AWI Hessian von Mirbach and von Lossberg Regiments

With Christmas just two days away I put a bit of extra effort in to get the latest two Hessian regiments, the von Mirbach musketeers and von Lossberg fusiliers, completed:

The von Mirbach regiment was among the first Hessian units to arrive in North America and is therefore a useful one for some of the earlier engagements such as Long Island, Monmouth, Brandywine and Fort Mercer:

The figures are Perry charging sculpts and include some nice dynamic poses:

The flags are as usual from GMB:

I painted up a casualty figure for the usual Warbases casualty dial which should be useful when I can eventually get enough Continentals completed for a game of British Grenadier:

The von Lossberg regiment also fought at Long Island and was later renamed as 'Alt' or 'Old' Lossberg regiment when the von Mirbach regiment was renamed 'Jung' Lossberg in 1780. It can be quite confusing trying to keep track of the renamed regiments resulting from changes in colonelcies with, in this case, the two von Lossbergs being brothers and the older or 'Alt' brother remaining in charge of the fusiliers (thankyou to Giles Allison's Tarleton's Quarter for confirming this https://gilesallison.blogspot.com/2024/08/lieutenant-general-friedrich-wilhelm.html):

They wear the distinctive fusilier cap with brass front plate and fittings:

It was also nice to paint a unit with orange facings for something a bit different:

Which matches the orange GMB standards:

That's two more Hessian regiments now completed:

Next up, two grenadier regiments which I hope to have completed by the New Year. In the meantime, I hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas.