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Much appreciated lads.
Yeah, the old figures have a charm of their own and if you’re in the right mood it’s a treat to paint them. Also there’s a bit of the old ‘want not waste not’ in play for me. I could never bring myself to throw away wargame figures so if they are staying they might as well be put to use. Here are the Patricios.
And the Jalisco Lancers.
Six more figures to paint and I have enough for two sides for Rebels and Patriots.
OB
http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/Got my copy of Rebels and Patriots yesterday and have now had a read through. There’s a lot there and all of it looks as though it will work on the table. So far there’s only one tweak I want to make which is to allow two units of skirmishing Mamluk cavalry to combine to produce one unit of Mamluk shock cavalry by the simple expedient of lining up next to each other. Not bad for a rule set that majors in the North American theatre. I’d be inclined to do the same thing for American Indians to mimic the Comanche circle or, on foot, Woodland Indians successful sniping leading to a rush.
Although this is billed as a skirmish set it isn’t what many of us would consider by that term. For a start the figures fight by unit not as individuals and secondly there can be a fair number of figures on the table even at the basic 24 points a side level.
As an example here are units for the Crimean War with their R&P unit cost and traits as you can see you can get the equivalent of brigade size games for your 24 points.
Russian line infantry, poor shots, aggressive, large unit @ 5 points.
Cossacks, light cavalry, ‘Green’ @ 3 points.
Skirmishers @ 2 points.
It’s common enough to use 30 or 48 points a side so it’s not really a traditional skirmish as we once knew it.
Overall I’m impressed with what I got for my money and think Rebels and Patriots will do just what I hoped. I’ll likely have more to say after a first game but so far I’m happy.
For Jay above I don’t think these rules would disappoint you.
The figures above are all from Lancashire Games.
OB
http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/
Here’s General Hugh Mackay the Williamite Commander at Killiecrankie. Below we can see his regiment which is part of the Dutch Scot’s Brigade.
There were 3 regiments in the Brigade all were at Killiecrankie. There were also two newly raised regiments this one is Lord Kenmore’s as you can see they have not all got their uniforms yet.
You can see the rest of the Army at:
https://youdonotknowthenorth.blogspot.com/
OB
http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/
That’s the Killiecrankie Jacobites done and posted on my blog. I realise this is the first time I’ve ever painted an army for a specific battle. Lots of folk do and I now see the attraction. Anyhow that’s Bonny Dundee above with the royal standard of Scotland next to him. Below are the Jacobite cavalry.
You can see the rest of them at this link.
https://youdonotknowthenorth.blogspot.com/
OB
http://withob.blogspot.co.uk/
