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| I'm pretty much treating this army as a glorified DBX unit with 12 figures per infantry unit, 6 figures per cavalry unit - the cavalry representing 2 squadrons in the WRG Wargames Rules 1685-1845. |
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| My complete army so far is one infantry regiment and 3 guns, a limber and 1 gun crew. By putting the crews on individual bases I don't need crews for every gun! |
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| I'm also painting up a unit of cuirassiers - must remember that the trumpeter doesn't have a cuirass... |
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| Naturally my main reference, including copying the flag, is the Greenwood & Ball 1st edition of Uniforms of the Seven Years War. (Well, the book was included with Garrison...) A second, slightly extended, version is available from 18th Century Press. I should note I have no connection with these other than letting them use materials I hold copyright for! When I come to do a Dragoon unit I'll be using a British drummer figure as the book says the Dragoons used drummers ): |
Great stuff, I have a load of these figures, some done and some still to be done, lovely figures. The book is a goodie too, I have a copy in my collection.
ReplyDeleteI like the figures, just can't really get into painting them for some reason.
DeleteNice figures- very tempting. I found a copy of the G&B booklet about a year ago.
ReplyDeleteThe series is quite useful. Haven't got the Russian one - that's all theirs and Garrison don't make Russians anyway.
DeleteThese are reasonable looking figures for "old school" of this vintage! Yes, dragoons all had drummers at this time; they were, historically, mounted infantry although they tended to forget that as the years passed into the 19th century!
ReplyDeleteThe problems with identifying these things becomes an advantage when you want to make slightly more 'accurate' units!
DeleteSplendid! The ideal when I think of the 18th century.
ReplyDeleteThey're very nice, just don't really get on with painting them.
DeleteThis, and your other recent posts, have been incredibly useful and informative. I had no idea there was a Garrison 7YW range. They look very scrumptious indeed. If anything was going to turn my head from 20mm Napeoleonics, I think this might be it!
ReplyDeleteBest regards, Matthew
It has the advantage of being a bit more compact than the Napoleonic ranges!
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