Rules for French and Indian Wars?

[inkydave]

Good grief hes a painting machine Good job of it too.
 Im currently struggling to break through painters block.
20 FFL circa 1910 are nearly finished. Only 10 weeks so far!!!

More on books general histories of the war.

The battle for North America-Francis Parkman.-a classic study from (IMHO) Americas finest historian.
Crucible of war-Fred Anderson-Huge tome! scholarly but really readable.
Empires collide-(ed)Ruth Sheppard.-An osprey conpendium type book. Best for dipping in and out of.

For skirmish gaming I think these ospreys are very good for the Anglo Americans.

Warrior no85 American colonial Ranger(northern colonies-1724-64)
Warrior no88 British light infantryman of the seven years' war(north America 1757-63) Great illustrations
Men-at-arms colonial American troops 1610-1774(3)

I'll post some more tomorrow if you dont mind the hijack H.M.Stanley 

[H.M.Stanley]

Ha ha - hardly. Painting time will dry up after Fri and then i'm back to your pace ID 

Hijack away old son - this is all new to me (and many others i suspect)

And just to open it up further ... decent films/DVDs other than THAT film [which i must rebuy as my copy has gone AWOL]?

All i can find is Drums along the Mohawk with Henry Fonda and the North West Passage

And finally, i'm going to want some British Regulars incl Grenadiers. 

[Galloping Major]

And just to open it up further ... decent films/DVDs other than THAT film [which i must rebuy as my copy has gone AWOL]?

And finally, i'm going to want some British Regulars incl Grenadiers. 

I'm working on some (hopefully you'll agree) very nice regulars, provincials will be next out though 

If you're buying "Last of the Mohicans" again - get the "director's extended" version, with some great stuff left out of the standard release - only available in US format I think. I got it, and can't watch the other one now.


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[GordonKhartoum]

Great stuff H.M. a poor photo of my first offering. A few French hanging around a Trading Post. I've been inspired by your Hurons I'm now painting some up for myself. They do paint very well so hopefully will have a (better) photo up in a few days.

[H.M.Stanley]

Great stuff H.M. a poor photo of my first offering. A few French hanging around a Trading Post. I've been inspired by your Hurons I'm now painting some up for myself. They do paint very well so hopefully will have a (better) photo up in a few days.

I suspect your photo doesn't do them justice. That's a very very nice trading post though old boy! Scratch built?

[GordonKhartoum]

I suspect your photo doesn't do them justice. That's a very very nice trading post though old boy! Scratch built?

Too kind H.M

I will try and take some better photos but the ones from my decent camera have a too big file size.

Yes the trading post is scratch built. I like to add a little terrain to my project as well as paint miniatures. 

[Galloping Major]

Too kind H.M

Yes the trading post is scratch built. I like to add a little terrain to my project as well as paint miniatures. 

I really like the trading post too, especially the way it's 'dug-out' into the terrain; like that roof too.


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[huevans]

For skirmish gaming I think these ospreys are very good for the Anglo Americans.

Warrior no85 American colonial Ranger(northern colonies-1724-64)
Warrior no88 British light infantryman of the seven years' war(north America 1757-63) Great illustrations
Men-at-arms colonial American troops 1610-1774(3)

I'll post some more tomorrow if you don't mind the hijack H.M.Stanley 

Just wondering about the scope of the Warrior #88 book. How many different units and formations does it deal with?

[Barry S]

Nice work on the Indians and sunken in trading post.

I have a couple of other documentaries on DVD’s on the early part of the war. One is called ”When the Forest Ran Red” and the other is ”George Washington’s First War” Another is called the ”Forgotten War – The Struggle for North America” There is another one I picked up off eBay from the History Channel called Legends of the Old Northwest which has four shows including one on Rogers’ Rangers and Pontiac’s Rebellion. Finally I have one by Cromwell Productions – The French and Indian War.

I’m not sure how ‘decent’ some of the following are. I am a bit of fan of old movies and have managed to collect a few over the years with the French and Indian War or Colonial America period as background. Some are better than others, actually some are a lot better than others. The Blog “Flintlock and Tomahawk” has a list of period movies and well worth a visit.

There are various versions of the Last of the Mohicans. The following link has a list of some of the various versions available: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0010239/
Like GM, my favourite is the Directors Extended Version, though they did cut the Clannad song. Depending on you’re like or dislike of Clannad, this could be a good thing or bad thing...
There are also 1950’s versions of ‘Pathfinder’ and ‘The Deerslayer’ - There are several versions of these stories including a 1990’s version of ‘Pathfinder’. 

Some are better than others, actually some are a lot better than others, but a couple of other older movies are ‘When the Redskins Rode’, ‘Fort Ti’, and ‘The Iroquois Trail’, ‘Pontiac’s Rebellion’, Disney’s ‘The Light in the Forest’, ‘Allegheny Uprising’ with John Wayne, ‘Unconquered’ with Gary Cooper is set during Pontiac’s Rebellion. I have another called ‘Mohawk’ which uses scenes from ‘Drums along the Mohawk’. A couple of the more modern movies are ‘Broken Chain’ which starred Pierce Brosnan as Sir William Johnson and one called ‘Follow the River’ with Eric Schweig.

There was a series in the 90’s called ‘Hawkeye’ starring Lee Horsley, Rodney A Grant and Lynda Carter which I quite enjoyed. There are also DVD’s available of the TV series Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans and Northwest Passage TV series.

I also have a series of books by Ted Spring. They are around A4 size and the artwork may not be the finest, but they are packed full of useful information and are about US$10.00 each. I especially like the Indian Allies title. Unfortunately the link provided below shows it as being out of print, but I have seen it listed on a few sites selling these types of books so you may find a copy around the place.
Here are the links to the six books in the series which have a few sample pages to view:
1: Roger’s Rangers
2: French Marines
3: The Highlanders and Provincial Rangers
4: Spanish Colonial Infantry 1739-1781
5: The Women of the French War era
6: Indian Allies

Sorry for the long post and waffling on.

Cheers,

Barry

PS: Like others, I really enjoyed White Devil as well.

[Galloping Major]

Just wondering about the scope of the Warrior #88 book. How many different units and formations does it deal with?

Sensible question there Huevans

As the light infantry of the SYW period was developed in the North American theatre, and was a new branch for the British army, the units covered are those in America, Cuba etc. So, the 80th Foot, raised as light infantry, the 55th Foot (Lord Howe's) who served as light infantry mid to late war, 40th Foot and elements of regular line regiments including highlanders forming the original light companies. It covers training with the rangers, light infantry being raised to provide the skirmishing skills of the rangers on a greater scale, combined with the stalwart discipline of the regulars.

Hope that helps  

You'll also find it in our online shop, same price as from Osprey, but with ours you'll get a "Soldiers Free" figure.

We'll be doing light infantry, including the distinctive 80th (demand permitting?) for our range, started but set aside temporarily.


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[Galloping Major]

Barry - far from apologies needed, that's a really helpful contribution for anyone interested in the period.

Some films there I'd forgotten and others I'd never even heard of 

I too enjoyed the 90s Hawkeye series, and have Follow the River and more recently discovered Broken Chain through the excellent Flintlock and Tomahawk blog - which I'd recommend everyone to follow. 

http://flintlockandtomahawk.blogspot.com/

Brilliant Barry, thanks.


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[H.M.Stanley]

Great post Barry - thanks

[GordonKhartoum]

Thanks Guys

this is really helpful - I can see my Christmas list filling up!

[H.M.Stanley]

Roger's Rangers fall back on a log house. But from what? ...

[Galloping Major]

Amazing painting this week HMS, are you sure you don't have a bunch of figure painting elves held under your thrall? 



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