AWI 40mm project for M&T

[traveller]

Inspired by the coming release of Muskets &Tomahawks 2 I decided on doing the FIW in 28mm and the AWI in 40mm. This thread will focus on the AWI. I am using Front Rank and Triguard miniatures. The detail on these bigger models is amazing but I am afraid my lack of photography skills will fail to show that.: First the colonial militia:

[FifteensAway]

I shall watch with interest.  If eyesight becomes an issue, this is my scale - and period - of choice.  Looking good so far.

[jambo1]

I have jumped into 40mm big style and am presently building up AWI armies for BP, will be following this thread with great interest.

[traveller]

Added a small gun for the Continentals:

[jambo1]

Nice work once more, great addition to your army.

[traveller]

Nice work once more, great addition to your army.

Thanks!

So much to be done...based and undercoated in the painting queue...

Commanders
British Fusiliers
British Grenadiers
Butlers Rangers
Queens Rangers Light Inf
Queens Rangers Highlanders
Hessian Jaegers
Iroquis
Continental Riflemen
Continental Infantry
Another Continental Gun

And there is always the risk that the list will grow...

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Very nice.  From an historical perspective, can I suggest not going mad when it comes to pistol-armed Americans - this is definitely NOT the Wild East!  Militarily, pistols were only ever issued to cavalrymen, sometimes also dragoons, and (in a special form with an all-metal stock) to the rank-and-file of Highland regiments as a nod to the tactics of the Jacobites*.  In the civilian world, pistols were an expensive luxury used only for duelling and even those militiamen who could afford them would not bother - they were no good for putting food on the table, and if an Indian got that close, you were pretty much done for anyway. Maybe the Colonial equivalent of the landed gentry (Hancock and the like) would have them as a status symbol, but even then they would as likely be inherited from a deceased relative, rather than bespoke items made for the owner.

[* Highlanders were originally considered the British equivalant of Croats/Grenzer and tended to be Petite Guerre/Kleine Krieg troops up to the end of the SYW/FIW.  The Jacobite battle plan was (a) fire your musket, (b) discard your musket, (c) charge, (d) when close to the enemy fire your pistol, (e) discard your pistol - by throwing it at the enemy (hence the metal stock which had a pointed butt end), (f) charge in with hacky/pointy weapons.  Personally, I suspect the average highlander did more damage by throwing the pistol at the enemy than he did by firing it, but YMMV!  By the time of the AWI, all-metal pistols were still part of the typical Highlander's weaponry, but records show they were not widely issued during the AWI, and - like the broadsword - were not popular in the field, the men preferring a hatchet. ]

of firing them at point-blank range and then throwing; even the standard issue to the rank-and-file in Highland infantry regiments had fallen from popularity by the time of the AWI.

[traveller]

But....pistols are so cool!

Thanks for the advice, i know the pistol ratio is a bit too high but I had these lying around so I decided to press them into Continental service. The detail on the weapons on 40mm figures is just fantastic 

[traveller]

Next part of project is a small unit of Loyalist Butlers Rangers. I Understand there is some debate regarding the looks of their uniform. I like this image and tried to make my rangers look something similar:

[jambo1]

They look great! Just as how I see them as well! Great work.

[traveller]

They look great! Just as how I see them as well! Great work.

Thanks Jambo1! Great fun to paint them as well 

[traveller]

Finally finished the British regulars:





and I let them practice a bit on the pesky rebels...

[FlyXwire]

I love it! 

Big like toy soldiers, but not toyish looking.

[jambo1]

Cracking stuff!! Great seeing the two forces together, great work on the Redcoats.

[Oldgamer]

Wow, they all look amazing, you have some great games ahead of you with this lot!