Monday, 16 June 2025

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.

22 comments:

  1. Outstanding, Lawrence! This collection now be massively sized. When will we see them out in battle?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Jonathan. Once I have finished the Continentals we have a few games of Sharp Practice bookmarked for later in the year and I am sorting out some space in one of the spare rooms downstairs to give British Grenadier a go.

      Delete
  2. A lot of work with great results Lawrence! Awesome!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Phil. I'm reaching the point where I'm ready to get stuck back into some 15mm projects.

      Delete
    2. Good to know you are re-starting some of your 15mm painting projects.

      Delete
    3. Yes, I have a few lined up and am looking forward to the change of pace.

      Delete
  3. Splendid muted looking troops, lovely finish!
    Best Iain

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Cheers Iain, I was deliberately trying to keep the colours muted so I'm glad that came across.

      Delete
  4. absolutely gorgeous! Keep it up. It's always exciting when the end of a project loams near, almost as good as actually finishing and definitely more exciting than the beginning. 😁

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Cheers Stew. It is quite satisfying when you can see the end in sight, and it provides that little extra motivation to keep going.

      Delete
  5. Some beautiful brushwork Lawrence. I'm loving your AWI, it's quite sad that it's nearly over.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Ray. Hopefully any sadness I feel will be alleviated when I finally get them on a table, and then no doubt I'll find I'm missing some stuff that I'll need to add.

      Delete
  6. Lovely looking units Lawrence...must be time for a parade!

    I didn't miss your concealed joke though that the end of the project is in sight!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, and I'll get them out on parade once I've sorted out a spare room and given myself enough space to put a table up that is big enough. Hopefully only a few weeks away now.

      Delete
  7. Fabulous painting Lawrence. The whole collection will look amazing arrayed for battle.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Richard. Hopefully there are enough options now to cover most potential scenarios.

      Delete
  8. They look fantastic Lawrence...I must get back to my AWI Americans at some point...I have three or four units of assembled plastic figures still to paint!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Keith. I'm so glad I have the last of my plastic figures behind me as I found the assembly quite painful.

      Delete
  9. Wow, again. At the rate that you paint you'll have those few done in 'seconds'. Then a grand parade and a game?!😀
    Best wishes, James

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks James, and yes to both a parade and a game. I'm probably still a month to six weeks away by my estimation.

      Delete
  10. Wonderful looking units Lawrence, beautifully painted! :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks Mark, it was a good feeling to complete the last of the foot.

      Delete