Glenning's AWI adventures (Continentals and Militia added - February 26th)

[CapnJim]

Great looking figures.  Well done!

[Ceeteegee]

Very, very nice work. The work on the Rangers really lifts what are already great minis.

[Ruire]

Those rangers are brilliant and really add to everything that you've done so far.

How did you paint the green coats? I've some loyalists to paint and I can't settle on how I want to do with them...

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely 

[glenning]

Thanks a lot!

Ruire here's the recipe:

Warpstone Glow undercoat
Caliban Green wash
Warpstone Glow highlight
Light Rhinox Hide wash, in creases etc. some stains here and there
Light Caliban Green highlight
Superlight Zandri Dust highlight on elbows

Hope this helps! 

[rumacara]

Lovely miniatures.

[Ruire]

Thanks a lot!

Ruire here's the recipe:

Warpstone Glow undercoat
Caliban Green wash
Warpstone Glow highlight
Light Rhinox Hid wash, in creases etc. some stains here and there
Light Caliban Green highlight
Superlight Zandri Dust highlight on elbows

Hope this helps! 

The brown wash and weathering do a lot for it! I'd turned down these colours when I tried them before because I thought them too vibrant, but you've made them work really well here.

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

I've also built and painted one of the superb log cabins from Pegasus Miniatures so yet another scenic shot is in order, don't you think?

Definitely!!!  I particularly like the militia sergeant with is hand raised.  I don't recognise him from the Perry catalogue (and I have pretty much every pack they've made, having helped them with the research!) so is he a "kit bash" or similar sort of conversion?

[glenning]

Ruire Give it a go - I'm sure it will look great!

Baron von Wreckedoften Thanks! Yes, it's a conversion - the head is from one of the Southern Militia coats, the body is from the Hunting Shirt command and the left hand+rifle is from one of the British 'Saratoga' codes, hope this helps! 

Here's a quick WIP pic btw - more Militia snd some 5th NY continentals:

[glenning]

Quick question - did artillery crew always wear Artillery uniforms or would soldiers in regimental uniforms (for example 5th NY - brown coats with blue facings) also operate artillery? Or could I maybe even mix and match? I've read that when operating with infantry or in forts like Stanwix, they’d stretch out what artillerymen the had so that each gun had maybe a gunner and bombardier or two and used the infantry as the mattrosses. If so, which of the minis would be most authentic in artillery uniforms and which would look authntic wearing the 5th NY uniforms? Thanks in advance!

[FifteensAway]

Only part of your question I can answer is that, yes, infantry were pressed into service manning artillery pieces, probably more often than not.  Hope others can fill in the blanks for you.

[FreakyFenton]

I've only found this on the regulation thereof. Maybe it helps?

http://www.srcalifornia.com/uniforms/p13.htm

[glenning]

Thanks! I noticed that one of the crew is an infantryman, so I guess I’ll paint most of the crew in artillery uniforms – and the infantryman in 5th NY uniform. I’m aaalmost finished with some more Continentals, so stay tuned.

In the meantime: I’ve been working on my table for AWI skirmish games – a couple of 23x23 boards with removeable trees, buildings, roads, walls, fencing etc. I also used a smaller board representing a coastline – which is also removable.

Anyway, I’m going for an early spring look – as often seen in the paintings of Don Troiani (which in turn has been the major inspiration for me when it comes to painting my mini’s) and AMC’s Turn. I have also visited New York, Virginia, and Maryland in early spring a number of times, so there’s some kind of personal connection too, I guess. I'm going to add some more to my scenery collection in the future - more fences, a barn, church, wagons, hills, more trees etc.

Anyway, some photos of the table som far – I’m pretty pleased with the result and can’t wait to play some scenarios on it:

[glenning]

More shots:

[Freddy]

A great looking table!