly a project to try out the figures.They are a little bulkier than Perry plastics from their AWI range, but would match up well enough. The main difference is the Perry British plastics are in more of a campaign uniform without backpacks.I went with a reddish brown color for the backpacks - I saw an old thread on TMP discussing this. Supposedly the canvas packs were painted for weather proofing, and this color may have been used. Incidentally, I just read somewhere that straps weren't used on the rear of the packs during this period. Oh well. Just a quick project as I wanted to see these figures first hand. Have a game day in a few days where I'll be hosting the Lion Gate assault game. Will update with a post game review when done. Until then, wishing you all the best.



Your grenadiers look fab, Dean!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much as always, Jonathan! Best regards, Dean
DeleteGot to agree with Jon! These are excellent figures based and painted beautifully, Dean.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much again, Keith! Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteSuperb Grenadiers Dean!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Mike! Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteBeautiful looking Grenadiers Dean!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Michal! Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteVery nicely done Dean!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words, Christopher! Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteGrenadiers are always fun to paint. These look lovely, when I get to them I’ll use yours as one of my templates.
ReplyDeleteI mostly have jumped onboard this subject because a friend has been talking about doing it for the last ten years. So to motivate him I told him I’d paint the other side he chose to do.
Then it dawned on me that next year is the 250th! Seems we will both have some toys to take to shows and run a game!
Cheers
Kevin
Thanks for the great comment, Kevin. I'm also considering getting some Brigade Games AWI figures. They look pretty good on their website. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteDean, nice Grenadiers, you will be pleased with your Brigade Games figures, I had purchased some militia and was pleased with the figures. A bonus is the compatibility with castings from the Perry miniatures.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the great comment and info, Joe. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteNice word Dean the grenadiers have come out well, AWI does mean collecting quite a lot more stuff though !
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Matt. Yes, just looking at the OOB for Hubbardton has a lot of choices. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteBrilliant looking figures Dean.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much again, Ray! Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteOutstanding work on those grenadiers, Dean.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Richard! Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteSplendid looking British grenadiers!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thanks a lot, Iain!
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