15mm SYW British Army

I love when Sam Mustafa comes out with new rules. It always results in more work coming our way. His rule set Maurice, a set of rules for fighting battles of the Seven Years Wars, is no exception.

 A customer sent us a commission of a 15mm British SYW army. The army loosely represents the British Army in Germany at the Battle on Minden, August 1, 1759.  It contains a mix of British, Hessian, Brunswick, and Hanoverian units.

His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany

The Cavalry

The British and Hanover Infantry

The German Infantry and Commanders

Casualty Markers

The British Infantry

The Hanoverian Infantry

The Hanover Irregular Infantry

The Brunswick and Hessian Infantry

The British and Hanover Artillery

The Army Commanders and Sub-commanders

The British Cavalry

The Hanover Cavalry

The Hanover Irregular Cavalry

All figures are made by Old Glory 15's and the flags are from The Flag Dude. Astute scholars of the Seven Years Wars will notice that some figures may not have the exact correct uniform for the exact date. We worked with what we had to complete the order and in 15mm , at normal gaming distance of 2-3 feet plus, it shouldn't be a problem.

 I had to do the horse furniture borders somewhat abstract. The Hanover cavalry have pretty complex borders that in 15mm are very difficult to paint on and still have them look decent (unless one devotes tons of time to them). So I simplified them somewhat and to fool the eye into thinking it sees the pattern.

28mm British Legion Black Dragoons

Here's a batch of 28mm American War on Independence miniatures. They are painted as the British Legion, also known as Tarleton's Legion, specifically the Black Dragoons. There were several units of African-American soldiers employed by the British during the warin various loyalist units. This unit represents one such unit.

The customer wanted to do his own basing so the figures are shown still attached to the painting sticks we typically employ for 28mm figures. We tack the figures down with hot glue. This enables us to handle several figures at once the whole way through the process, from primer to clear coat. We can use an assembly-line process allowing us to complete projects a bit more quickly.

This unit has a mix of cavalry and foot:

The figures are manufactured by Perry Miniatures. They are nice clean castings that require a little bit of clean up, mostly removing the venting pieces left on. I've found the easiest way to find them is to handle the figure, running your fingers over the miniature to locate them.

More 28mm Canadians for Loyalhanna Outpost

Next up is another batch of French and Indian War Canadians for The Loyalhanna Outpost. These figures are manufactured by Galloping Major Miniatures and sold in the US by Loyalhanna Outpost.

Not much to say about these. They are of the usual fine quality and paint up easily. Again I tried to keep the colors a little more muted and realistic.