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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: kingsmt on December 03, 2022, 03:24:44 PM
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Hey 15's, Remember those white, crush proof boxes that I showed here a while back?
They contained some of my AWI collection.
Well, I started to photograph what's in each box.
Here's the first!!
I think I have 10 boxes done so far.
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Oh, to actually play with those figures, he lamented... ;)
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Moving on to box number 2.
The 18 TH Continentals
Hartley's Regiment
And 2 unnamed, as yet, Regiments.
The first is Blue faced Buff.
The second is Blue faced Red.
When I finally get around to organizing it all, I'll christen these two orphans.
I'm sure I had something in mind when these were completed.
But I never wrote it on the underside of the bases!
There are several more units named Blue faced whatever and Red faced white or green or yellow.
That was the whole purpose of listing and photgraphing everything in the boxes.
As I file all this info on the computer, I am finally keeping a record of what's here.
Hard to believe, I know!!!
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Now thats a collection ;)
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Freddy, This is nothing. I have 25 of those boxes. Hopefully, we'll see what's in all of them!
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Freddy, This is nothing. I have 25 of those boxes. Hopefully, we'll see what's in all of them!
Bring it on :)
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FifteensAway looks at the above images and thinks of all the associated images and his head starts to spin and he gets dizzy and slowly falls sideways and bangs his head against the wall and passes out.
Then he "wakes" up amidst all these figures and adjacent to a warehouse sized gaming table filled with scenery and a game gets going and plays through without stopping for several days, too, too many days, fatigue and foul smelling armpits and various and sundry libations and sugars to keep the energy flowing. The clash and bang of battle goes on and on and everyone - there are more than a dozen of us playing - try mightily to remember what our plan was and which unit exactly is that unit over there and then, just as my remarkably heroic unit is about to put the final coup-de-grace to the enemy and achieve victory..."
I really wake up. And very glad I am because the smell of the other players was really starting to get to me! Thankfully, the dream was short and I only need my daily shower. And the bump on the head doesn't really hurt all that bad. ;)
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Boxes number three is next and it features an all Massachusetts cast.
First up is the lovely 8 TH Mass in their beautiful light blue coats.
Then the 2 ND Mass which is followed by the 3 RD Mass.
After that we have Patterson Brigade (10 TH Mass).
And it's PATTERSON NOT PETERSON.
In any event, it's Pizza Box number 3!!
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Love the flag for the Peterson unit, colorful and I do believe historical. Am I going to being getting another bump on the head soon? If so, I'll try and fall the other direction to balance it out! lol
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Up next? Box number 4 of course!!
Lots of smaller units, as many of these were done when I was wasting my cash on 3 kids, food and a mortgage.
Who knows? I may eventually bring these up to 36 figures, which is my standard unit size.
15's, All I can advise you to do is to wear a helmet!!!
Back with Box 5 later!!
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I guess I'll have to dig out my bicycle helmet - soon.
You know, you might be able to put together a really good painting guide by taking an individual stand from every regiment (and version) and taking a closer up photo with the unit identified (and years appropriate for, where known). It would be a Herculean task to be certain - but I think you'd be readily forgiven for any minor errors. It would be a great feast of information for those wanting to paint figures for the conflict. You don't really have anything else to do over the next five years do you?! :o.
I have a request for the moderator: Can we get all of kingsmt AWI posts put in a stickie for the page? Thanks for listening!
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15's, Thanks but no thanks to your generous offer to have me work on a painting guide.
As I said previously, it's a lot of work for no reward.
I have enough to do attempting to get this monstrosity in some sort of order,
Sorry,
OK, let's move onto Box 5.
Culpepper Minute Men
NY Light Infantry
AND
3 unnamed Blue faced Red Regiments
When you see Units without designations, that means I could not make up my mind.
Since Blue/Red are probably the most common Continental Uniform, it won't be too hard identify them.
One of these days. Sigh.....
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Aw, shucks, and I was so hoping... lol
Depending on how painted, a good fall back is the last "official" uniforms, just assign to an appropriate state. Don't even need to number unless you want to drill down that far.
I did send a PM to the moderator about the stickie concept. Hope you don't mind. I love the idea of being able to find all your postings on the AWI in one place.
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Whatever the Mods do is fine with me.
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Box # 6
Lots of NJ and PENN in this box.
Also Wayne's Legion somehow got put in here.
Cool uniforms, but way too long after the AWI.
Hey they had to go somewhere!!
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I took a break from the boxes to show this lot that I am working on.
These are Early War Riflemen wearing that big, false front cap.
As noted these are WIP's. I'll put them up on their own thread when I finish them.
And I'll be back to move onto Box # 7 later on.
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15's, No comment?
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They look great! What is the biggest battle you ever fought with this huge army?
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Foul ball! I spy an untextured base in the lot. How did that sneak in? Hopefully easily remedied.
Lots more cool stuff.
10/14 edit: reference is to photo of Lafy's Lights with a bare metal base in the mix, not the WIP photos. Apparently I was replying 'out of sequence' somehow on page 1 when stuff was already on page 2. Just sayin'.
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15's I just started working on those "untextured bases".
Those are WIP's.
Freddy, I probably can do almost any battle, but I first concentrated on Cowpens.
I have the entire OOB for Cowpens finished for both sides.
I have all of the Saratoga battles covered, only missing the Brunswick Dragoons, which sadly, no one makes yet.
Guilford and all of the Southern battles are also pretty much finished.
I have a few units left to do for the Philly Campaign.
That's about it!
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Box # 7 is now up at bat.
Seems I have:
the 1 ST NC,
the 2 ND Canadian,
the 3 RD Conn.,
Green Mt Boys
Washington's Guard
OK 15's, what say you?
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15's where are you?
Oh well! Moving on to box # 8
This is the New Hampshire box, containing all 3 NH Regiments.
1 ST NH
2 ND NH
3 RD NH
3 RD CT (apparently I have 2 3 RD Conn. Regiments)
A Unit Designation change is in the works!!!
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Dude! You are posting so much so often it's hard to keep up! lol. Also, I was down sick for several days so not as coherent (???) as normal. (120 posts - not all unique threads, of course, just since the beginning of September, plus one on August 31, and all related to the AWI, some on terrain versus troops. Yes, I counted - with a little help from LAF.)
So, you have enough figures for the battles you've listed but I believe the questioner was asking if you've actually played any battles with your massive collection of figures (I think). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you've stated that you don't play just collect and paint and share with us hoi-polloi. When you have your table you mentioned was in progress, will you be using it to play games - or just for set-ups and photography?
Well, if true, this hoi-pollou (singular?!) is enjoying seeing all of this stuff.
[note: this poster is blissfully ignorant of proper singular usage of hoi-polloi so has invented his own singularity. he has a special license to indulge in such shenanigans. and he's not hoity-toity at all. well, not very often.]
Oh, wait, yes, I like the figures - and looking forward to the next few boxes with their 'ambiguous' labels.
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Box # 9
Wow!!
Battle Honors, Foundry, Perry and Old Glory all in one box!!!
Lots of unidentified units here. I'll get to it sooner or later..........
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Those blue faced red standard bearer stands can be added to just about any unit - regardless of the rest of the unit's uniforms. Just think of them as the best dressed men in the unit because they are a little better off financially than the rest. And that is very historical. After all, when all was said and done, good 'ole George Washington when he passed on was considered to be the richest man in America. I'm not sure it is true that 'the cream always rises' (well, literally, yes, but metaphorically not necessarily) so much as the scrabblers usually jostle their way up. George was definitely ambitious to the N'th degree evidenced from an early age. Staying the course - and declining the proffered crown - are where his greatness lies. But he was still a man.
So, hope that reply was prompt enough! lol
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Meet Box # 10.
It's full of surprises.
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I’m enjoying seeing all these splendid units getting an airing and a photo opp!
I’ve resisted AWI so far. So far…
I do like that you have left some breathing room in the storage boxes, I tend to fill every last square inch - to maximise space, but this gives a much better presentation of the figures!
It sounds like you are finding forgotten gems, so feels that the exercise is worthwhile - I allways find having photos of my figures very useful to remind me of what I have.
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Trying to recall, was there just the one American unit that wore red coats as a 'normal' uniform? Need to get back to my reading, I guess. Maybe just a quick perusal of Mollo will do. Soon.
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That'd be Smallwood's Maryland Battalion in 1776. As the 1st Maryland Regiment, they went to blue coats in 1777.
I think Giles did them up in hunting shirts - I can't remember if there was something about someone realising before Long Island that red coats might be risky.
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There was Webb's Regiment that wore captured British Uniforms.
Foreman's Reds which was an "additional' Regiment.
There's at least two others.
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Moving right along we unveil Box # 11
8 TH VA
MD Militia
2 ND MD
NC Militia
1 ST VA
There are only a couple of boxes left to show.
Of course, I turned lazy and didn't finish taking photos of all the boxes.
There are another 6 or 8 boxe that have not been photographed yet.
I'll get to it sooner or later.
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There was Webb's Regiment that wore captured British Uniforms.
Foreman's Reds which was an "additional' Regiment.
There's at least two others.
7th Connecticut and 4th Continental Light Dragoons?
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Box # 12 which brings me to the end of this little post.
I have another 10 boxes left to photograph.
If and when I ever get to them, I will resume putting them on display here.
Here we have NC, SC and VA troops.
I have 1 more SC Unit that I will post in the next comment.
Not enough room here!
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12 + 10 = well, 22. And that doesn't count all those other containers you've already shared.
The Madness of a King, indeed.
And if you could see me, you'd see a bit of green tinge, you would.
All ready for the Southern Campaign, it seems.
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Great looking units again!
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Ok, this is the end of the pizza boxes for now.
As I mentioned, I may get back to it later on.
But for now, this is the last of the "Pizza Box" photos.
I did a lot of "winter" terrain for the Trenton Campaign.
I did figures, artillery, mini dioramas and scatter pieces all "winterized".
I was thinking of getting all those picture together as a "10 Days" thread.
What do you think?
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Of course Yes to the 10 day thread!
So, rather than more troops from the little known colony of Unk we have a group of South Carolina troops. The flags are the give away. Which means somewhere you must have A LOT of North Carolina units - perhaps already seen(?).
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15's, Actually South Carolina seems to have provided more troops to the Cause than NC did.
Just looking at Cowpens, you can see that SC Militia outnumbered NC troops almost 5 to 1.
I've always been partial to the SC Militias, who fought so well in the back country.
I did do Quaker Meadow Joe McDowell's NC Riflemen for Cowpens.
And I have all of the NC Over Mountain Men done for Kings Mountain
The SC and NC Militias are favorites of mine!
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I think I was reflecting on the 9 North Carolina regiments at Brandywine in my comment. But I am not as well versed on the militia from the two colonies - but aware of them. Of course, the famous triumvirate was from South Carolina - Marion, Sumpter, and Pickens. And you can add in Green, Moultrie, and Morgan. So SC made a pretty strong contribution to the revolution. Too bad they tarnished their reputation in a later conflict.
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I think I was reflecting on the 9 North Carolina regiments at Brandywine in my comment.
Possibly 10 NC regiments, if you count Sheppard's Additional Continental Regiment which fought at Germantown and may have been present at Brandywine (but I've never seen it listed). I feel like the NC brigade is overlooked a bit because they weren't really used at Brandywine, suffered badly at Germantown, and were completely gutted at Valley Forge.
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With the dozens of un-named Regiments that I have, NC will get their fair share.
15's I highly recommend the book "True For the Cause of Liberty" by Ed and Kathrine Gilbert.
It's basically an expanded version of the Osprey book on Cowpens, which was written by the couple.
It will give you tremendous insight into the SC backcountry war
It goes into great detail about the various SC Militias and the command structure.
Very readable. You won't be sorry.