and the wargamer's disease, the butterfly or moth-ish mind.
About three-four years ago, I was bitten by the War of 1812 bug. A smallish bug, in 20mm and plastics too, so I thought it would be an easy one to deal with. It had the advantages of being cheap (the plastic), do-able (relatively small numbers of men involved for the period), and interesting. I did manage to build up a reasonable force of British and Canadians (or 'British North American', depending on taste, language etc). But then the moth went into hibernation, like a yellow under wing. One of the small problems was that I couldn't find figures that would do for the Yanks. I wanted something more than a paintjob on British figures. Anyway, what I did amass included:
Upper Canada Militia.
And, below, some more of the same, but more uniformly turned out:
And now, like the yellow under wing after winter, the project has fluttered to life, thanks to a post on Herr Kinch's blog, involving a 'plucky little Belgian' in 20mm plastic.
So, the Yankee invader is on his way (he would have been here today, only I was out when the accursed postman turned up!), and the British and Candians are fifing famous tunes of glory:
While their serjeants plot new and old tricks:
Fantastic. I have Spanish militia that would do for Canadians. This project is moving a lot faster than I expected!
ReplyDeleteDid you see the new Strelets 1812 releases?
Yes, that's what I used for the Canadian militia too - I think they are the only figures with what we would call top hats (or 'round hats' then). I'm almost ok on the British-Canadians, but I've a long way to go with the US forces.
DeleteWe must actually game this.
ReplyDeleteYes, but see tonight's post for how much yet to do. However, we could do something else soon-ish, well, just as soon as the current block of work is worn down a bit. Sigh.
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