AWI British Light Dragoons

Just when I thought British AWI uniforms couldn't get any fiddlier, the 16th and 17th light dragoons reached the front of the queue and made me yearn for the relative simplicity of Napoleonic French Guard cavalry uniforms. Chevrons all over the place, plus I had to do the 16th twice both mounted and on foot:

Six elements of dismounted 16th will hopefully be enough for most OOBs and will also serve nicely for skirmish games:

This entailed the purchase of two of the Perry sets, comprising twelve figures in six different skirmishing poses:

Along with an NCO:

I also painted twelve figures for the mounted version of the 16th. The 16th were heavily engaged in the War including the battles of Germantown, Brandywine and Monmouth, before returning to England in 1779:

I included three skirmishing figures for a bit of variety:

As a Royal regiment, the 16th being the Queen's Regiment of Light Dragoons, I did not put the trumpeter in reverse colours:

The 17th have been sculpted in the Emsdorf helmet which provided a nice change to the Tarleton of the 16th:

Some of the figures are depicted with pistols and are ostensibly on picket duty, but they do not look out of place alongside the other rank and file which are all depicted in attacking poses:

In this case the trumpeter is in reversed colours, the 17th regiment having white facings:

That is another 36 figures completed toward the project:

Next up will be some British Legion cavalry, which I suspect will much easier to complete.

AWI Queen's Rangers and Woodland Indian Allies

 The latest two units to join the AWI British are the loyalist Queen's Ranger regiment and some allied woodland Indians. First up, the Queen's Rangers:

These were quite simple to paint being mainly green and white with very little lace, so I flew through them:

The flags are from GMB and add the usual splash of colour:

I based the light company figures skirmish bases as a few of the OOBs call for the Queen's Rangers to be in skirmish rather than close order:

These were quickly completed and I thought I was on a roll:

The Indian allies however proved a far trickier lot, mainly because of the variety of dress and poses:

Here are just a few of the poses included across the four different packs:

I used the Foundry Native American Flesh triad for these figures and was pleased with the results:

I also included a few bow-armed figures. By the time of the AWI most native Americans were musket-armed, but I wanted a bit more variety. Thankfully some of the bow-armed figures are also equipped with a musket and so they do not look out of place:

I also attempted a few tattoos and body art on some of the figures, without going too over the top:

The command set also includes a 'Mad Dog' figure on a horse. I'm not sure who he was meant to be and suspect that he may have been a British officer attached to the Indians to ensure their support, although their was a 'Mad Dog' chieftain who died before the outbreak of the War of Independence:

The other main personalities are 'Red Jacket':

And the rather charismatic Joseph Brant who even travelled to England after the war and met King George III, receiving a British pension and successfully negotiating with both the British and Americans to ensure the continued independence of his people:

Fiddly, but ultimately quite fun to paint:

Next up will be the 16th and 17th Light Dragoons.