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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: DerekTHTB on 17 June 2012, 03:07:11 PM
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I was lucky enough to get a couple of test figures for the new provincials early, so here's my effort at the New York provincial regiment, which saw heavy action in the first few years of the F&I war.
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8762/yeszx.jpg)
(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/108/yes1h.jpg)
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/1827/yes3.jpg)
sorry the photos are not great, i got too close with the camera so it looks like i painted the figure with a tooth brush!
cheers
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Blimey, I wasn't expecting to see any yet :D great stuff Derek mate. I haven't even painted any of my spare master castings yet myself, but then, I don't suppose that'll surprise many folk lol.
The pre-orders will be another 3 weeks minimum before they go out, packs will be available on the website after the pre-orders all shipped.
Anyone wanting to join those who'll be getting theirs early (and at a bit of an extra saving) as pre-orders, you'll find details on the online shop. ;)
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Looking very nice, and the miniature is clearly something that I "need" :D
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Oh i can't wait for these bad boys
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Excellent work.
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Great looking paint job sir! These NY Provincials seem very popular in the FIW community. I'm looking forward to painting some blue coats after painting so many green coated rangers.
Keep the pictures coming! I'd love to see some of them in a line with an officer sprinkled in here and there.
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Can someone give us all a heads-up on coat colours for the Provincials. I was only aware of blue and red ..
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Can someone give us all a heads-up on coat colours for the Provincials. I was only aware of blue and red ..
I'll be doing one for the website, but they include other units with green coats including Pennsylvania often with red facings, brown in some NY units, some other units managed red. Blue was the most 'popular' colour and the intended one.
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I'll be doing one for the website, but they include other units with green coats including Pennsylvania often with red facings, brown in some NY units, some other units managed red. Blue was the most 'popular' colour and the intended one.
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Brill. Thanks Lance
I am enthused (again). Time to call in the painting Elves :D
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fergal,
I can't do the firing line yet! But here is the "soldiers free" figure done as a NY provincial officer looking at the soldiers shooting skills!
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/984/img0137za.jpg)
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Nice choice Derek 8)
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I know that i don't want my Provs to have Red or Green coats. And i'm not that keen on Blue either; looks too damned French for me ;)
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There is now't more American than a blue coat sir!
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There is now't more American than a blue coat sir!
a Brown one :D
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"The Yankees do so love a brown coat" :D
Might have misquoted that from memory ::)
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I do believe that browns & greens were a lot more common than blue for provincials. Red was even used more than blue. Blue really came into fashion with the continentals during the revolution. Even then many of the state and millitias wore browns & greens. Hunting shirts were popular.
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I do believe that browns & greens were a lot more common than blue for provincials. Red was even used more than blue. Blue really came into fashion with the continentals during the revolution. Even then many of the state and millitias wore browns & greens. Hunting shirts were popular.
Excellent! I didn't want to do green coats as i have the Rangers. Brown is looking in pole position
ETA on the new figs Lance? :)
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Excellent! I didn't want to do green coats as i have the Rangers. Brown is looking in pole position
ETA on the new figs Lance? :)
Still a bit vague ::) (that's why they're still available to pre-order ;) the deals will change when the pre-orders are ready).
Beware the hunting shirt, I may do some militia in them later, but it will be the hunting shirt of the period, not the later fringed item often depicted for the AWI although frequently questioned recently even for that period. :-I
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Nice painting!
Nice miniatures as well :D
A book which was recommended to me and that I have found useful is 'REDCOATS, YANKEES AND ALLIES - A History of the Uniforms, Clothing, and Gear of the British Army in the Lake George - Lake Champlain Corridor 1755 - 1760' by Brenton C Kremmer and illustrated by Joe Lee.
http://heritagebooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HBI&Product_Code=101-K0905&Category_Code=
The illustrations are plain line drawings, not colour plates like those by Osprey, but the information provided is very informative.
All the best,
Barry
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Nice painting!
Nice miniatures as well :D
A book which was recommended to me and that I have found useful is 'REDCOATS, YANKEES AND ALLIES - A History of the Uniforms, Clothing, and Gear of the British Army in the Lake George - Lake Champlain Corridor 1755 - 1760' by Brenton C Kremmer and illustrated by Joe Lee.
The illustrations are plain line drawings, not colour plates like those by Osprey, but the information provided is very informative.
All the best,
Barry
I'll second Barry there, a very useful book to have 8)
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