AWI Continental Artillery

The completion of six Continental artillery pieces over the weekend means I now only have two regiments of light dragoons, ten or so staff figures and a few sundry civilians ahead of me. The artillery is comprised of four 6 pounders and two 3 pounder pieces:

The 6 pounders have two different crews, one firing:

And the other aiming:

The 3 pounder or 'butterfly' guns also had an option for crew dressed in hunting shirts, which makes a nice variation alongside the regular uniforms:

I also completed some dragrope men on individual bases, to accommodate the rather strange requirement in the Sharp Practice rules to have five figures per gun rather than the more usual four:

For a slight change of pace I also started work on the Najewitz Modellbau 15mm Peninsular village. This is a large piece comprised of eight buildings and a scenic base. I have purchased quite a lot of Jens Najewitz's pieces over the years, but rather than invest in a 3D printer I bought them from a licensee in Western Australia who closed down several years ago. 

It is only now that I have finally got around to painting the first of them I realised there are a few missing pieces, including the onion dome from a 28mm Borodino church which, aside from painting an actual onion and sticking it on top, knew I was never going to be able to replicate. 

I contacted Jens directly who emailed me the STL files for the parts which I have sent on to a friend from my Saturday group to print. Anyway, here are the first couple of houses and the church from the Peninsular set:

I gave the houses quite a heavy drybrush of antique white although they look a little more yellow here than they do to the naked eye, probably due to the light. The roofs and floors are secured in place by sturdy pegs, to allow figures to be placed inside:

I am a big fan of Jens's designs, and they represent an absolute bargain for anyone with a 3D printer. Next up, the Continental cavalry.

Last of the AWI Continental Foot

The weekend past saw me finish the last three Continental foot units in the form of two more militia regiments, complementing the three militia regiments already completed, and a unit of skirmish figures:

First up is a twenty-eight figure militia unit which I have styled as Hobart's Regiment:

The figures are exactly the same as the other four militia regiments, with six command and six firing line poses which I have again painted in predominantly greys and browns:

The command stand is carrying a white GMB militia flag:

The last militia regiment is the Albany County militia comprised of 22 figures, the smallest of the five:

carrying a red militia flag:

The last Continental foot contingent is a unit of thirty-two skirmishers which can be separated and deployed as needed. These are primarily made up from the two Perry skirmishing riflemen packs but I also threw in a few spare line figures for good measure:

Including a few spare command figures which gave me an excuse to use one of the leftover GMB flags:

The rifle-armed figures are mainly attired in hunting shirts and were comprised of an interesting mix of skirmish poses:

Including a figure with a beard, which makes two bearded figures in total across all three AWI contingents:

There are also two prone poses, one firing and the other reloading, which makes for an interesting variation:

That is another eight-eight figures completed in this batch:

I now only have the artillery, two units of cavalry, some staff figures and a dozen or so sundry civilians to complete. The end of the project is now definitely in sight.