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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: Yarkshire Gamer on 21 July 2016, 05:31:04 PM

Title: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: Yarkshire Gamer on 21 July 2016, 05:31:04 PM

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http://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/british-syw-minden-infantry-15mm-blue.html (http://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/british-syw-minden-infantry-15mm-blue.html)

About 18 months ago I bought some 15mm figures from Blue Moon to complete my British contingent for Minden.

With lots of distractions  (mostly Jutland themed) these have just been nibbled at since purchase. I finally got a bit of mojo going to finish them off doing a Battalion a week, mostly to stop me going mad from ship painting.

So here we have the six finished units (unfortunately Blue Moon haven't released Fusiliers yet so they have been temporarily replaced by the legendary 33rd).

The SYW bug is still strong so I have gone straight into 4 battalions of French Guard, strike while the Iron is hot and all that.

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: Calimero on 21 July 2016, 10:31:19 PM

Very nice work! 8)

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: Painter Jim on 21 July 2016, 10:50:27 PM

These look great, awesome work.

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: Yarkshire Gamer on 22 July 2016, 07:03:23 PM

Thanks for the kind comments.

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: olicana on 23 July 2016, 10:14:21 PM

Nice units.

That SYW bug is another of those that you just can't swat. The SYW has to be one of the very best periods for war gaming that you'll ever find: Good luck, keep going, it never disappoints.

James

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: FifteensAway on 24 July 2016, 03:47:42 AM

Why, sir, you cad!  Leaving figures unpainted for twenty years...oh, wait, if that's the case we must be twins.   :o

Gorgeous job and keep it up.

I agree, SYW is the best period to game on balance.  And I resist as I must.  My substitute will be the AWI but in hypothetical type games - why I have 20 regiments of cavalry for the AWI.  Blue coats for one country, brown coats for another, green and red and germanic, French and a few Spanish, too.  If will power caves and I do get SYW figures it will be in a smaller scale than 15 mm.  Resist, resist resist!  >:(

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: jambo1 on 24 July 2016, 08:42:53 AM

SYW is a bug for me as well, I have started and stopped so many times, I really must scratch the itch!! :) Lovely work by the way, they really look the part.

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: Yarkshire Gamer on 24 July 2016, 09:43:49 AM

Cheers for the encouragement everyone. Too many figures too little time !

Title: Re: SYW British Infantry for Minden (Blue Moon)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 24 July 2016, 09:55:18 AM

Very nice  8)

cheers

James