Saturday, 16 August 2025

AWI Continental Staff and Townspeople

After seventeen months I have finally completed the last of my AWI figures with ten Continental staff and camp, and eight townspeople. The staff are a mixture of Perry and Front Rank to provide a but more variety, even though the Front Rank figures appear much better fed alongside their Perry counterparts:



















I have ended up with two George Washingtons, one of them the Perry figure which comes with three boxes of plastic Continentals, and the other a more solid Front Rank figure:



















Rather annoyingly, I have also ended up with two Benedict Arnold figures and three instead of the four Front Rank ADC figures I actually ordered, but I suppose he did switch sides so I can potentially field both of them:



















Here are the remainder of the Front Rank ADCs:



















And some Perry mounted officers:



















I individually based some leftover foot figures in the hope they might come in useful in a few Sharp Practice games:



















I also completed some Perry AWI civilians, an interesting mix of figures:





































And a camp vignette:





































The final count for the project came out as:

British:    595 foot and mounted figures
                60 horses
                11 artillery pieces

Hessians: 179 foot and mounted figures
                3 horses
                2 artillery pieces

Continentals:    498 foot and mounted figures
                          28 horses
                          6 artillery pieces

All up, 1272 foot and mounted figures, 91 horses, 19 artillery pieces and 8 wagons. Now to get them on to the table for a few solo games of British Grenadier, hopefully followed by some Monday evening Sharp Practice games.

22 comments:

  1. Amazing accomplishment, Lawrence! Two ruffles and flourishes and a parade! Funny comment about Arnold.

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    1. Thanks Jonathan. I double-checked what I originally ordered to make sure the mistake wasn't mine. No big problem as he can pass for an ADC figure anyway.

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    1. Thanks Michal, it was good to finish the project.

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  3. A lot of work Lawrence! amazing painting on your AWI Continentals,British and Hessians. Good idea about two Benedict Arnold figures painted for the two sides :o)

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    1. Cheers Phil. The Ghaznavids are now underway I'm happy to say.

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    2. Oh that is good news about your up coming Ghaznavids project.
      And yes, looking forward to your painting the miniatures postings, War & Empire 15mm Ancients forge of battle miniatures?

      I completed,finally, painting 2 x DBA Sassanid armies and 1 x DBA Ghaznavids which gives me 3 each for DBA big3 games and use the armies for DBMM,Basic Impetvs and Command Colours Ancients. Soon I will post my Sassanids/Ghaznavids at my blog. My next project, 15mm Arab Conquest Army! :o)

      cheers!

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    3. Forged in Battle, mainly because I wanted an excuse to purchase an army of their figures and Ghaznavids seemed like a good choice. They do seem very small after a year painting 28mm, and they look like true 15mm figures.

      An Arab Conquest army will be interesting Phil, and I'll look forward to your forthcoming Sassanid/Ghaznavid posts.

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  4. Fantastic work Lawrence. A great achievement overall. I look forward to seeing them all march across a table in anger.

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    1. Thanks Richard. Being a solo game I might even be able to take a few pictures.

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  5. A brilliant end to the months of work Lawrence, very well done indeed on getting the project completed.
    Gotta say I do like the Perry Washington figure and the civvies too.

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    1. Thanks Ray. He does look a little more in proportion than his Front Rank counterpart, although I still have a very soft spot for the latter.

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  6. Nicely done Lawrence - I am off to the paint desk to undercoat some Perry plastic American infantry - I mentioned the last time you posted the hope that it might inspire me ...... so far, it has only inspired me to get a bag of assembled figures out of storage - now, I am actually going to get them started!
    I agree with you re Front Rank - still one of my favourite ranges of figures!

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    1. At least they are already assembled Keith, which is a major mental hurdle for me. I'll look forward to seeing these roll off the production line.

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  7. Congrats on the end of a 17 month project! Now the REAL fun begins by getting these troops on the table and enjoying the collection. With numbers like those I would of thought a parade would be in order…😀

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    1. Thanks Stew. I did think about a parade, but when I realised they have been stored across nine A3-sized storage boxes thought better of it. I'll definitely be rotating them out for a few games though.

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  8. An impressive achievement and with two George Washingtons you may find a route to independence much faster!

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    1. Cheers Stryker. I can certainly alternate between the dashing Washington and the more sedate, well-fed version depending on how the mood takes me.

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  9. Impressive end to your project, I like the vignette too, the contrast between the two George Washingtons is entertaining, both lovely figures as your painting has been across this project!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain. Yes, there is quite a marked difference, and it was even more noticeable when painting them one after the other.

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  10. Really impressive Lawrence and a huge collection put together. Looking forward to seeing them out in action 👍

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    1. Thanks Matt. I have also bought a copy of Rebels and Patriots to give that a go.

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