AWI 2nd Maryland Continentals

I finally managed to get my first regiment of Continentals based up. They are all from the plastic Perry boxed set. The figures were a joy to paint and recommended. The regiment depicted is the 2nd Maryland, which had built a very good reputation during the war. The flag is from Maverick Models.

2nd Maryland 

2nd Maryland 

2nd Maryland 

I also put in another order with Perry's for an extra command sprue and infantry in hunting shirts. That should allow me to field 5 or 6 Continental regiments.

American Militia part I

Following  yesterday's post I had rebated a handful of militia figures that I already had painted up. They were all bought from Front Rank and painted for my FIW project.

Militia company

I also painted up the blister pack from Perry miniatures and used one if the plastic figures in hunting shirt to give me a second company.

Militia company 

One thing I have done with the bases is use one of the dice frames I picked up from Pendraken miniatures. These are ideal for holding the dice to indicate casualties.

Casualty  marker

Here is the firing line all together. Next I'll be making a start on my first battalion of Continentals.

Firing line

New Project 2016

I finally decided upon a project for this year. I was wanting something with smallish battles that could be fought on a club night, but still wanting to see regiments and Artillery etc. So I plumbed for the American Revolution. It was also good opportunity to visit Vapnartak  in York and pick up the first figures that I needed.

Show loot

As can be seen I picked up a couple of boxes of the Perry Continental infantry as well as a couple of blisters of Militia. Tom has kindly agreed to collect the British. We've decided just to use the Black Powder rules that we are familiar with, so I picked up a copy of the Rebellion supplement as well as some flags from Maverick Models.

Rebellion  and flags

Luckily I've already a small number of Militia figures I used in my FIW collection which will be rebated and mixed with the new figures.

FPW French Hussars II

These guys are the 8th regiment of Hussars that were wearing the new 1870 uniform. Again the figures are all from Outpost and painted up fairly quickly.

I also had a few spare command figures that I quickly painted up to represent the commander of XII Corps, LeBrun.

I've now got 2 more infantry regiments to paint up before I need to purchase the extra figures to complete this Corps. In the meantime  I'm  off to York for the Vapnartak show.

FPW French Hussars

In a slight change of infantry I decided to paint up some Hussars. I have 2 regiments that will from part of a cavalry Division for XII corps. I think I will also add a Dragoon regiment.

At the start of the war only 2 regiments of Hussars were equipped  in the new 1870 uniforms, the 1st and 8th. These figures will represent the 1st regiment. All the figures are from Outpost.

Next on the painting table is the 8th Hussars then the last Marine regiment for Vassiognes  Division.

FPW French Marines III

After struggling to get start this year on painting I've finally been able to get this regiment finished. They've  been languishing on the painting table for a couple of months now.

These guys are the 3rd Marine regiment that formed part of Vassiognes division in XII corps. The figures are all from Outpost.

I also managed to complete another officer to lead my two regiments of Hussars when I finally get them painted. There are also another 2 figures for use as low on ammo markers. Now to finish the 4th regiment.

First Game of the Year

After a three week break the club finally reconvened on Thursday. We had organised a Epic scale X Wing game, 200 points per player. However Robbo mis-understood and only brought 100 points. His defence was he thought it was 200 points per side not player. This meant he hadn't brought the Tantive, just 3 X-wings. Luckily Tom stepped up and loaned him the Millenium Falcon and a K-Wing to bring him up to 200 points. The game saw 2 Imperial Players in a straight up fight against 1 Rebel and 1 scum faction (me).

For the Imperials Tom brought the Imperial Raider and backed it up with 2 Tie Interceptors from the Emperors squadron. Neil brought an Imperial Shuttle, Decimator and the Assault carrier with 4 Tie fighters (yikes)

Imperial Raider

Assault carrier with support

Robbos Rebels include the 3 X-wings led by Wedge  with the Falcon and a heavily armed K-wing. For the Scum i brought an IG2000, a Firespray, 1 y-wing, a khirax fighter and 2 headhunters. We seemed to be seriously under-gunned.

The scum

Unfortunately I didn't take too many pictures as I was having too much fun. I was able to isolate the Decimator and with 2 turns of firing managed to destroy it. The Tie fighters from the Assault carrier had flown off to attack my Y-wing and left the Decimator to its fate.

Robbo meanwhile had his hands full with the Raider and was lucky to see Wedge survive a heavy salvo. The Raider was also armed with and Ion cannon which Tom used to great effect. Ionising 2 X-wings and then being able to destroy them the following turn by ramming them.

After taking out a tie fighter and one of the Interceptors time caught up with us and a draw was called. Though the Raider was damaged the assault carrier was un-hit. Luckily for me I had only lost a few shields on my ships. Hopefully next time Robbo remembers the Raider and then we can field the second Assault carrier that we have. Starting to think we have too many ships.

The Rebels attack

The Raider engages

Scum and Imperials engage

Next week we will be giving the Frostgrave rules another run out