FIW: UD 13/5 More Warlord plastic conversions & a skiff

[Poiter50]

And not so little.

[Mason]

Nice GS work, mate.
 

(But shouldn't you be assembling some VC...?)

[Silent Invader]

Ta 

(But shouldn't you be assembling some VC...?)

Stop it!!! 

Henceforth I shall ignore all non-FIW comments on this thread.... 

[Mason]

 

Only kidding, mate.
I am well aware of The Curse of the Butterfly.
 

[Elk101]

Splendid, although Cora's friend looks like she has eaten rather a lot of pies

There used to be two donkeys.

[Malamute]

There used to be two donkeys.

 

[gamer Mac]

Donkey pie anyone
Well you are too late it has already been eaten
Lovely work Steve

[Silent Invader]

 

I thought it'd be interesting for 'chase' games to have a character that doesn't move quite so fast.  

[Vagabond]

They always get caught

[Jeff965]

I thought it'd be interesting for 'chase' games to have a character that doesn't move quite so fast.  

Well you wouldn't stop her if she bolted Steve

[Silent Invader]

 

But like I said, she will throw a good punch! 

For completeness, the GS changes to the 11 AWI Hessians intended to turn them into FIW British. In the main, this comprised a minor mod to the tricorns, billowing the cuffs and lengthening the waistcoats. I also added shoulder lace to make 2 corporals and turned 1 into an officer.



Next steps for this project will entail tidying up the minis then painting. I don't intend to add more minis but if I change my mind these photos will help remind me of the changes to make.

[Silent Invader]

Time moves on, plans change, etc.....

Rather than painting I'd switched over to my Nam68 project but am now taking a mojo-refresh from that by adding more minis to this project. Learning lessons from the rules for the Nam68 project, I've rejigged some of the  characters and  units to better work with what essentially will be the same mechanics. More on that later. Btw, I removed all my old images from LAF to my PLog (long story but mostly because when hosted by myself I can subvert Pinterest linking, which annoys me); anyways selected images are back at the end of this post, until my PLog is up to date.

The extra minis add 5 French 'marines',  2 British Infantry, a mounted British officer with dismounted alternate, two Colonial Militia, a female with musket, and a handcart (for moving supplies from the beach to the outpost that will be built idc), all from a Warlord AWI Artillery sprue and a Colonial Command sprue. There's also another native and Colonial Militia using Project Z Male Survivors and 3 Canadian Militia using Perry plastic (2 x Naps, 1 x WotR).

Here are my current favourites, sort of transplanting Blacksails pirates to the FIW, my takes on Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny and Mary Read, before greenstuff to show the parts used from a Project Z Biker Gang sprue.

Nb: Anne's whip is a token nod to Faye Dunaway in The Wicked Lady (1983)



Obviously such a piratical trio need a boat. I had a 1/200 Academy Plastics New Bedford Whaler kit to hand, so it became a skiff for waterway or coastal marauding and smuggling (or just contracted transportation as it will accommodate the handcart);  shown pre GS.



For supply runs, the skiff can be escorted by the bateaux I'd already converted:





For those interested in such things, the character and unit set up is now looking like this:

Marine Lt
5 x Marines
4 x Militia
4 x Militia
14 French-Canadian minis

War chief
5 x Warriors
5 x Warriors
5 x Warriors
5 x Warriors
5 x Warriors
26 Indian minis

Characters = 2
Units = 8
Activations = max. 10
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40 French & Indian minis
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Infantry Major (+ mounted alternate)
Infantry Lt
6 x Infantry
6 x Infantry
14 British

Militia Leader
4 x Militia
4 x Militia
3 x Womenfolk (1 unarmed, 1 cleaver, 1 musket)
Scout/guide
3 x Smugglers
16 Colonial minis

Characters = 4
Units = 6
Activations = max. 10
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30 British & Colonial minis
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Characters = 6
Units = 14
Activations = max. 20
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70 Total minis
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And as mentioned above, a reprise of selected older images:

[Dr. The Viking]

Looking good!

It really takes a special kind to do the same project twice!

[Eric the Shed]

This is such a lovely project....

the big question is are you bringing this FIW game or the Nam game to BLAM or both - we have four days of games this year to fill

talking of which I realised that you still haven't put yopurself in...I assume you are coming ?

Ps for the third day you could do GoT so we can see that fabulous dragon

On the fourth day you can rest

[Silent Invader]

@Tjorben
I'm very special 
Seriously though, I have a thing for the 18thC and with so many recent stimuli (Turn, Taboo, Harlots, Black Sails, The Revenant, etc) I couldn't resist the potential of the Warlord plastics. I parted with the last FIW project because the three elements of minis, terrain and rules weren't quite clicking how I wanted them to. That was 6 years or so ago and I've learned a lot since then so am hoping for a more lasting outcome this second time around. 

@Giles
Haha 
Sadly I can't commit to BLAM this year as it's on a weekend that is always busy in one way or another. It might be that as it gets closer I get a better handle on my availability but, given the uncertainty, it wouldn't be fair for me to take a slot.