Great War Canadians

[tim in saskatoon]

Last night I finished up another unit...



Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry



Detail of their formation patch and unit shoulder title.

There are more details about the unit on my blog:

http://saskminigamer.blogspot.ca/2016/05/princess-patricias-canadian-light.html

Finishing up the PPCLI also finished up the entire 7th Brigade, 3rd Division, CEF



All of the miniatures used for the 7th Brigade are from Great War Miniatures.

[marianas_gamer]

Thumbs up  They look great in mass!
LB

[von Lucky]

When miniatures arrive I base ALL of them, then prime them, then add the base texture/goop, then they will sit for some time (years even) until I get to painting them.

You're not alone (I switch the prime and base texture steps and add a base coat of burnt umber over the black).

And the group shot is beautiful - a coherent body of miniatures. Well done.

[Sparrow]

Really atmospheric

[Marine0846]

Really well painted.
Sounds like you paint like I do.
12 to 16 figures at a time.
Love the unit photo.
May I ask," what is the total figure count?"

[tim in saskatoon]

Thanks again, everyone.

May I ask," what is the total figure count?"

You may... but which "total figure count"? for a Battalion? a Brigade? Division? All the figures I have painted? All the figures I plan to paint for the Vimy project?

There are 15 figures in each Canadian battalion, four battalions in a brigade makes 60, three brigades in a division makes 180. There were four divisions in the Canadian Corps, which would make 780 - for the infantry. I also have assorted figures for Brigade and Divisional Command, casualties, Machine Guns, Trench Mortars, and some Artillery... And that's just the Canadians... I will eventually have, I think 5 or 6 regiments of Germans  (3 battalions per regiment, 15 figures per battalion so 225-270 German infantry)

Currently I have four brigades completed along with a handful of MG teams and Trench mortars and command and casualty figures, and two more Brigades underway. I'd say I'd have close to 300 of the Canadians done. So far I have two regiments of the (later war) Germans done (so, ~100 of those...?)

This is just the stuff for the Vimy Project I am working on... I also have early Great War French and Belgians and Germans and British, as well as British and Germans for East Africa, and British and ANZACs and turks for the Middle east. Oh and Imperial Russians that could be used for the Great War as well as the Russian Civil War... and Bolsheviks... and Warlord Chinese... Most of those are done and you can see a lot of them here:

http://saskminigamer.blogspot.ca/p/28mm-great-war-era.html

(though I don't have pictures up of the Chinese or Bolsheviks or early Great War British or Turks or British in East Africa... I guess I should get on that...)

[armchairgeneral]

So what rules are you using?

[tim in saskatoon]

So what rules are you using?

Well... That's kind of up in the air at the moment. I had been using a modified version of 2nd Edition Contemptible Little Armies. I'd been thinking about trying something else, but I will likely use something similar - but perhaps with a few new tweaks (stealing elements and ideas from other rules I've encountered in the meantime).

If anyone has suggestions for a simple, fast-playing game that would work for battalions of 15 individually-based figures and could deal with an entire corps attack, I'm all ears!

[tim in saskatoon]

A few more rolling off the workbench this week: 43rd Battalion, CEF (Cameron Highlanders of Canada)



The figures are all from Brigade Games (well, all but one - the piper is a spare I had from Great War Miniatures). I had to convert the Lewis gun team as Brigade Games does not produce a Highlander with a Lewis gun.



Detail of their formation patch - Grey rectangle, of the Third Canadian Division, surmounted by a blue circle - blue for the junior brigade in the division, circle for the senior battalion in the brigade.

[marianas_gamer]

Nice work, as expected. I would love to see your Chinese and Bolshis
LB

[Beast of Bukhara]

looking good 

[Marine0846]

Great blog.
Love all your WWI figures.
Of course you have a ton of other figures.
All well done.
Thanks for sharing.

[Metternich]

These are really wonderful.  And thanks for adding the link to your blog site.  Really enjoyed your other WW I armies as well.

[tim in saskatoon]

I would love to see your Chinese and Bolshis

Getting some pictures of those up on my blog is on my "To Do" list!

It's a really, REALLY long list thought, so...

[tim in saskatoon]

While I have another Infantry Battalion in the works, I thought I'd finish up these two gun teams..



They are both from Renegade Miniatures.



They're not really NEEDED for my project, I mostly just picked them up for fun...



This is a comparison shot of one of the recently painted Renegade 18 pdrs and crew and a previously painted Wargames Foundry example.