Here we have another unit of fairly generic colonial Militia, using Brigade Games figures.
The only thing that suggests that they are Massachusetts troops is the flag, one carried at Bunker (Breeds) Hill in June of 1775. It is by Adolfo Ramos in Spain.
The overall theme of the unit is shades of grey with green facings.
As before, even with the cacophony of subdued colors used, they probably appear far more uniform than would have been the case.
Flag aside, they could just as easily be loyalist militia.
They certainly would not be out of place at Bunker Hill or any number of clashes. In the assault upon the entrenchments at Breed's Hill, the British suffered over 1,000 casualties, including 450 killed, with high proportion of officers. .
Although they were pushed out of their positions after the third assault, the losses of the Americans were less than half that of the British.
Another great unit. You are adding units very quickly.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joe. I am aiming for about 4 units of infantry (48 figures) per month. The Cavalry, artillery, and command won't likely start until I have about a dozen or more infantry per side.
DeleteA lovely looking militia unit, nice figures I have not seen too many Brigade Miniatures and they look very nice indeed. The flag is a cracker and sets of the whole unit nicely.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donnie. If you look at my Napoleonic Spanish army, that has a lot of Brigade Games figures in it as well (plus another 3-4 additional manufacturers).
DeleteThey look suitably irregular to me Peter. Browns and greys are definitely the order of the day for these I feel.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lawrence. Yes, and as noted, these are still much more "uniform" that they would ever have been, but I had to make some concessions to my own esthetics! :-)
DeleteI do like there broadly grey uniforms, which I've never considered before, but love the look!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. I'm imagining some hastily stitched on additions to their everyday clothes to make the "Facings".
DeleteVery nice and flag is great
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gary. Adolfo Ramos does excellent flags!
DeleteNice work! When I saw the first photo, I thought, "those aren't Old Glory figures." They are not! These Brigade figures look much slenderer than Old Glory. How do they match up against Fife & Drum?
ReplyDeleteIndeed they are not. More slender than Perry, too. I don't have any Fife and Drum figures (I looked at them for this project, too, but the range seemed too limited), but I would think they would mix quite well with those.
DeleteNice work!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray!
DeleteExcellent looking troops.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Richard!
DeleteThey look every inch New Englanders: Very simple clothing colors.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Glenn. I's agree, they look, well at least Northeast/MidAtlantic. I do have a few figures that are specifically designated as Southern Militia, but they will likely be fairly late to the painting table.
DeleteVery nicely turned out figures Peter. On this side of the world, Brigade figures seem inordinately expensive, due to our weak dollar(which our exporters and tourism sectors love) and US postage rates.
ReplyDeleteThey are very nice figures and I have a decent number of his RCW figures bought in the halcyon days of $1 UD=85c NZ and special pastal deals! Alas, we are unlikely to see those days again.
Can't blame you there. I might have used my usual Old Glory figures for this project, which would be about half the cost of Perry and Brigade Games, but with much smaller units (and armies planned), it seemed like the extra cost was worth it.
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