Friday 4 October 2024

AWI British Legion and Command Stands

After fiddling around with all that lace on AWI British figures for the past six months the British Legion cavalry seemed almost too simple. Nine figures also made for a nice small unit that I could complete relatively quickly:











Green, a bit of beige and the job was practically complete:





















The horse furniture and equipment was likewise very simple to do:



















While the command stand had a slight variation with brass buttons and helmet linings for the officer, and a couple of brass instruments for the trumpeter:



















That is the third unit of cavalry completed for the British, with six mounted Queen's Rangers still to come:












I also completed ten command figures across eight stands. These are a mix of Perry colonels and Front Rank personality figures and ADCs. I was a little surprised the Perrys don't have any personality figures in their range, while Front Rank's are limited to Thomas Gage and 'Gentleman' John Burgoyne. A Cornwallis or a Howe wouldn't have gone astray:











The Perry British colonels are beautifully sculpted and have quite a bit of character and movement to them:





















I probably should have taken a leaf out of Giles Allison's (of Tarleton's Quarter) book and modelled them after actual personalities, but I figure they can play a role in most battles:





















The Front Rank colonels by contrast are much better fed and far less dynamic, but are nice figures in their own right:





















I put General Gage on a larger base and gave him and ADC:











Whose twin brother can also be seen here advising General Burgoyne:











Next off the line will be the British artillery then some wagons and limbers and a few small units such as Butler's Rangers, and hopefully I'll have the British completed before Christmas.