For DBA-X I’m organizing my battalions into three stands, and so for that purpose this unit is complete. As with the 42nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Regiment) I painted earlier this year, I plan to do another two half stands so these could potentially be fielded as a 32 figure unit in Black Powder (just ordered the additional Center Company Marching figures from Renegade Miniatures last week – curse them and their 5 for 4 sale…). Anyway…
These are the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots). They had been stationed in the West Indies from 1801-1812 and at the outbreak of the War with the United States of America were sent to Quebec. They later saw action at Sackett's Harbor, the capture of Fort Niagara, Longwoods, Chippawa, Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie and Cook's Mills. Part of my Long Range Plan is to do Chippawa and/or Lundy’s Lane in 2014 for the bicentenary… These guys may not see much action for a while.
(I suppose if anyone were to show up with some French opponents that need a flogging I could pretend they were the Third Battalion – which fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo)
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1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots). The miniatures are from Renegade Miniatures.
I know I said I'd wait until the Analogue Hobbies 2nd Annual Winter Painting Challenge was one... but... I'd finished one stand and once you get going on something it's hard to stop... and if you do... it's sometimes hard to get it going again. It's not like I have a shortage of historical miniatures to paint over the next three months...
Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:
The next Redcoats you likely see here will be of some of my own sculpts for the War of 1812 – they’re coming along nicely – but probably a week or two off…
The workbench is more or less cleared off… I’m feeling like getting some sculpting done.
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Excellent looking unit; haven't seen Renegade Naps. in person yet, you've done them very nicely. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteVery nice!!, I've got the same problem, loads to paint, but I don't want to start anything until the 20th, oh well I'll just have to play Call of Duty instead...shame!!!
ReplyDeleteVery very nice Tim.
ReplyDeleteVery well done, Tim! We'll have to organize a mash-up with our collections sometime to get them properly blooded.
ReplyDeleteCurt
Hello Tim. Very nice look unit. What's DBA-X?
ReplyDeleteI wish to look at Napoleon in Egypt and maybe this could be a way to enjoy the period without paying too much for miniatures.
Cheers,
Helen
DBA-X is an extension for De Bellis Antiquitatis to cover the period from 1500 – 1900AD. It's DBA, so if you can live with the abstract nature of it (which I personally enjoy) it's a quick fun way of playing the period. There's no set scale - insofar as I am aware of - a stand could be a battalion or a company or a brigade!? I'm organizing my forces to be 3 stands = 1 battalion.
ReplyDeleteIt kind of breaks down (for me) around the time machine-guns are introduced. We tried using it for the Great War but I just wasn't so keen on it for that period (or even colonials...).
Thanks Tim, that helps greatly. Much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Helen