On the Workbench: AWI

A new project! I have Assassin's Creed III to blame for this. Playing the game reawakened my previous interest in this period which had ceased when I disposed of my 10mm collection. 

This originates back to my school days when I found a book in the school library covering the battles of Lexington and Concord. It fired my imagination which I attempted to recreate on the tabletop with Airfix WW1 Americans standing in for the militia and Napoleonic Highlanders representing the redcoat juggernaut.

The inevitable happened and a batch of 6mm figures was acquired from Baccus with the intention of playing through Lexington and Concord once again. You will find a previous game on the blog using those 10mm figures. The original orders of battle for that game are being used but doubling up on the figures. 

In between reorganising the Napoleonic French infantry into standard 36 figure battalions I have commenced painting the AWI forces involved.

The grenadier battalion drawn from various regiments. It can be broken down to 2 or 3 units for the battle.

Continued -

Light Infantry battalion formed in the same way which can also be broken down into smaller units.

Militia/Minutemen in marching pose representing an ability for close order.

Militia in firing/loading pose signifying not as well drilled.

For Lexington and Concord 600 - 700 figures will be required so in theory, should not take too long to paint up. However, there is a slight pause while I paint up a few more Celts for an expansion of the Early Imperial Roman project which I will cover in more detail soon.